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MEP can work, but the problem is that they need to have students who are all at a similar level. One of the problems many schools face, especially high schools, is that they need to fill a class to earn enough money to pay for the special program. This means accepting both the best and the worst, but filling a classroom with vastly mixed levels is going to yield vastly mixed results.

It's good to have a fence to keep people and dogs out. Also in general, it's good for keeping young kids & dogs inside too. | definitely wouldn't want to have either without a fence, it'd be a constant worry. As for burglars, I've never really been too concerned but then my mother in law's shop has been burgled multiple times this year, by different people. We caught them on CCTV, and got them sent to jail, but it rocks your feeling of safety a bit I think, knowing that someone might be trying to break in and steal stuff. Especially as the ones who break in were all trying to feed drug habits.

Yeah "listening & speaking" essentially translates to "Do whatever you want, so long as the students don't complain", as LS teachers are usually assigned to the Thai section and are mainly just for show rather than actual teaching. Teachers can potentially do a decent job with it, but there isn't any pressure on you to do a good job, you're often not given any resources like text books etc, and the quality of the students often varies wildly, so the odds are stacked against a L&S teacher doing a good job of it. As even if they have the motivation to work hard (When they don't need to), they've also got to have the ability to do a good job of it too. Of course, I'd love to think I was the exception to the rule when I was teaching L&S, but teaching L&S is more about putting on a good show rather than meaningful education. I used to have each class for 1 hour a week, 1 semester a year, there's simply not a lot you an do with that aside from giving them a generally positive outlook on the subject. At my current school the students are pretty exceptional, but then we're also not teaching L&S (having maybe 10-15x foreign teachers). Instead the students simply get sufficient hours with foreign teachers each week (Maybe 15-20h a week), good resources, plenty of support from the Thai co-teachers & a tonne of special class lol.

No he'll be using a teacher's license waiver. All you need to get a teacher's license waiver is a bachelor degree in any subject. International schools often just want certified teachers from other countries because they want to teach the US or UK curriculum and in general want to have better qualified teachers because their students are paying them truckloads of cash and so they want the best.

The answer is "It depends", some guys have masters degrees that they earnt online, or which didn't include a practical teaching component, as education and teaching aren't necessarily the same thing. But if you have a bachelor degree in any subject that'll get you a 2 year teaching license waiver, you can have 2 or maybe even 3 of them before you're at risk of not getting another. Although many teachers (like myself) have had 4 or 5 waivers as they removed the easier pathways towards getting a teachers license. Now they have the 7 modules which aren't too tricky, it's essentially just 7x 10 week online courses, each the equivalent of a university paper (but not a university paper, so not of much value outside of Thailand lol). The costs aren't too much if compared to a 1 year graduate diploma in teaching or similar. Once you've completed the 7 modules you can get a P license, which is a 2 year license which is essentially very similar to the 5 year license (5 year requires an extra exam, but that's it). Teachers getting their work permits renewed every 3 months are likely doing something in a grey area, e.g. "Trainers" instead of teachers, or a visa that allows work but is a multi-entry rather than extension of stay.

There used to be a lot, but nowadays it's too risky doing border runs or back to back tourist visas, it's been that way for 10+ years now. Also a lot of the Western teachers without degrees are being replaced by Filipino / African teachers who do have degrees. As with the cost of living having increased by quite a fair amount in the past 10+ years, but the average foreign teacher's salary remaining static, a lot of those without degrees have simply returned home, found work elsewhere or are now too old to teach anyway. Teaching in Thailand isn't really worth it for the money unless you're teaching at an international school or teaching a lot of special classes on top. But a lot depends on where in Thailand you are, it used to always be that in the cities you needed a work permit, but if you were in more rural areas they were a bit more relaxed so long as you could sort out your own visa. I've regularly taught without a work permit, but only because I had the paperwork and just didn't nag the staff too much about getting it sorted, since I'm on a marriage visa and knew that if the police were to have a problem they'd likely let me off since I have the correct paperwork & was just waiting for it to be filed. Generally speaking immigration are pretty relaxed about it anyway, they came to my house about 8-10 years ago for a 90 day report (They sometimes visit your house if you live in the countryside). I was working that day, but popped home quickly before they arrived and changed out of my work clothes so that it wouldn't be obvious that I'd been working. I had no intention of lying, but if they didn't ask then I wouldn't tell. First thing my wife did though (Who considers "lying by omission" to be a thing lol), was ask them if it was fine for me to work without a work permit. They were pretty relaxed and basically said I should get that sorted, but that it wasn't their job.

If they're a real university, they should have a proper e-mail address. As they should have a .ac.th or ac.uk or .edu etc website, which then allows them to send e-mails from the same domain. If they don't use a proper domain, then it wouldn't even take much effort to try and impersonate them and send fake documents etc.

Over the past month I've been doing a "Suki Diet", which I've found to be pretty good, and figured I'd share, as I think it works really well for me (130kg+ & losing 1kg each week) and so maybe it'll work well for others too. Each day I'm just having 1x main meal of suki (boiled pork / vegetables + dipping sauce, so MK/Shabushi/Hotpot style). This is initially tough for a couple of days, but when you start is when you have the most motivation, so you've just gotta soldier through it. I have a suki pot at home (Something you can easily find on Shopee https://shopee.co.th/search?keyword=suki pot) I then go to Tesco Lotus and buy 3x 180g packs of "Sun Nok" (สันนอก) pork, which translates to Pork Loin, and is the part of pork with the least fat. I also get some cabbage (They have this Chinese cabbage as well as regular cabbage), carrots, brocoli or cauliflower, corn & sometimes mushrooms. I also have some MK suki sauce (nam jim) for dipping, and sometimes mix an egg in with the suki. This all combines into a single meal which gives a tonne of protein, pretty much all of the vitamins and minerals etc that you need. I also have 2-3x meiji high protein shakes (chocolate / banana / melon / green tea / coffee flavours so they taste good), there are some others that look similar but aren't anywhere near as healthy, as chat GPT told me this would help to reduce the amount of muscle lost along with the fat, particularly if doing exercise as well. All of the above are also available via delivery to your home using lineman mart or grab mart. For my weight, this results in a pretty hefty calorie deficit, losing about 1kg - 1.5kg per week, which is noticeable enough that it keeps my motivation strong to continue the diet, and chatGPT assures me that the diet is healthy enough that I can sustain it longterm. One potential problem though, was that the diet is very efficient and so things move through your digestive system more slowly, which means more water is taken out of them. So you've got to consume pretty decent amounts of water, and try to ensure you don't skimp on the broccoli and carrots each day, I found out the hard way about what happens if you don't. So now I have some sachets of Mucilin which I mix in with water each morning to help avoid constipation, and try to ensure I drink more water, but aside from that I've found the diet to be really good and something which I could easily sustain longterm. Also as it's very calorie efficient, that if I have a social engagement etc where I'll eat out with friends etc, and so can't have my suki diet, or really feel like I deserve some ice cream or kfc etc, I can just switch it up for the day, and even with a 2nd meal that's unhealthy I'll probably only be calorie neutral, rather than necessarily putting weight back on. Although a cheat day can increase hunger the following day, and the scales will temporarily look off (Even though it's just temporary due to extra food / water residing in your body) so there's a price to be paid for cheat days. Oh and although exercise is of course a good bonus to add, this is just a diet. I've been consistently losing 1kg per week without adding in extra exercise, even though I've had a few cheat days. I don't have a lot of free time so that's part of why this works particularly well for me.

If you're single, then the only real difference between living in one place, and travelling, is the cost of accommodation. And accommodation is cheap. Most cities will have decent hotels for maybe 600-800 baht a night, so only maybe 22k baht per month to cover your accommodation. So I'd recommend travelling all around Thailand, visit the main city in each province for maybe a week. Pop into the "Farang hangout" in each city and meet some people, get some advice on what to see and do, then go sight seeing for a week before you travel to the next province. If you were able to buy your own car, or even motorcycle, then this would become even easier. By doing things this way, you'll have an amazing experience and then can come back to the places you liked the most to settle down. Also it ensures that if you do meet a few girls along the way (Or guys, if you're that way inclined), you have a good excuse to leave and do other things, and compare whom you like best, then you can come back later if you want (Or even just take them with you if you're particularly attached).

There are a fair few words it could potentially be. I'd say that the "Chai" you heard is probably ใจ? People usually write จ as either J or Ch in karaoke, but ใจ means a sorta attribute or similar, which would fit the context that you're talking about. If you were to put the English words you think it might be into google translate, and then expand the possible meanings then look for ones which have ใจ at the end, you could likely find it. You can use the voice part on google translate so you can hear it to find which one sounds the most similar. Doing a quick search on distrust, กินใจ comes up as an option although I'm not so familiar with this word in Thai. Copy/Pasted from AI below when I asked for the meaning: "กินใจ" has two main meanings in English: impress and distrust. The meaning depends on the context of the sentence. For example, if used positively, it means making a deep impression, while if used negatively, it means distrust or a feeling of being shaken. Meaning and Usage Positive (Impress) Meaning: To impress, to move, to create a deep, positive feeling. Example: "His words were very impressive/moving to me." Related words: impressive, profound, touching, moving, wholesome. Negative (Distrust) Meaning: To feel annoyed, to be shaken, to distrust, to feel uncomfortable. Example: "These two have been good friends for a long time." Related words: distrust, suspicious, doubtful.

Can you give a bit more context? It's very difficult when you're just using karaoke letters and may have also misheard the word.

Longest video in module 7 was 32 minutes, with quite a few under 10 minutes (Most were 15 - 30 minutes though, and during the 10 week course you can watch them with the sound down etc, since you usually don't need to "listen" to them. Also you can get most of the info you need from the slides unless there's a specific case study assignment, and you only have to click when a video gets to half way, but otherwise you can essentially afk for them or watch something else on another screen etc. As you said, you watched 82 videos in 2 weeks, and you've got 10 weeks to watch the 96x videos, so watching them all isn't really difficult. Admittedly some of that might change with the new site, maybe they'll insert questions you have to answer during the videos (Like the drivers license ones). But in general, the 7 modules is a solid solution, as for the past 10+ years since the teacher's license exams finished, the only pathway to a full license has been to do a year of study through a university (Which is admittedly more useful if you plan on teaching overseas in the future, but also more expensive and more work / time consuming).

The English version of Module 1 filled up in about 3 hours after registration opened at 10am. For anyone who does want to register for one of the upcoming modules, try and follow the Krusapa facebook page (In the link above), so that you can see the announcements prior to future module registration. Also the registration is via https://khuruplatform.ksp.or.th/en/ now, instead of the ONE platform that was used over the past 12 months. To register on the Khuruplatform.ksp.or.th site you can watch the video below to help you, as a lot of the registration process is in Thai.

For anyone who wants to register for the 7 modules, registration opens on the 20th of October https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1AtfiUyGrH/?mibextid=wwXIfr

That's interesting, as when I saw your post just now I went to check and none of the modules were showing as available for registration (And aside from your post, I haven't heard anyone say that registration is open, although it is meant to open up sometime this month). But if you're going to do a PGCE in your home country next year, then you don't need to bother with a module unless you need an teaching license extension and they'll only grant one if you show proof of signing up for the modules.

Once per module. I'd probably recommend doing the 7x modules over 2 years (Or even 3), rather than 1, as this would prevent the modules from overlapping as much which will reduce the pressure on you significantly. If doing the modules over 2 years, then that'd just 3-4 weekends a year (For 2 years), which is pretty relaxed.

Most teachers in Thailand are essentially unqualified, with just a bachelor degree in a random subject. That's fine for a few years, but to teach long term teachers in Thailand need to get a proper teaching license. In order to get their teaching license within Thailand they've setup these modules which teachers can do if they didn't study education. They're significantly less work / effort than what would be required to get qualified in a Western country. For some it might open up higher paying jobs, as a full teaching license may allow them to teach at some of the lower to mid-tier international schools.

One weekend isn't a biggie. But yes, you'd obviously fail the course. In saying that though, from the 1x seminar I've been to, it wouldn't necessarily be that difficult to not fully attend a seminar. E.g. If you had a couple of hours of special class to teach during the middle of it, you could likely tell your homeroom teacher and provided you still completed any associated worksheets + they knew you'd been actively involved in the course at other times, they would probably be ok with you dipping out for a bit to teach etc. But it'd be at their discretion.

Just as an update on this, I'm doing my first seminar now. Workshop would probably be a better term for it though, as rather than listening to people speaking they have activities for us to do as well as a little bit of homework each day. This one (Module 6) is relatively relaxed and I doubt that anyone who actively participates for the weekend would fail. So just a weekend spent on zoom rather than doing whatever you'd have otherwise wanted to do.

3200 per module. So significantly cheaper than doing a proper course. A proper course would be exactly that though, a proper course, and likely much better as an enduring qualification which you can use internationally. If all you want though is your full teacher's license in Thailand, then the 7 modules are pretty convenient, relatively cheap and not too much work.

Was it not this way already? Of course you should be considered drunk if you refuse a breathalyzer test / evidential blood test, or a special charge for refusing to take a breathalyzer test (With similar penalties to if you were found to be driving drunk). You can maybe pull some shenanigans to delay taking a test so that you can hopefully sober up a little, but if you refuse to take a test then of course you're going to be arrested.

- Update - I've finished all of my assignments etc for Module 6, in general: - 4x Assignments initially seemed very challenging, but they're sorta designed to be done with the assistance of AI (One of them you have to analyze a 300+ document that's all in Thai). As a result, they weren't as tough as they initially appeared. - Lesson Plan was relatively easy, just taught a class as I usually do, but filmed it, and then matched some appropriate theory to fit with my lesson. - Exam was relatively difficult, but it's online and you can resit it as many times as you want, so it isn't that tough. Also if you're only aiming for a passing mark of 60%, then that isn't too much of a problem. - Watching the videos was easy enough, since you can just keep them open on a second monitor rather than having to actively watch. - Homeroom classes (online) turned out to essentially just be turning up for 10-15 minutes so that the homeroom teacher could check attendance and then people would ask any questions they had about the course etc. For those who didn't have questions, they could just go after the picture was taken. - The main problems some people had was with their own schools, as some schools wouldn't supply the documents they needed for the krusapa assignments, or were hesitant about allowing the teachers to film a lesson. So now I'm just waiting for the seminar at the end of the module and then I'll be finished the module. Module 7 Just had my orientation for this today. It looks like the university running this module is taking a very different approach, and this will involve a lot more work. As there are 7x different assignments + the lesson plan / video. Also it sounds like the homeroom classes will be 90 minutes long, with an expectation of active participation, although I'll find out more in 2 weeks. Also for anyone who does the 7 modules, when you go to orientation, everyone is unsure about how to "check in" and "check out" at the start / end of the orientation. Below is a video which shows how to check out (And it's the same process for checking in).

The cost of living in Phuket etc is likely part of the reason why some expats don't live there, but when it comes down to it I think most of the expats here (Isaan) came to Isaan as that's where their gf / wife was from. In most cases I think the gf / wife wanted to stay near family, and the expat was just happy enough here so stayed. Most of the expats who live in Isaan are here because they wanted to settle down, not because they wanted to go out drinking and partying. RoiEt is a very nice place to settle down in, and the Thai people here are always super welcoming and friendly. Comparatively, at least for me anyway, I always feel a bit out of sorts when visiting Phuket though as they're so used to foreigners, and in many ways it doesn't feel like Thailand at all. Even so, I love the ocean views and so tried taking some decent length family holidays in Phuket to see if we should move there, but ultimately it just wasn't the right fit for us and we decided to stick to RoiEt (With semi-regular visits to Phuket instead).

RoiEt Expat Restaurants / Bars: - Pizza 101 (Next to the lake) - Lakeview (Next to Pizza 101) - Riverside (I'm not sure exactly as I think they moved to a new location).

A lot of pretty fair comments about the Thai education system, although for the OP, bear in mind that the class was online, when it sounds like the teacher doesn't usually teach online. I know that not everyone likes the "keep the scores high" strategy of many Thai schools. But most people misunderstand it, the objective isn't to give everyone high grades, the objective is to try and ensure that everyone learns. Although admittedly keeping grades high does also help to reduce complaints from parents, as some parents associate poor grades with poor teaching. Usually students who would have received are lower grade can do some additional work in order to change their grade, this pushes them towards additional learning rather than just punishing them for failing. Unfortunately though, many teachers just see it as too much work to supervise that extra learning, and will instead just change the student's grade instead.