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Choosing the ESL Teaching Profession


Learning is a never ending process - this overly used adage has been ringing to my ears. I crave and thirst for knowledge. I cannot equal great minds like that of Aristotle, Plato, Socrates, Einstein or even that science-geek-big-glasses boy in the room. But I have always wanted to be a better, more informed person than I was yesterday.

Choosing the teaching profession is a big twist in my career. I never wanted to be a teacher. I cannot afford to see myself die an old maid inside a classroom. 😂

But even before, I would always hear my teachers both in the primary and secondary school telling me that I have a potential to become like them. Yet I avoided that remark. I said to myself that I'll be a journalist or a broadcaster. As I said, I will never be a teacher, never! ever!

After finishing Mass Communication I had this disturbing feeling and vision that there is a little chance of seeing myself in the media industry. It was a long and weary battle inside of me. I was asking God for direction.

When I quit from my first job after five months, I prayed God to give me another job which could make me maximize my abilities. Then I got a call from a friend. Long story short, I was hired by an ESL (English as Second Language) school.

A year after, I decided to study Professional Education and get a teaching license. That path was so smooth. Not that I was giving my all but because I had clear directions from God. 

Fast Forward: I was loving my job. I didn't expect it to be that fulfilling. Every day has become a fresh opportunity to grow. Over two years later, in search for growth, I decided to transfer to another ESL school.

This time, I realized that teaching cannot be contained within the four walls of a classroom. It's something that you do every day, anywhere, and anytime. There's more to teaching than lesson plans and visual aids.

Teaching is helping another person learn. Teaching is guiding. Teaching is knowing that you don't know everything. Teaching is understanding. And, teaching is letting your self learn and that there's no stopping.

At Present: I am based in Tokyo teaching in an Eikaiwa (English Conversation School). This industry has really opened me to the world. It feels like I'm still starting. I have seen many opportunities coming my way and this is making me feel excited and fired up.

Direct me Lord as you always do.💗🙏
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