D, Bangkok,
WOW! you’re a Super Teacher. It’s a shame no one is interested in super teachers. As I said, after your ears get dry and you’ve been in Thailand long enough to know the “ropes”, then tell me to chill.
Ralph,I have been in Bangkok a year. Cambodia 5 years, Korea 2. I will tell you to chill out now. My students have gone on to go to uni in the UK, Canada, and Australia. They are sharp. They are flexible and persistent than most students in the USA…just as I teach all my students to be. I stand by that.
Chill out sister! hahahahaha
Well D., Bangkok. Obviously, you haven’t been in Thailand long enough to know much about the education system. I can tell you that it SUCKS! After teaching here in Thailand the last 8 years, anyone that hasn’t had their head in the sand knows education is very low in the pecking order. Yet, the Thai teachers and directors try to defend the MOE (Minister Of Education). Why wouldn’t they? They were educated in the system. Why do you think anyone with the money goes to America, Europe, or other English speaking countries to get an education? When you’ve worked here long enough to know the system, been around the Thai English teachers that can’t speak a word of English, THEN you can tell me “chill out brother.“
I’ve taught in the USA, Korea, Cambodia, and now in my first year of Bangkok I can say it is the easiest place I have lived and worked. It has problems, sure, but in the USA the schools are the worst I have worked in with regard to violence, morale, and attitudes, as well as bureaucratic nonsense form the well-educated western politicians and school admin. In Asia things have been great in comparison. Korea was no cake walk, but it is not a violent country, and it is modern. Most of Asia is easy to live in, especially for males. I’ve traveled a lot in Asia, maybe Thailand is not your cup-of-tea. Chill out brother!
By Ralph Sasser, Nashville - tell him the truth bro. He has no clue ! This is the typical “ off the boat teacher “ Thai schools want.. enough said
By Kanadian, Jiangxi China on 2010-08-09