Xenops wrote:Systematiker wrote:Ольга wrote:I did teach English for a while when I was a doctoral candidate, if that's relevant, and it sucked immensely (saturated market, programmatic schools). I got where I did advanced learners only, but it was rough. Doing it successfully meant a lot of legwork, when you're on your own you're basically a small business. I got through it because it was a stepping stone to a career goal, and I think maybe that's what you're lacking - not so much "what can I do for a few years to get to X", but "what in the world can I do, period, that's not going to kill my plan for life".
Were you teaching ESL, or English/language arts?
In the U.S., the default degree is psychology or communications; a teaching degree would actually be useful here (if you want to teach mass amounts of students, that is).
I'm finishing my degree so I can work in a hospital laboratory, because I know that linguistics, ancient history and degrees about other cultures are not marketable degrees. I'm getting a job that I can tolerate (maybe even enjoy), and I'll save my work-free time studying languages and drawing comics.
ESL. (I get to cross-teach with the literature folks now, though, it is waaay more fun)
Teaching K-12 can be a hard racket to break into in the US, because states certify as well (more tests! less transfer!), and some areas have a lot of applicants (and a lot of churn), but it's not half bad once you're in, to hear my friends tell it.