And all I have to say is, I am very glad that I have been volunteering in the ESL classroom for the past 8 months. At least that's SOMETHING towards the eventual goal of getting paid to help people with their english language skills.
This is the other thing, I can always use tutoring or bartending to supplement an already stable income. What exactly that stable income will be, is yet to be determined.
Of course I'd love to get paid very well, enough to live on, by helping people. And not helping people eat, because that involves drunk and annoying people that pull my already distracted psyche this way and that. Helping people get through difficult times is a good idea. Not too difficult because I don't want to lie awake at night stressing over rape victims stories or things like that. Also I don't fully agree with psychological theory. Therefore therapist/counselor is out of the question.
Tutoring strikes me as an interesting venture. I'd have to get a car, as most jobs ask for reliable transportation. It makes sense.
Moving down to southern California will also require a car. It's just how it is. I can probably survive without one if I lived downtown but if I am travelling from student to student I will need one.
I don't believe I'd be very comfortable as a teacher standing in front of a group of students. However that could definitely change. I do enjoy assisting students in ESL classrooms with work already given to them.
My next step is to get working on my TEFL certification. That can only help me in my goal of tutoring ESL students.
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