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Why do you think so many westerners goto Asia to "teach" English? I think they go there mostly to experience a culture totally foreign to them. The food and li

Why do you think so many westerners goto Asia to "teach" English? I think they go there mostly to experience a culture totally foreign to them. The food and lifestyle is cheap, it's very beautiful, and quite safe.

pandler 9y ago
This. I find it hard to believe the entire "teach English in Asia" industry is fueled by people who base their decision on some fantasy to have sex with Asians (or just their students? I'm not sure what they are implying), and it certainly doesn't mesh with my experience of English teachers abroad.
- aaron695 9y ago
  "teach English in Asia" (....Imply are slightly dodgy, my interpretation) This part of OP's comment is a very well known trope for people working in Asia. It could just be a incorrect sterotype but personally this part of the comment should not have been flagged. (Currently there's a trope the IT field has a issue)
  - abritinthebay 9y ago
    Possibly related to that most of the people that go do that are young (20s usually) and with western attitudes to sex and party culture. It’s likely more a culture clash than an agenda
mc32 9y ago
Moreover it's not only westerners (or only men) who go teach over there. I see people teach English (and to lesser degree other languages) who are not white [diff people from Africa, South America, etc.,] who teach English --moreover, those teachers typically stay in a country a year or two and return home or go onto another country and region; inexplicably, there seem to be an overrepresentation of Canadians. Many of them take the job because it pays relatively better than the alternative back home. Do _some_ suffer from some fetishism[1], I'm sure --but in my estimation, it's not many. [1] Charisma Man speaks to the stereotypical western geek who suddenly finds himself attractive in a different culture trope.

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Why do you think so many westerners goto Asia to "teach" English? I think they go there mostly to experience a culture totally foreign to them. The food and li

by crush-n-spread 9y ago

pandler 9y ago
This. I find it hard to believe the entire "teach English in Asia" industry is fueled by people who base their decision on some fantasy to have sex with Asians (or just their students? I'm not sure what they are implying), and it certainly doesn't mesh with my experience of English teachers abroad.
- aaron695 9y ago
  "teach English in Asia" (....Imply are slightly dodgy, my interpretation) This part of OP's comment is a very well known trope for people working in Asia. It could just be a incorrect sterotype but personally this part of the comment should not have been flagged. (Currently there's a trope the IT field has a issue)
  - abritinthebay 9y ago
    Possibly related to that most of the people that go do that are young (20s usually) and with western attitudes to sex and party culture. It’s likely more a culture clash than an agenda
mc32 9y ago
Moreover it's not only westerners (or only men) who go teach over there. I see people teach English (and to lesser degree other languages) who are not white [diff people from Africa, South America, etc.,] who teach English --moreover, those teachers typically stay in a country a year or two and return home or go onto another country and region; inexplicably, there seem to be an overrepresentation of Canadians. Many of them take the job because it pays relatively better than the alternative back home. Do _some_ suffer from some fetishism[1], I'm sure --but in my estimation, it's not many. [1] Charisma Man speaks to the stereotypical western geek who suddenly finds himself attractive in a different culture trope.