The dross and the dregs
The truth always hurts
What I saw in that blog and the negative replies to it were what I call the dross and the dregs of NES teachers on the Thai circuit. Allow me to provide an outline of these worthless characters, none of whom I can proudly state that I work with:
Geoff Richards's Tag Cloud
Previous Articles
- 23rd August 2012: Small talk with big results
- 13th August 2012: Magazines with class part two
- 25th July 2012: The death of General English
- 13th July 2012: Magazines with class
- 26th June 2012: Short and sweet
- 20th February 2010: We’re not all going on a summer holiday
- 2nd February 2010: Review until they are blue in the face
- 3rd January 2010: How to get them talking
- 1st December 2009: The paddling pool of critical thinking in the English classroom
- 2nd November 2009: Some solutions to the challenges of teaching in Thailand
- 2nd October 2009: Games for large unruly classes
- 6th August 2009: Phonics for teenagers and adults
- 2nd August 2009: An alternative guide
- 15th July 2009: Writing your own readers
- 1st July 2009: Repetition
- 25th June 2009: Edutainment is back
- 1st June 2009: The 360 degree approach
- 21st May 2009: Being a business English teacher
- 1st May 2009: Vegetarian eating in Isaan
- 15th April 2009: Those damn textbooks
- 1st April 2009: Safe as houses
- 25th March 2009: A basic model for teaching kids
- 3rd March 2009: Finding work in Isaan
- 26th February 2009: All about Isaan folk
- 11th February 2009: The value of learning groups
- 1st February 2009: Yes, it’s official
- 1st January 2009: Isaan insights
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