I once told a young lady, "No matter what, with English as your native language, so long as you complete your college studies, you can virtually go anywhere overseas and teach English for a year and break even. So don't let money stop you." Then she had that I-doubt-that-could-ever-happen-to-me-look. I just said, "Well, I am from a small Alabama town, and if I can do it, you can." I told her how I had met people overseas who had super thick Southern accents and even were rednecks and hicks, but they found a way. They were learning about themselves, and they had jobs teaching English. Incidentally, this girl had no obvious accent or anything...just had the pressures and doubts that life can cast on you without your consent. Who knows where it will lead? During my travels or early days before I ever really traveled, there were encounters with others that planted a seed. You have to start somewhere.
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