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Category: Teaching

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Lockdown! A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Corona Pandemic

by Runaway Britupdated on 1 Comment on Lockdown! A Teacher’s Thoughts on the Corona Pandemic

It’s been 26 days since my world shut down. It’s been far longer for others. 

It began slowly. Back, in January, news of an unknown virus in China reached us here in Europe. I barely took any notice – SARS, …

Bratislava Europe Expat Expat Life Featured Friends and Family Health & Fitness Teaching Working Overseas

Love in the Time of Coronavirus

by Runaway Britupdated on 13 Comments on Love in the Time of Coronavirus

With coronavirus currently decimating the travel industry, it’s a good time to write about my life as an international teacher instead. I don’t write frequently, because I can’t travel full-time like I’d hoped I would when I first started Runawaybrit. …

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Why I Love Working in Europe (And Never Want to Leave)

by Runaway Britupdated on 1 Comment on Why I Love Working in Europe (And Never Want to Leave)

Recently, I’ve been reflecting on why I love living in Europe out of all the places I could go. And, yes: publishing this post as Britain perches precariously on the brink of Brexit is ironic. Having worked in Vietnam, India, …

Asia Featured Teaching Travelling

Exciting News: I’m Moving to India!

by Runaway Britupdated on 13 Comments on Exciting News: I’m Moving to India!

Judging by the response that I have received from various people to this news, you probably fall into one of the following categories: “India?! Are you crazy?” or “Wow! What an amazing experience!”

If I’m totally honest with …

Asia Teaching Travelling Working Overseas

Too Afraid To Seize The Day

by Runaway Britupdated on 5 Comments on Too Afraid To Seize The Day

This is a post that has been languishing in my drafts folder for four months. I have simply been too afraid to post it, because if I post it I have to commit to the message. I have to Seize …

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Why I Want to go Back to Japan

by Runaway Britupdated on 6 Comments on Why I Want to go Back to Japan

I lived in Tokyo for a year between August 2002 and August 2003 and I can’t believe that it was ten years ago. I had barely used email before I left for Japan, and I had never heard of blogging—but …

Asia Literature School Teaching Vietnam Working Overseas

The Life of an International School Teacher

by Runaway Britupdated on 11 Comments on The Life of an International School Teacher

7 months ago I wrote the post ‘Goodbye Classroom, Hello World!’ because I was taking a break from teaching in order to travel. Now I reflect on the profession that I have temporarily left behind.

I became an International School …

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Goodbye Classroom, Hello World!

by Runaway Britupdated on 5 Comments on Goodbye Classroom, Hello World!

Four years ago I was in an auditorium in Vietnam alongside my teaching colleagues and we were listening to a lecture that only served to strengthen my already iron-clad resolve to travel. I don’t think that this was the point …

Asia Friends and Family Teaching Vietnam Working Overseas

Free to Travel – How I Broke Free From Debt

by Runaway Britupdated on 21 Comments on Free to Travel – How I Broke Free From Debt

On the evening of March 15th 2007 I sat in a small bar in Northampton confessing to a friend of mine that I was struggling with debt. I didn’t know how I had reached that stage but all …

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