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I can't imagine a straight over-60 blonde in a ponytail leading a class of teenagers to sing "If I Loved You" from Carousel as a demonstration lesson, but I did.

Nah. Oscar Wilde, gay and a father. Plenty of creative straights, but it's programmed out of most heteros. What was that silly flick where the teacher was the last to realize he was gay, but he liked Broadway musicals? Didn't he kiss Burt Reynolds?

Almost all my youth work and teaching was with 12 year and up, after 1965. I finally lucked into tutoring Korean students from international schools, around 2006. Lo and behold, they were better behaved, and more fun.

In other words, treated same as Thai citizen. Zero Thai spoken

So they dont take the keys from bikes in other provinces if your Thai??

I haven't been ticketed outside of CMai, so I don't know what they do elsewhere. They treat foreigners here decently.

I remember paying 2 fines here in all these years - both deserved.

No helmet, 200 baht, paid cash on spot

Wrong turn in front of policeman - written ticket, took my license, went to cop shop next day, 200 baht paid, receipt

In other words, treated same as Thai citizen. Zero Thai spoken

Go easy on Tywais.

I've never figured out that +QUOTE feature. But I manage.

My ADD began to interrupt my studies at age 17, and only became noticeable because I recognized more symptoms. I doubt it got worse. It has been diagnosed by various psychiatrists and neurologists, differently, for 35 years. You must be diagnosed by a specially trained neurologist or psychiatrist. The one who prescribed Rubifen for me at Sripat in Chiang Mai might have understood.

Good luck. Most educators here don't know what ADD or dyslexia are.

We disabled quoting the OP. We encouraged snipping to just a partial quote. Many can't get that right. There is now a limit on number of nested quotes.

On the subject of Thai demographics, there is no noticeable gender disparity. There is a decline of births that threatens to destroy the traditional care of elderly. Total fertility: 1.65 children born/woman (2009 est.)

AFAIK, nobody is doing nada about this. Soon, zilch.

As for ******************, almost all schools employ teachers without a degree. Without this, their empire would crumble; the fast food franchise would have no one to listen to their crap.

No naming and shaming. Many schools in the franchise require degrees.

After being put in Nazi extermination for hiding Jews, Connie ten Boom said they had to forgive the the Nazis, or else God would not forgive their sins. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrie_ten_boom

My cardiologist at Sripat may not have been a heart-opening surgeon, but they have a medical faculty of experts there.

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The New Testament forbids Christians to take revenge, based on Old Testament commands, IMHO. It also commands unlimited forgiveness.

I gave up shopping for used big bikes after six weeks here. For want of a rectifier, a Kawasaki was lost. The guy who bought a VFR400 barely made it to BKK - 700 km away - to spend 22,000 baht and three days to get it running. I never heard of these under-600 cc 'big bikes' in the USA. 22-year old limited production motors with a mixture of parts. How many owners? How well cared for? How long to get parts and reliable service? No, thanks. In addition to registration problems.

But if you have to have one......

Does Christian doctrine ideally or in practice place such an emphasis on forgiveness? Does Buddhism downplay forgiveness? Newscaster Brett Hulme said that if Tiger Woods is a Buddhist, he ought to convert to Christianity, to receive forgiveness. I doubt that Buddhism downplays it that much. I doubt most believers of either faith practice it much.

I tried Thai food. Hated it. Still do.

How can you hate food? Isn’t it strange that expats hate Thai food, but they wouldn’t say no to a hamburger or Pizza?

I love lots of food, including Tex-Mex. I usually hate of the most the ingredients in most Thai food. You don't have to love phet maak or other ingredients to enjoy Thailand.

Not just language barrier. My bf is fully bilingual. Says little in English. In Thai, he can be either way. It's cultural.

Did Ian say he was renting temporarily? Not long-term commitment?

There was a reason that I told Ian it was none of his business.

The professional MA in Applied Linguistics and TESOL may compensate for lack of professional certification - for a TESOL position. And I know real intl. schools have such positions for remedial students.

I don't know. But if she never works under the new contract, it's not valid for lack of performance, an essential part of a contract. I think (I only took two semesters of business law, in Texas) - but performance is essential I think.

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I think you missed a 'not' in the second-to-last paragraph. You are not finding TEFL courses in Cincinnati. An online cert is better than nothing. So is an Associate degree. Often, neither is enough.