As title says...getting pretty damn tired of it all

currently jobless right now and so anything TEFL wise would seem pretty good.

It is not being helped by the fact I have no credit card, and most airlines seem to stipulate you present the PHYSICAL card upon checkin!! Emirates to my knowledge do not, but a 1 way flight from Spain through Iberia and then through Emirates is near enough 1000 euros on way at present!!

Jobs in the mid east pay for your flight...great. But I am tired of being in a place where there are restrictions on when and where I can have a few beers, needing a permit to buy from a special store and so on.

I would like to work in China, or maybe I am getting disillusioned with tefl to be honest.

As a not old/not young now unemployed teacher, my advice will probably echo silverboy's.

1. Make sure you are financially stable/have your OWN house in your own country, and your own credit card in your name. Perhaps related to first part of this point.

2. Get a MA in International Education/TESOL/Linguistics/History...anything that will allow you access to higher paying jobs at good universities in China. No fun to be standing on aging knees doing the oral english parrot routine...

3. Make damn sure you got enough to restart life, even to cover you for enough time as maybe necessary, in your home country. At least for the UK, there is no entitlement to state benefits for 3 months...and you need proof of address...again related to point 1.

In short, forget China unless you are financially secure and stable. I have ruined my life by not being secure like silverboy and others, and am now 35 and jobless, homeless and skillless. Well, as for the homeless part relying on the benevolence of my uncle...but that is wearing thin...

Younger guys in their 20s in China, don't think that this can't happen to you...I went to China at 28 full of hope, and now, sad to say, it is shattered.

GL to all fts in China...god knows we all need luck.

Cheers
SM