Chile Forum

Hello everyone, I'm a current college student in the U.S. and I'm really looking for an excuse to live in Chile for a year if I can.

Personally, I'd love to teach English to university-age students but I am going to be a degree holder by December so I'm open to any better suggestions for work.

also, i do speak Spanish to a slightly more than conversational degree, if that helps.

thetexan wrote:Hello everyone, I'm a current college student in the U.S. and I'm really looking for an excuse to live in Chile for a year if I can.

You, and 500,000 other Americans.

Seek another degree, in mining engineering, and we'll find you a nice job here.

patagoniax wrote:

thetexan wrote:Hello everyone, I'm a current college student in the U.S. and I'm really looking for an excuse to live in Chile for a year if I can.

You, and 500,000 other Americans.

Seek another degree, in mining engineering, and we'll find you a nice job here.

helpful.

thetexan wrote:

patagoniax wrote:

thetexan wrote:Hello everyone, I'm a current college student in the U.S. and I'm really looking for an excuse to live in Chile for a year if I can.

You, and 500,000 other Americans.

Seek another degree, in mining engineering, and we'll find you a nice job here.

helpful.

Pues ven a ver lo que hay en este país de juguete. Existen sitios web donde puedes buscar una pega, sea la enseñanza de inglés o lo que sea. La cosa es que el foro no es una agencia de empleos para los miles de universitarios titulados de Historia del Arte y otros vagos que carecen de habilidades útiles.

http://empleo.trovit.cl/profesor-ingles-santiago
http://www.indeed.cl/Empleos-de-Profeso ... ropolitana

thetexan wrote:

patagoniax wrote:

thetexan wrote:Hello everyone, I'm a current college student in the U.S. and I'm really looking for an excuse to live in Chile for a year if I can.

You, and 500,000 other Americans.

Seek another degree, in mining engineering, and we'll find you a nice job here.

helpful.

Actually, those are probably the most "helpful" words you have heard in the past 4 years. Not friendly. Not compassionate. Not softened to lessen the uncomfortable reality that you are screwed. But, helpful, yes. The world is rapidly changing and the days of needing bankers, lawyers, teachers, sociologists, etc. is are disappearing.

Had I been told the truth 12 years ago I would not have wasted the exorbitant amount of tuition on a law degree - which is not transferable to any other country and is NOT in demand in the US - and I could have devoted the time to learning a productive skill... you know, one that actually adds value to a society instead of leeching.

You are currently enrolled with all the tuition packages in place. Use the opportunity to foresee what is coming right at you. Imagine a slow-motion freight train wreck being guided by a vampire squid that intends to suck every last american cent out of your pocket and doesn't give one rats-ass about your life or well-being.

And StevenDC's words are probably the second most "helpful" words you have heard in the past 4 years.
Knowing this forum, more unvarnished truth coming. Pull up a chair, pop some corn and enjoy.
The world as we know it is over, especially for Americans. Those who live/travel outside the US seem to see it more easily and clearly, and adapt accordingly.

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If our Texan is still around, perhaps we could ask the inevitable: why would he want to live in Chile in the first place?

There are plenty of other places that speak better Spanish, have a lower cost of living, know how to prepare food, are closer to Austin, offer better pay scales, feature less rioting in the capital, provide decent broadband, and offer recognisable servicio al cliente.

patagoniax wrote:.
If our Texan is still around, perhaps we could ask the inevitable: why would he want to live in Chile in the first place?

There are plenty of other places that speak better Spanish, have a lower cost of living, know how to prepare food, are closer to Austin, offer better pay scales, feature less rioting in the capital, provide decent broadband, and offer recognisable servicio al cliente.

Well Patx, the same could be said about you... do you remember when you were young with an adventurous spirit and you thought you were also invincible, naive, rough and tough? Let's hear it why you came to Chile, what brought you here and although you know how this country really is, you decided to stay and made it your HOME?? Possibly the OP has the same adventurous spirit as you did long ago and even though Chile has its positives and negatives, is for him to decide, don't you think??

Gloria wrote:

patagoniax wrote:.
If our Texan is still around, perhaps we could ask the inevitable: why would he want to live in Chile in the first place?

There are plenty of other places that speak better Spanish, have a lower cost of living, know how to prepare food, are closer to Austin, offer better pay scales, feature less rioting in the capital, provide decent broadband, and offer recognisable servicio al cliente.

Well Patx, the same could be said about you... do you remember when you were young with an adventurous spirit and you thought you were also invincible, naive, rough and tough? Let's hear it why you came to Chile....,

I don't remember much about being young. I do remember that the world was much warmer and I was often chased back to the cave by hungry velociraptors.

But anyway, I came to Chile for the salmon. That, and because of a little trouble in Québec that we don't talk about.

Interesting discussion. I think my dad killed the last velociraptor in Arizona. I never got to see one.

I'm no student waiting to get out into the world. But I've often told my sons to just move. Go to another country and experience it. It'll be one of the best educations money can, or can't, buy. And the struggle is part of the experience. A huge problem of many of us Americans is our myopic perspective on the world. And we're much more resilient and have less responsibilities when we're young, making such an effort much more feasible. Go for it Texan.

As for reasons for me? I'm ready to step out of the US and give it a go elsewhere. Perhaps it'll give me perspective. Perhaps I'll miss the states and move back. Perhaps I'll fall in love with the culture, people and land and never leave. Regardless, the landscape of the states is changing rapidly and I'm ready to move.

My Spanish is horrible, so I won't notice the differences. I have some funds and know how to live lean, so the finances aren't a main focus. My wife has some health issues that Chile's climate and access to medical facilities should suffice to help. And Chile does seem to offer some stability that many other SA countries don't seem to. But all I can do is study from here and rely on the reports from others. The truth is, if I don't give it a go then I'll spend the rest of my life wondering if I should have. The last reason I shouldn't is because some expat told me I was an idiot because I didn't understand something about the country. Of course I don't. When it comes right down to it, I don't know hardly anything about living anywhere but the US. Who does, before they actually arrive?

Sometimes some of you come across as though you're trying to keep anyone else from invading Chile. I'd suggest shooting straight with both the youngsters and not so youngsters alike, but maybe with a little more encouragement. Texan asked for answers, not to be told he was an idiot. Being ignorant isn't the same as being stupid. Teach the guy. Give him the whole truth. But do so in a way that encourages him to give it a go with an accurate perspective rather than some romantic idea that will leave him disillusioned within a few months of arriving. And maybe do so in a way that instructs rather than degrades.

Andres wrote:

patagoniax wrote:But anyway, I came to Chile for the salmon. That, and because of a little trouble in Québec that we don't talk about.

Ah, but why have you stayed?

Perhaps Px is really deep cover for Ernesto "Che" Guevara. Hides out in his beloved Patagonia while not "at large", is erudite, prolific writer (er, full of himself), and likes to ride motorcycles, hmmm???