Things have taken an odd turn. There seems to be a general prohibition against giving engineering jobs to foreigners in Turkey. Either that or my cover letter isn't so awesome as I thought it was. So I've changed gears.
I now have an on call substitute position with an international school in Istanbul. Yes, this is the same as my girlfriend. The key difference here is that she walks 5 minutes to work when I walk 25 minutes to a bus stop and then travel another hour before getting to work.
Currently this is "temporary." I don't know that I'll like this so it's okay that I'm not under any kind of contract. I make $100 a day so I can make about $2,000 a month if I happen to be needed every possible working day. That's enough to pay down a considerable amount of my student loans by year's end.
I'm assured that I'm a decent teacher and it appears that getting necessary certifications, should I choose to advance down this path is quite attainable. Then, because I can teach almost any science or math, I would be in high demand anywhere in the world, and especially so since I'd be part of a teaching couple.
Where will this take me? Where will I go? It's all still so uncertain.
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