At the beginning of the semester I got the opportunity to listen to a guest speaker that teaches in Singapore at Singapore American School (est. 1956). Singapore is a good country to teach in if you are an English speaking person because it is an English speaking country. The Sinabpore American School has lots of students that are very eager to learn and recognize the importance of education. He was able to explain different overseas education opportunities that students can take advantage of. He stated in his lecture that "Overseas education is one of the best kept secrets in the world." After studying abroad, I have learned to believe that that statement could be very true. By learning overseas it gives you an opportunity to learn in the eyes of others as well as learning yourself. I think that if gives an individual more than one perspective to learning which is always a positive.
The guest speaker also gave us information on some benefits of overseas teaching. He stated how the schools provide a good salary and an allowance for housing. Although there are some good benefits to teaching abroad, the key to finding the best place to teach is to find the match of things you are interested in and what the schools have to offer.
As a Physical Education Teaching major, I feel that if I were to teach overseas, it would be difficult to learn the different popular sports and activities to do according to each country. Countries have different activities that are taught in physical education classes based on their culture. I think that it would be a lot of fun and interesting to learn the different activities based on the country I would teach in.
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