June 2021 – THE LONG COUNTDOWN

Teaching with DMM Eikaiwa (aka Engoo)

June 28, 2021January 28, 2022 Nick RamsayESL, Money

When I finished teaching at kindergarten, something I had done for nearly 20 years, I found myself needing to replace the lost income. I had assumed that I could get some private students, but living 5 kilometers from the nearest train station, and only being available on weekday mornings really limits the potential for that. So I looked online. I was surprised to see how little the big companies pay […]

Back to Blogging

June 27, 2021June 27, 2021 Nick RamsayMiscellaneous

For anyone who has been patient enough to wait 7 years for a new blog post, thank you! Blogging used to be cool. We built whole communities around it. Very few of us were experts on anything. We just enjoyed writing about our experiences – mine being in Japan, where I still am – and shared comments of support. Somewhere along the way, big social media sites took off and […]