ev1lchris

Yesterday I started a job to finish out the semester with a school.

I taught a few classes but when I met the manager I knew something was wrong.

In the middle of the day the agency spokesperson told me that the school didn't want me. I asked and they basically said it's because I look Asian. I am Asian.

What the hell is wrong with Thailand? Why are do many people so dumb and racist? I love this place but too many people are brought up to be imbeciles.

I only ever once used an agency,,,,,,I'm still waiting for my salary. Don't bother with them.

Never again for myself either.

 

ah, the quality teachers

getting a job and then do a runner

 

the negative cycle proper rewards for quality teachers would provide incentive for more quality teachers to stay and more to arrive. I'm not a teacher, nor would I wish to be one. but it is obvious, and even worse thai racism towards the Philipinos that tend to be the highest quality teachers in these schools are discriminated against for being non thai

I was let go because I look Asian.

Thai people need to get their heads out of their ass when it comes to discrimination.

I guess I get all anxious before a job.

I just hate those lines in the contract though. Makes me think that they might not feel like paying me.

I'm going to start a job.

In the worst case scenario I would bail. But the absolute worst case.

Can an agency sure sue me in court if I just don't like the job? Does this happen?

There's lots of clauses saying they can decide not to pay me as well.

What are the experiences here with this?

Buy a kindle from central Chidlom 7th floor and just down load them

I prefer hard copies. I'm learning programming from them.

How does that make a difference?

and real books will stay for centuries. I can read my grandfathers books, I doubt my grandchildren when they are old can read my Ebooks

Plus tablets time out.

Used books are cheaper at abebooks.com

Will they ship to Thailand?

Buy a kindle from central Chidlom 7th floor and just down load them

I prefer hard copies. I'm learning programming from them.

How does that make a difference?

For some reason it's easier for me to learn code from a normal book than tablet.

Buy a kindle from central Chidlom 7th floor and just down load them

I prefer hard copies. I'm learning programming from them.

I'm looking for a major medical plan that is not too expensive.

I emailed BUPA and got quotes online but what they offer me is entirely different than on their website.

Is it expensive to order books from Amazon to Thailand?

You guys are idiots.

I've been offered a job teaching government agencies.

Also, I'm contemplating taking a deal teaching in Phuket with accommodations paid. However, I like BKK.

Having the classic American accent is not bad.

Education of Millionaires

Employee mindset

Look it up.

California represent.

I've finished PHP tutorials on Codecademy. That's what I mean.

BTW, Notepad rocks.

It's indicative of a larger issue. When it comes to private companies I prefer they not be run by Thais.

Hello !

Last I noticed was this IS THAILAND, so just who would you suggest ought to be running "Private Companies" in THAILAND ??

Not Thais lol.

Berlitz anyone?

I only have so much time and it behooves people to have a filter.

I'm getting a lot of responses and I just want to make sure that the employer and I are a good fit.

Well you are not the employer just some anonymous <deleted> on the Internet.

This behavior is indicative on how they handle money issues. Okay, so they want me to spend 5 baht or so on material. Then I get hired. Okay, what if somewhere down the line there is a dispute about payment? How are they going to handle this?

I'm looking out for myself, I would be a fool not to do so. Any normal person should do this. It's not arrogant it's making wiser decisions.

I demoed at a public school and they let me make copies. A private company can't? Get off your high horse.

I really enjoyed teaching at a government school last time I did it.

I was hoping to do it again for at least a year.

I'm a native English speaker from the United States. I have a Bachelors.

Feel free to contact me.

It's indicative of a larger issue. When it comes to private companies I prefer they not be run by Thais.

That's a special number. That Yahoo account is already overrun with spam.

I'll probably replace that whole page with something else. For now it's a placeholder.

I had replied to some ad (on Craigslist?) from a company called <snip>.

They called me up this morning and said they would like to interview today. I told them no. I had planned to sit at True Coffee and send out job applications, edit my website, and work on a Python script.

They said tomorrow would be fine and if I could do a ten minute demo. Sure, that's fine but I asked if I could print out a worksheet to maybe teach off of.

They said that would be good except I would have to pay for each page to print. I only wanted to print one page. I think this type of thing is indicative of the type of organization I would be working for. They are a private institution and not public either.

Not going to let me print out a page? Then what else? Sounds very shady if you ask me. I'm sure if I worked for them money would come up as an issue.

I sent back an email and told them that I am passing on the interview.

I figure if they don't let you print out at least some materials at their expense then that's a major red flag.

Alright, I have revised the front page.

I still need to go through the other pages and replace the tables with divs.

It still loads slow and that is bugging me.

Better but there's still a Flash video there under "call me" However when I allow the plugin to run it says "Movie not loaded" Same scenario on other sites (BBC for example) works as expected.

That's my blog. I'll see if I can do something about it.