<p>So where to start. I'm a junior attending a top 20 college, majoring in International Studies with a minor in Sociology. </p>
<p>After years of not knowing what I wanted to do or study, unlike my pre-med, pre-bus, pre-law, pre-i-know-where-i-am-going-in-life-at-least-until-i-screw-up friends, I felt like I didn't have a direction in life. I tried the pre-med route and hated it. I interned for a law firm - never again. I worked in an office - the 9-5 sitting behind the desk kind of job was definitely not for me. I have been tutoring children for years and I also volunteer at an adult literacy program tutoring refugees and immigrants ESL. </p>
<p>Then it hit me - I enjoy teaching others English. I realized that I want to work as an ESL teacher professionally, at an international school abroad (at the primary and/or secondary level). Not a doctor, or a lawyer, or what have you. I want to become a teacher. I decided to graduate a semester early, this December. I am feeling a bit uneasy about what to do after wards, so I would like your comments and suggestions about my post-grad plans:</p>
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<li>After graduation, work for an ESL program for a few months (I want to walk in my graduation in May, so I would like to stay in the area and remain productive until then)</li>
<li>Teach English abroad starting in the fall, for 1-2 years (either Korea or Japan, or even both) </li>
<li>Then return to the States and get my Masters in Education with a focus on teaching English as a Second Language at John Hopkins University</li>
<li>Then find employment, hopefully at an international school abroad</li>
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<p>What do you think? Do you think going into ESL professionally would allow me to have a long, stable job (i.e., job security) both in the U.S. and abroad?</p>