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Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction, as TEFL expert Ross Thorburn recounts in this episode of I Taught English Abroad.
Imagine going from disillusionment with civil engineering to flying around China as an English teacher within 5 years. Imagine being a “flying teacher”, someone who makes themselves available to all of China at a moment’s notice.
Ross Thorburn reminds us that sometimes. the truth is stranger than fiction.
Having studied civil engineering, and carving out the start of a promising career, Ross Thorburn wondered what the rest of his life would be like. That vision wasn’t exciting to him, so he retrained as a TEFL teacher and never looked back.
Almost immediately, he became a “flying teacher”, making himself available across China. After that, he became interested in teacher training, course design and setting up his own business, the TEFL Training Institute.Get in touch and you could be the star of our next episode!