TAG : Teacher Burnout
Traumatised by Thailand
Sent in by Micky Davenport
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 24th May 2010
I don't want to go through those traumatic experiences again, of being discriminated against and collaborating with agencies and somehow taking part in fooling these lovely Thai people.
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Barbarians in the building
Teaching English to savages and the great recession
In Blogs: Steve Schertzer - 1st December 2009
This past July I accepted a job teaching English at a university in Saudi Arabia. I was to teach Saudi males in their 20's and was excited about that opportunity. The tax-free salary of around $3,500 U.S. a month along with a rent-free apartment, return airfare, and long paid holidays didn't hurt either.
Tags: teacher problems teacher recruitment applying for jobs teacher burnout family problems family relationships teaching in the middle east teaching in saudi arabia
PJ’s journey
How difficult is it to adjust to life back in the old country?
In Ajarn Guests: Articles - 30th November 2008
How easy or difficult is it to adapt back to a life in your native country after spending seven or eight years teaching in Thailand? Will jobs be easy to come by? Are your old friends still around, and if so, how will they react when the wanderer returns? How does it feel to suddenly find yourself thrown into a world of credit crunches, binge drinking, escalating crime rates and a world far removed from the one you left behind?
Tags: teacher problems teacher recruitment finding a job teacher burnout financial crisis going back to uk teaching in england life after thailand
The anatomy of a teachers room
What goes on in that cramped, airless little room?
In Ajarn Street: Articles - 13th August 2008
For all those who have ever taught in Asia - laugh along at 'the anatomy of a teacher's room' from the water-kettle that's never full to the pot-plant that always needs watering.
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Notes on a semester
What can you do when teaching starts to get you down?
In Blogs Archived: Tazza's Thailand Tales - 3rd March 2008
How can I or any teacher that feels he's underachieving turn things around? I doubt there is any magic formula, but I've come up with a few ideas. Many of them are blindingly obvious but it's often the easy points we miss during difficult classes.
Tags: teaching in thailand teacher problems teacher opinions teacher roles teaching experience teaching kids teacher respect teacher observations teacher burnout
Moans and groans
Sent in by Jeff V
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 31st December 2007
I have "some" moaning and groaning to do, so I guess I'm here at the right place to do so!
Tags: teaching in thailand thai students classroom management thai education system teacher burnout bad school management native speakers co-teachers
A very bad day indeed
Today was one of the most unpleasant in my four years plus of teaching
In Blogs Archived: Tazza's Thailand Tales - 1st December 2007
My problem was discipline. You see, I've been teaching for over four years and until today I had only received two complaints.
Tags: teacher problems thai students teacher opinions teacher roles thai attitudes student discipline teaching kids teacher respect student motivation student problems
An Indian teacher in Thailand
Bobo Meitei faces the perils and pitfalls of finding a teaching job
In Ajarn Guests: Articles - 5th August 2007
Bobo gets to grips with sliding pay scales and agents bemused by his pseudo-American appearance. Well worth a read!
Tags: teaching in thailand teacher problems teacher recruitment teacher opinions teacher roles finding a job teacher values teaching experience teacher respect teacher burnout
Nothing but disrespect
In Ajarn Street: Postbox - 24th April 2007
For those foreigners willing to devote their time and energies to quality teaching, it can be a bitterly disillusioning experience. With the salaries going lower and the benefits (medical and other insurance, housing, etc.) fewer, and the cost of living increasing, teachers who have been here for years are now leaving the country.
Tags: teaching in thailand teacher problems thai students teacher recruitment thai education system teacher respect teacher salaries qualified teachers teacher burnout leaving thailand
What hope for a superficial education system?
The joys of being part of the system
In Blogs Archived: Nick Tarver - 2nd November 2005
Being a foreign teacher is again another superficial and costly exercise. They want to show you off like a new piece of gold jewelry or a good photograph. Relatively speaking it costs a lot to employ a foreign teacher in Thailand.
Tags: teacher problems thai students thai attitudes thai education system teacher respect teacher burnout thai logic
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