It has been a while since I’ve done any teaching in a classroom so now I’ve decided to go to the UK to see if I have any luck in getting a job offer, as well as to travel a little bit.  This week will be an opportunity for me to experience the British school system and potentially get a job offer starting in January.  This opportunity was made possible by an international recruiting agency called “Engage Education”.  I plan to take my career back to school districts in British Columbia, but in the meantime I want to stay in practice and do some teaching anywhere I can.  Stay tuned this week as I begin to explore my options of teaching in the UK.

Fun stories of the day:

1. While on a layover in London on my way to Manchester, my connecting flight was delayed so I decided to walk around the terminal.  I guess I looked lost because an airport employee approached me and asked if I needed help with anything.  When I told her my situation with my layover she said something to the extent of, “I guess that gives you an opportunity to shop while you wait for your flight.”  I looked around and laughed to myself because I saw big name brands such as “Louis Vuitton”, “Ray Ban”, “Ted Baker”, and “Rolex” (which I can obviously afford, not).
2. Upon arriving to Manchester, a cab picked me up to take me to my hotel in Leeds.  On the way I realized that I had a lock on my suitcase, but I left my keys back at home in Vancouver.  Upon arriving to the hotel, I awkwardly asked the receptionist if he had a bolt cutter to cut my lock.  He had to go ask his manager who struggled to cut it with regular wire cutters.  Upon failing, he asked me if I was strong and wanted to give it a try, which I did and succeeded.  Can you imagine this whole situation going wrong because I either couldn’t open my suitcase, or the manager didn’t believe that it was actually my luggage?  What makes this even funnier was that on my last trip to Mexico, my lock was cut by US customs so they could rummage through my luggage.  I joked with my dad that this was going to happen on this trip again and in the end I had to personally cut my own lock.