Which job is better if you absoulutely love Travelling...?

Question

a Teacher...
or a
Journalist/news reporter

Answer 1

Host of a travelling show.

Answer 2

In both cases, most people in these jobs do almost no traveling as part of the job. Yes, there are a few journalists who get to cover issues on a national or international level, but far more of them are stuck covering the local fires and car crashes (I know, I dated one for a while, and he never went more than 10 miles from town). Teachers also rarely travel as part of the job. To make matters worse, both professions pay fairly poorly, so the likelihood that you can afford a lot of travel on your own is also fairly small. The one advantage to teaching is that you have longer vacations, so in case you end up marrying someone with money, you could use the time to travel. That wouldn't be true of the reporter.

Answer 3

I don't know much about the journalism part (although I understand that you're more likely to remain in one spot than gain prestigious access to all sorts of foreign countries).

I DO however know a bit about traveling as a teacher. Especially if your first language is English you'll have a good time finding programs to teach English in foreign countries.
Check on www.teacherontwowheels.com

I'm currently in the JET program which is a teaching program in Japan. I receive about 2,500 a month for my salary and my monthly living costs only get about as high as 250 dollars (that's rent, utilities, and groceries and no I'm not kidding - $90 rent is awesome). I'll also be receiving a bonus of around $7000 for every year I'm here. That's actually supposed to be my pension and insurance tax but since I don't intend on being a permanent citizen it's refunded as soon as I leave for home.

However.... most teaching positions in foreign countries require you to have a BA and to sign a contract - often for one year. So, if you don't mind staying in one place for a year, with visits around of course, think about teaching. If you have enough confidence that you can grab an international journalist's job (and I mean REALLY confident) then go for the journalist's thing.

But really, either way you'll probably change jobs 5 or 6 times in your life anyway so why not worry about which work you're actually more suited doing (since well.. ya know... you're getting paid to work not fly around the world to your heart's pleasure) and which work you'd be happier actually doing. Ask yourself some serious questions:
1. Do you cry inside when people ignore you?
Don't be a teacher.
2. Do you have little patience for rudeness?
Don't be a teacher.
3. Do you enjoy working closely with young people for their educational benefit despite the high emotional costs?
Be a teacher.
4. Do you have a passion for education?
Then, duh, teach.
(sorry no examples for journalism but you're pretty smart and you'll figure it out).

Just some examples.

You need to do more soul searching to decide what you actually want to do with your life rather than what's going to get you the benefit you'd rather have.

Answer 4

I would recommend teaching because I am a teacher. You can teach world wide for a variety of different organizations, sending you traveling all around!. I don't know how often you would travel if you got a job in the states. But keep in mind, if you can do it financially, you will have the summers off so you can travel in your free time!! I don't know how realistic it is that a person will get a job as a traveling reporter. I picture a journalist being one of the lucky ones if s/he gets out there and gets to travel for his/her job.

Answer 5

If you like traveling, I would say go for the Journalist/News Reporter job. Although this job would probably be very dangerous, I'm sure it is probably very exciting too.

Answer 6

Journilist because you can travel the world reporting things

Answer 7

Journalist... although you'll probably start out on beats that don't allow you to travel much. Teacher, not that great, unless you plan on teaching in various countries.

Answer 8

there is not so much time for u to travel if u are a teacher, you have to prepare the lectures and solve questions given by students, all kinds of questions. i don't know if it is like this in US,,,, im a chinese, i know what the life likes as a teacher in senior high school .

Answer 9

If by teacher you mean elementary school, not college / research professor, then journalist.

Answer 10

i think news reporter is the best option
because it allow you to visit most unknown places