Assignment 1: Introduction
Introduction. Write and upload a brief introduction. Please answer the following points in your introduction:
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- Why are you deciding to travel/move to Thailand? n
- What challenges do you expect to face along the way and how do you expect to overcome them? n
- What do you hope to get out of your experience? n
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Hi, my name is Adam. I’m 26 years old and am originally from Los Angeles, CA. I completed a master’s degree in human-computer interaction from UCL and have been living in London for three out of the past four years. I had been working in the corporate world at various tech companies, but I realized last year that I’m not quite sure I enjoyed that career path. As a result, I decided to move back home at the beginning of 2024 and have a complete career reset. For the past few months, I have been working full-time as a tutor with students of all ages, and I’ve realized I quite enjoy teaching/mentoring and would like to see where that leads me. Traveling has always been my biggest passion – I’ve lived long-term in four different countries (UK, Denmark, Spain, USA) and have travelled extensively across Europe. I’ve never been to Asia before, but I have had many friends travel around Southeast Asia in the last few years. Thailand has always intrigued me as a country with diverse geography, food, culture, etc. It is also the only country in Southeast Asia untouched by European colonization. I am excited to learn about a culture so different from the ones I’ve already become familiar with.
As someone who has lived abroad a few times, I am well aware of the challenges I expect to face as a newcomer. Daily practicalities – buying food at the supermarket, getting around, communicating with other people – become new sources of confusion and excitement. Navigating a new work culture and understanding the social and cultural norms can at first be challenging and lead to lots of unintended misunderstandings. The language barrier may an issue in not only making yourself understood at a basic level, but forming meaningful connections with local people. I’d like to learn as much of the language as possible in order to facilitate my integration into the culture, as I feel it will make more experience more meaningful. I’d like to avoid being part of the “Expat bubble” as much as possible and actually feel part of the society I’m living in. I think being a teacher is a great way to do this, and I am super excited to work at a school!
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