A Journey To Teach Abroad

The joys of Vaccinations, Visas and Finances So, As of this morning I've had the first part of the official paperwork through, I have a sneaky feeling this is going to be a long process, I'll explain more in a minute. Vaccines For the moment I'm going to talk about the joy that is Vaccines. The very thought of having someone repeatedly stab me with a needle is not what you might call my favorite past time. If your not sure of what vaccines you need, have a look at the following link: http://www.londonvaccinationclinic.co.uk/travel-vaccinations-for/asia-pacific/malaysia/ As soon as I had confirmation that I would be going and a rough idea of the date for my travel I contacted my local GP (Yesterday). I'm not going to name names, but suffice to say I was not overly surprised when they told me there would be a long wait for an appointment, my surgery is renowned for that. What i was surprised about was the fact that I needed to have a telephone appointment wit...

So it's all been (kinda) confirmed! The offer has been sent and I've accepted it, just waiting for the formal contract, etc. I'm making the whole family up sticks and move half way around the world. Don't get me wrong, I'm really excited, but I have to admit that right now I'm feeling a little more than a bit nervous. As a teacher I always just assumed that my career would begin and end in the UK. I'm not for a moment saying that it's not going to end there, just that if you had asked me 5 years ago where I saw my teaching going, it wouldn't be Malaysia. Interestingly enough, i really do think that there is something to be said for the fact that International schools seem to be able to offer the British Curriculum in a method more akin to how British state schools would like to be able to. It's going to be interesting to see if that is the reality of it or not. I have so many questions about how international schools work, I'm sure I...