Because I kept prolonging my class, it cost me a pretty penny. And, as I said in the previous post, it wasn't really necessary to have a TEFL certificate to get hired as an English teacher in Saint Petersburg.
It wasn't really necessary to the school, but it was to me. I would never have had the fortitude to walk into a classroom (or business meeting room, or student's home) if I didn't feel confident. The TEFL course made me feel very confident, and the reason was because it was really hard.
I had a great teacher, Dean Psaras, whom I would love to give a big shout out to. He was ROUGH! I hated him at one point, because he was so hard on me. My lessons came into him so sporadically and I was so all over the place (literally) but he always made me focus. He was a demanding jerk, but very fair (in hindsight).
My homework from the class has served me well in real-life classrooms. I use my homework all the time.
Ugh, this totally looks like an online advertisement, but it's not. I got no monetary breaks from my course and no one has paid me to post about it.
I can't express enough how much I love teaching English in Russia. I am kind of a broken record. It's not an easy job. It's quite taxing and difficult. I spend more time than I probably should preparing lessons, but I really care about my students.
Okay, I had to get this portion out of the way so I can actually start posting about what teaching in a foreign country is really like.
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