Thanks for the comments.

Any idea about African countries? Other than Nigeria and Kenya which are kind of common knowledge...

Say Tanzania, Uganda, Ethiopia, Zambia, etc. etc...?

I'm wondering about safety. Not petty crime (which you can find in any large city in one form or another), but safety as in "you have an actual chance of getting killed".

I suppose with the recent events such as those in Kenya and Nigeria it is important to evaluate this. So, off the top of your head, which are some places international teachers should probably avoid due to safety?


Again, I'm talking about "you might get killed" safety, and not "you might get mugged at one point or another" safety (which happens in my hometown in the US all the time).

I.e. I have no idea on: is Egypt safe? What about countries like Bahrain? Bangladesh? Which countries in Middle East in general can be dubbed as "safe"? Which african countries are safe? Asia? Latin America?

[quote="nikkor"]Lincoln School in Ghana[/quote]
Thanks for the suggestion.

Any other suggestions? Either schools or countries?

Maybe it has been discussed before, but: what would be the top schools and countries in Africa?

I know Africa it is not for everyone, but I have met several people who have had good times in Africa and have managed to save some decent money. I was wondering: which would be the top schools and countries in Africa where you can save decently and have acceptable standard of living?

Interesting point. Any other opinions on "erasing" the 1-year job with a bad ending?

I'm not really concerned of background checks; I'm more concerned about the international circuit being relatively small and who knows, maybe the new school has a teacher from my old school or similar (which could lead to the new school finding out I worked and breached contract from somewhere other than my CV). Maybe I'm wrong, but the way I see it, I rather having them know about the fact that I worked at that school for a year from my CV and not from a random situation which can end up making me look as if I had been trying to hide something... Then again, this might not be an issue and someone could get away with the "traumatic experience I'm trying to move past on" explanation...

Any other thoughts? I do find it interesting to see how other people rationalize these scenarios.

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