You actually gave up a job making 5800 USD for a job that pays maybe 600? I don't care where you are, there is one constant--at the high school level, you are going to have miscreants and cheats in your classroom. You're also gonna have to work at least 30 hours a week. You may even be paying rent and paying for food at your new school in Russia. On top of all this, you are in RUSSIA--a place that gets far beyong mere 'freezing' in the winter. I hope you enjoy your new job a LOT. You'd qualify for the bone-head-of-the-year award if I were in charge of choosing its winners.

I'd have stuck with the 5800 USD job myself. I'm going to start looking for your old job back in SA. I hope I land it. You won't see me going to the ice box that is Russia for chicken feed.