As a veteran of British American and ECC in the late nineties this brought back a few memories, mainly good ones tbf.

They gave me my first taste of teaching and I met some great characters both among the staff and students and the variety of classes was part of the fun.

Oh and I’d never be seen dead in a KFC or MaccyD’s - I was there to learn about the culture don’tcha ya know - only the finest food court B20 special for this ajarn grin

By Paul, UK on 2012-01-09

I enjoyed your article specifically the swearing. Times Square Sukhumvit is a bone cold, boring, mostly deserted building, I’m surprised anyone goes to mall there. The hapless English teachers should avoid it at all cost.

By Charles, Chiang Mai on 2011-12-19

Haha , loved it.
I did 6 weeks with ECC back in 1994, my first gig as a teacher.

By robert, bangkok on 2011-12-15

I understand what you are getting at here but my English school is based in a mall and I don’t feel like I fit this category.

I never eat in the mall, I always go out to eat, it is very close to central Bangkok so people are used to seeing foreigners and I earn more than any job I have ever seen advertised here. I am definatly not a creature of habit and work with 8 other foreign teachers

As far as the world throwing a party I am not invited to…I start work at 12am so if I go out untill 2am getting to work the next day is no problem…every day is a party day and usually I am the one inviting people.

By UK Teacher, Bangkok on 2011-12-08

Brian - I love the reading, and many moons ago I did that task just not in a shopping mall. That didn’t last long ha ha ha

By Kanadian, China on 2011-12-03

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