Being fired as a foreign teacher is par for the course at Thai government schools. Only if you are popular in the staff room will you last very long.
Things are very spur of the moment in South East Asia. You hardly ever hear about things until the last possible second. There is nothing you can do about it.
฿946+ / hour
Bangkok
฿70,000+ / month
Laos
฿45,000+ / month
Nakhon Pathom
฿26,000+ / month
Bangkok
฿35,000+ / month
Thailand
฿37,000+ / month
Lampang
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