Teaching English was also part of my journey of becoming less shy, since this is necessary if you wish to be a good non-dull teacher. It’s ironic, but more experience can actually make many traditional teachers worse because they are bored with teaching the same repetitive course year in and year out and their disinterest comes across very clearly in the classroom. Since I never taught any particular courses, sticking to speaking and games much more, I did not lose my enthusiasm as easily.