http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/ Marko on Ajarn.com en Ajarn.com Copyright 2005 2005-03-01T22:12:41+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/bloody-well-turn-it-down/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/bloody-well-turn-it-down/#When:22:12:41Z At the risk of sounding xenophobic..., what the heck, I'll say it: Thai people don't hear noise in the same manner as foreigners. Could it be that Thais have some sort of innate (spiritual?) ability to 'tune it out'. More realistically, the reason is; Thai people 'bear it'. For them to show disdain for loud noise would be a sign of weakness. Bloody well turn it down Marko 2005-03-01T22:12:41+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/here-is-the-news/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/here-is-the-news/#When:22:06:14Z In Education news - A British English teacher who had been fired for failing a student has been reinstated. Last month Trevor Brigham was dismissed for failing a female student. Here is the news Marko 2005-02-01T22:06:14+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/good-teachers-or-warm-bodies/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/good-teachers-or-warm-bodies/#When:22:01:05Z I’m guessing that at least one third of all TEFL teachers are underprepared, underqualified or lack any kind of training in their subject. Compounding the problem is the fact that government funding for teacher training/re-training is non-existent. Good teachers or warm bodies? Marko 2005-01-01T22:01:05+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/markos-guide-for-newbies/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/markos-guide-for-newbies/#When:20:20:38Z New teachers teaching Thais in schools are often placed into an awkward and stressful situation, not really sure of their authority and sometimes not even placed with assistants who are much help Marko’s guide for newbies Marko 2004-12-01T20:20:38+07:00 http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/letter-from-thailand/ http://www.ajarn.com/blogs/marko/letter-from-thailand/#When:20:15:43Z I didn't mean for this first essay to become maudlin or even nostalgic. I don't miss these things really. But I do miss the way that some of them made me feel. Letter from Thailand Marko 2004-11-01T20:15:43+07:00