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I also don't mind living in a frugal household. All I need are the basics. I checked the internet and I could live pretty well for about 300 dollars a month

2007-10-01 16:37:55 · 12 answers · asked by jcarlo 2 in Travel Asia Pacific Philippines

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I will assume you are on missionary mode, and would want to see the world and help the poor at the same time.

If you say you are content with a frugal, spartan lifestyle, then your salary as a teacher will be sufficient. Operative word here is "frugal".

2007-10-01 16:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by boyplakwatsa.com 7 · 2 0

Don't do it. Someone else is going to need the job more than you would and many locals can actually fit the bill. Filipinos have a high literacy rate and many can speak good english. Getting a teaching job in a school (private or public) may not be as easy as it seems for an english-speaking foreigner. You have to be a registered teacher (with a BA, a PASS in the local board exams, etc etc). You might have a hard time getting a working visa.

The most likely post you'll end up with is with an international school, which isn't much if it's the experience you're after.

Regarding the cost of living... how frugal are you? I live here (Manila) and I wouldn't survive on $300/month and that's less than what a regular teacher makes ($275 before tax). Make it $900. Money-wise, teaching here is a thankless job but it has its rewards. ;-)

The maximum tax bracket is 32%. You might want to make sure you net at least $900 from your gross salary; you're not likely to get this from a teaching job.

Expenses in pesos (about 45 to the dollar):

5,000 Cable, light & water (you can cut this down if you can do without airconditiong)
2,000 Internet/Telephone
12,000 Rent
15,000 Meals (500/day) - if you can't cook & prefer to eat out
1,500 Fare (50/day)
4,000 Incidentals
39,500 Total

Not bad but don't expect any savings. Buy a two-way ticket, too.

2007-10-01 20:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by Groggy G 3 · 0 0

I don't think you need to go to the Philippines just to teach English. The Philippines have very good English teachers. US$ 300 is not enough. It's not even enough for your monthly food bills even if you eat daily in a fast food joint. The quality of living with $ 300 or P 13,500 per month is definitely POOR.

2007-10-01 22:32:41 · answer #3 · answered by Rax 4 · 0 0

You would be able to live on a lower budget than where you are coming from, $300 will be sufficient depending on your spending habits at home country. Be informed that the educated Philippinos probably speak better English than you do. You may have to go and live in the Province and do substitute teaching at some school. Good luck. . . . .the water and the Coral is beautiful.

2007-10-05 15:34:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

though you will not become rich monetarily, you will receive
a much better reward in personality, morality, life learned lessons, beauty of a different culture, etc. i see no bounds to the exploratory venture that you are about to go to.
just keep your head and wits, and know that you cannot save every soul there and you should be fine. and by the way, the quality of life is a lot different than living,say, in the more modern areas that you maybe use to, tents,open kitchens (if you are lucky) low , if any power, blah blah, blah.
this is, for all intents, a third would country and you should be prepared for it.
i truly appreciate people such as yourself that are willing to make a difference in the world and try to make it better, the world needs all the help that it can.
ps...
start a blog about your experience, let us know how you are doing and the (i know) progress you are making.
good luck and have a good and leaning time.

2007-10-01 17:09:59 · answer #5 · answered by barrbou214 6 · 0 0

Pretty bad. First of all, the salaries are laughable. I might be wrong on this, but think that the teachers are government employees. as such, they participate in ballot counting during elections. I also don't know if you can become a private teacher like in Taiwan.
The worst part about this is that you are a foreigner, and a RIIICH American. I am getting some retirement annuity, but nobody cares because I am as you will be rich.

2007-10-01 17:02:47 · answer #6 · answered by luosechi 駱士基 6 · 1 0

Learn tagalog first, or else you'd end up on the front page as a kidnapped missionary teacher.

Besides, $300 a month is not enough to live a normal life here (based on personal experience).

2007-10-02 01:13:06 · answer #7 · answered by icebox 2 · 0 0

Oh, sure. I had a baby in my type bugging the different toddlers and that i advised him he desires to income to get alongside with others, exceedingly via the time he gets a activity and is going to artwork. He in basic terms mentioned he will harm his leg like Daddy and get funds from the government. i did no longer understand no count if to chuckle or cry. additionally, no longer that i'm prejudiced, yet i understand Daddy's an immigrant. i'm no longer against immigrants, i'm against the device being scammed so as that the advantages are no longer obtainable in my time of want, that's now.

2016-12-28 10:30:37 · answer #8 · answered by kasemeier 3 · 0 0

Sorry but it's better to learn English from somebody who speaks it as their first and native language, not a secondary language. Of course there are excellent English speakers/teachers in the Philippines but it's not the same.

2007-10-03 09:32:25 · answer #9 · answered by rodman91 2 · 0 0

actually there wud be no change at all... there's really no basis if ur an american teaching english or a japanese teaching nippongo or a chinese teaching mandarin or fookien...

2007-10-01 16:59:23 · answer #10 · answered by skeptic 6 · 0 0

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