chonabot

How do you define "British Quality" ? I know the term German quality, but never heard of British quality.

Maybe that is because there is no such thing

How about the language you are speaking ?

I'll take a British built and engineered Aston Martin/Lotus/Nobel over any Japanese/Thai/American car.

I'll take a Nissan GTR over anything that is british built.

BTW 0 to 60MPH is under 3 seconds and top speed is 196mph, makes your Nobel look like a bit of a slug at nearly half the price.

Some people are easily pleased I suppose

Hand built quality costs - Skylines are everywhere these days - I used to own a R32 but sold it and bought a nice little Exige.

The GTR that achieved that speed was not a base model - it was race engineered and I suspect cost a lot more than the Nobel base model.

2013 GTR Black Edition, cost is about $105,000 USD (65,000 quid), bout half the price of your Noble and japanese build quality not some scouser wanting to nick off from work early to get a pint down his neck.

Yes they're nice cars agreed

I wish I had one or even a Nobel would suffice

I'll take a British built and engineered Aston Martin/Lotus/Nobel over any Japanese/Thai/American car.

I'll take a Nissan GTR over anything that is british built.

BTW 0 to 60MPH is under 3 seconds and top speed is 196mph, makes your Nobel look like a bit of a slug at nearly half the price.

Some people are easily pleased I suppose

Hand built quality costs - Skylines are everywhere these days - I used to own a R32 but sold it and bought a nice little Exige.

The GTR that achieved that speed was not a base model - it was race engineered and I suspect cost a lot more than the Nobel base model.

I'll take a British built and engineered Aston Martin/Lotus/Nobel over any Japanese/Thai/American car.

Our best export however must be our language...English not British.

There are not many people worldwide screaming out for Thai language teachers.

ps I'll get my coat

Well said!...The greatest asset we have is the ability to use the English language so well. It cant be copied, or faked and is admired far more than anything on 4 wheels or anything we wear on our wrists.

BTW Chonabot...what the hecks a Nobel? Id bet a Holden Monaro would stomp it anyday mate!

The Monaro is a nice muscle car but The Noble M15 accelerates from 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.5 seconds and has a top speed of 185 mph

I'll take a British built and engineered Aston Martin/Lotus/Nobel over any Japanese/Thai/American car.

Our best export however must be our language...English not British.

There are not many people worldwide screaming out for Thai language teachers.

ps I'll get my coat

best my friend said to her, look at me closely, tomorrow you and all of your family will be unemployed, I have a greater education than you,,, I finished uni and studied nursing, and you are a small shop worker,,, just because you are white dose not make you better, same as because i am another race dose not make me better, when we all can learn to see what we are then maybe peace can finaly come to this world!!!

Excellent response to a small minded idiot - my wife also encountered similar bigotry from some co-workers in the UK - Made me smile - Thanks

30 sounds perfect - is that in an Ep at the school?

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008 for 12call works for me 7 baht per minute to UK landlines I believe

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There's a free lesson for you

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On a more serious note - In a typical Government school there are 50-60 students per class.

The Foreign English teacher has 50 minutes per week in which to teach these students.

Last Semester I had many lessons wiped out due to the extra activities my school loves so much.

So in a good week the students get one minute each in which to practice conversational English.

The Thai English teachers have 150 minutes per week, they teach grammar and fundamental English.

This system needs to change if the students are ever to be proficient in speaking English.

I totally agree with you. Only those who have some "extra lessons" are a kind of okay. One of my Thai colleague teaching English just recently told me that when she comes home, nobody's using English.

It's a good excuse not to be able to speak a proper English, but I've met too many Thais teaching English who couldn't say one sentence properly.

Just to understand how difficult learning a second or third language can be, look at foreigners who live here for many years.

My Thai isn't very good, but I can get around. I've met so many who lived here for many years, but their Thai wasn't existent.

The Thai teachers are teaching English grammar, using Thai to explain it. Once you've understood the system, (if there's one) then you'll have to go with the flow.

Most Thai schools hire Filipinos, not even knowing how bad some of their English is, because their English is even worse. Etc.....

I take it that you are not a native speaker, right?

To whom is this barb directed towards?

*sigh*

It would be nice,, just for once, to have a teaching thread devoid of troll / grammar nazi detritus.....

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There's a free lesson for you

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On a more serious note - In a typical Government school there are 50-60 students per class.

The Foreign English teacher has 50 minutes per week in which to teach these students.

Last Semester I had many lessons wiped out due to the extra activities my school loves so much.

So in a good week the students get one minute each in which to practice conversational English.

The Thai English teachers have 150 minutes per week, they teach grammar and fundamental English.

This system needs to change if the students are ever to be proficient in speaking English.

NYE party was mad - the NYD party started 3 hours ago

Agreed, as a fellow Scot ( South Uist ) - we do know how to throw a decent party

It's been so long since I lived there that I have kind of forgotten

Interesting story but I ask myself "why did you wait one year before telling your story".

I too enjoyed the story

I guess some people enjoy' thread screwing' more than others.

I'm also at a Government school - we're back on Wednesday.......,,maybe

Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year also

I have a shaved head, only 5ft 7 and fairly stocky - plus I'm mid 40's.

I was offered 5 jobs on the same day when I turned up unannounced at the local schools.

At the time I had no experience but did have a BA and TEFL.

I think my enthusiasm and energy showed sufficiently - funnily enough I'm probably average height now I'm in Thailand

Better than none at all though

I wouldn't want to make too much of a generalisation but most of these teachers end up teaching English to classes of 60 students, 1 hour a week per class, minimal preparation, personally that would drive me insane.

It's also how most teachers, myself included, start their career in Thailand

ps minus the preparation - I spend a lot of time on my Lesson plans and tweak them for each class of 600..er 60 I mean

How many of these alleged teachers,are teachers,not just Teflers.

At a guess I would say less than 1%

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I'm fairly sure that percentage is on the low side.

If an experienced UK teacher came from a school with 30 in a class, and then was presented with 60 students in a small hot room...well I'm not sure they would cope any better.

Granted they would slot into an International school role easier and be more adept than someone with a degree and a TEFL cert, but those jobs are probably 5% of the big picture.

When I have done the school run I have seen plenty of 15 year old ladyboys, all holding hands with the 15 year old girls.

Some ladyboys are younger and it is not a choice but how they were born.

Can I understand it ?.

No, but I can accept it.

I sometimes wonder if it is the way they are treated that makes them violent, backed into a corner and all that.

Yes, there is a lot of discrimination in Thai society towards transgendered people, pressuring them into a very limited choice of life roles. There is massive mockery of them in the entertainment media. Some of those limited option roles are criminal roles. A small minority become high achievers usually related to higher economic class of their family and strong FAMILY support.

I've always wondered about that.

Isn't Thailand (correct me if I'm wrong) about the easiest country to openly see ladyboys? Dosen't that go contrary to the descrimination?

Not if young ones feel society is telling them your choices are: show business ladyboy act, prostitute, thief, waitress (OK not so bad), retail clerks in certain kinds of places (OK not so bad).

So yes I think discrimination in Thai society is a major causative factor in the criminality rate of transgendered people here. That doesn't mean the individual criminals are acceptable though. It would be nice for Thailand to progress in its treatment of minorities but that doesn't make getting harassed, burgled, violently assaulted, or drugged any more OK.

I agree those career roles are limited but can you imagine going for any interview in the UK as a transgender?

The job choices would be meager in comparison.

any adult Thai female, will also be miserable in the cold west with no sun, food, family, etc...

Really?

My wife loved her 15 years in Sunny UK - apart from the odd bigot

The racism comes from small minded idiots in a small country town near Oxford.

Out of interest, which one?

Wallingford