[MMM]

If you have "too much pride" to be an English teacher, then you have just cut off 99.99% of the jobs available to you.

Some of my proudest moments are as a teacher, both in Japan and in the US.

If you want to work as a student, you will likely only be allowed to work on campus, and that would be as dish-washer or something along those lines.

Teaching is a very highly respected profession in Japan. I wish it got the same respect here in the US.