jimmy1967

3 hours ago, Misterwhisper said:

There is only one befitting course of actions:

1) All students involved in the racket must be kicked out and lose their right to apply at the respective university ever again;

2) They must be ordered to repay the full accumulated amounts to each student extorted (I bet there was more than one victim);

3) On top of the repayment, each of them must be ordered to pay a hefty fine (500 Baht just won't do);

4) The ladyboy involved must in turn rape each and every of his co-extortionists

5) Each of the co-extortionists must in turn rape the ladyboy

6) The raping sessions shall be recorded and edited into one-hour episodes to replace the unspeakably dull soap opera, "Destiny of Love"

4, 5 & 6 - wholeheartedly agree. 1, 2 & 3- completely over the top.

555, nice post. Exactly the same thing has happened to me. I was surprised at the miserable tw*** in Korat as its out in the sticks so to speak. I would certainly say hello to anyone who said hello to me. I usually just give a smile or nod....but sometimes just to mix it up, i go into the religious rant famous from the Pulp Fiction movie....

2 hours ago, sweatalot said:

Nice reading. Improved my English vocabulary

Yep, weirdly I was thinking of synonyms for cornucopia. I came up with - range, variety and smorgasboard (they could be wrong though). Why? Three reasons:

1. I'm an Enrish teatcha

2. It's the way I roll

3. I'm a boring tool.

Any more gratefully received. Or is it recieved?

'In his bounteous ignorance' .... With your permission, I'm using that....with most of my friends...

Great writing and (linked) humor. One of your best of I may say so....but who am I to comment in my bounteous ignorance 555

Informative post GanDoon,

But alas, due to initial lack of knowledge and the suspension of the culture course and now tests I don't have 1, 2 or 3 and I'm on my third waiver (now looking for job). Can I get on to the Thai culture course without being in employment at the moment?

So, what if I don't have the thousands of £ for a PGCEi?

I do have a CELTA and 2 years teaching experience, but no headed and signed letter from the school(s).

Does Thailand want teachers or not? I've seen job ads offering the princely sum of 45,000 bhat for PGCE - ha ha ha, They think people gonna pay thousands for pgce and work for that?

Looks like I'm gonna struggle to work in Thailand then, shame as I thought I was a half decent teacher and I'm engaged to a Thai.

Perhaps I can work in the surrounding ASEAN countries for more money...or get an 'O' visa!

BTW, I couldn't do the culture course before cos it wasn't running until I left. Now they've suspended the proff knowledge tests?

Will there be a new set of tests or course people can do instead of the tests?

So, how pray tell do I become a 'legal' EFL teacher in Thailand without the money to enrol on a PGCEi?

Any constructive comments and help appreciated. Cheers, Jim