Number 6

Go to India. Take a trip up to Ladakh and back down. Start in Himachal Pradesh. 3 months.

Take a damn shower.

23 minutes ago, Trillian said:

If BOT wants to increase inflation in Thailand it has a number of choices,increasing the minimum wages by a substantial amount would work and opening up the country to foriegn competition would also work.

I'm certain both of these are too priorities for the government and Thai oligarchs. Genius.

I just have wife cook at home in air fryer or eat in street for b15, b25 pc. No idea. Overpriced, processed food.

Depreciating the currency is simple. Just print money and give it all the banks and corporations to prop up their businesses. Bunch of wreckless parliamentary spending bills. Easy.

It's all about control and getting people comfortable with giving up even more personal freedom. I'll pass.

Went in for sundries. QR police stopped me cold.

Threw up my hands and left never to return.

Someone got smart.

Damn straight not gonna touch a public pen.

12 minutes ago, Trillian said:

Let's say for example they dropped the rate to 40 per USD,

The currency floats on the open market. You cant just depreciate your currency lol. That's total manipulation.

Why would Thais want to lose 20% of their purchasing power?!

On 6/3/2020 at 4:45 PM, Trillian said:

Inflation is falling, not soaring, it's a major issue for the bank, April CPI was -3%:

https://think.ing.com/articles/thailand-steepest-price-fall-since-financial-crisis-reflects-huge-demand-drop/

 

The ever weakening USD is a concern when it comes to Baht strength, people have been dumping the Dollar which is causing it to weaken. The main reasons for that fall are the riots, and the high level of borrowings, as a result THB looks like a very sound and stable currency since government debt is below 42% of GDP. 

 

 

It's deflation - slack economy. There's a difference.

USD is not being dumped and certainly not because of the riots. That's just nonsense. BOT could hold gold or Euro (oops that's about to implode) or RMB or whatever. It need not be only dollars.

5 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

I can live very comfortably on less than 20,000 a month, with car, aircon, internet, IPTV, mix of Thai and farang food. All while supporting a wife and five dogs. That's why it pi**es me off when 400,000 or 800,000 is demanded to be held in the bank. I know there are those who can't imagine living on less than 100,000 a month, but one size doesn't fit all.

But then, I bought a house when the Baht was in the toilet.

I'm pretty frugal and honestly don't see how you do that. I'm sure living at the end of the earth helps. Having a paid house, helps. Are you including petrol, maintenance, insurance? You say supporting but that sounds like it means feeding and keeping a roof over the wife's head.

Holidays? Getaway weekends? Dental? Medical? Vet bills?

AC in May must have run you 5k in a house alone.

Nothing wrong with them asking us to keep 400k on hand.

You didn't buy a house. Your wife bought the house. Some fish spent there bud.

I think as lonas your dates are within bounds and your paperwork correct it will be a go.

They're going to be flooded with applications, deluged. They aren't going to try tripping people up, sending them away only to see them back a week later with more gap in their visa stay.

I don't think it will be an issue but I bet it will take months to clear the backlogs.

I now have four 7s within a ten minute walk and one is five minutes. I love 7 and I would actually walk farther to shop at 7 than family. But I'm boycotting now because I'm not bothering with the covid tracker. They even have a little store minion monitor.

So I go to Max Value which is ten minutes.

You lose 7

I was offered up to 104k to take four classes which is twelve hours a week at that famous Bangkok uni named after a favorite king. Passed the grammar and writing. Was into second round of interviews but pulled out. I'm pretty much making that now. I'm doing 18 hours a week but I'm tired of jumping schools. Don't fancy huge classes again although the possibility of teaching so many of my former students was appealing. 6Didn't want to proofread theses for free. BTW I was 58 when they contacted me so all this rubbish about schools not wanting older teachers. It's not the age - it's you. I'm renewing again this year.

Srinkarinwirot just posted a job for 65k unfortunately 24 hours and a bunch of vague unpaid assistance to department.

I think there's snob appeal teaching at universities but I'd much rather teach at a top secondary than some laff rajabhat. There's only about twenty five unis I'd even consider. After that I'd be embarrassed because we all know how <deleted> the pay is. These lazy teachers often counter it by not doing much of anything. It's Thailand no surprise. Always truly amazes me teachers that can't work a full day, say 700-330 or whatever. What else do you have going on living in a foreign country that is so important except running home to teach online. How pathetic.

On 5/20/2020 at 9:01 AM, Perkkele said:

I didn't even know there's a country named America? 

There isn't. Seriously.

United States of America

United States of Mexico

North, Central and South America.

Best to move Bangkok if you want your kid to have a shot at something in life. Upcountry there are perhaps a dozen plus schools worth attending. Benjama Maharat comes quickly to mind but it's nothing close to the top twenty public's in BKK.

Don't confront the school. Nothing will change. If it could be better but probably would. Provincial schools generally have horrible teachers. Public schools are ranked. Good teachers go where they are wanted. Bad teachers go where they will be taken. Then it's just a lifetime slide into oblivion career and personally.

Did anyone else catch the BKK post article just a few days ago that stated there was so much cash rolling into Banks that they quite literally couldn't put it to use given the economic climate.

I had a good laugh indeed.

From my personal experience and what I've gathered Americans are sort of exempt from this although they may want a letter certifying your degree. I've worked at half dozen top schools and never been hassled for that. I think it's mostly a British thing. My guess is there were a number of forgeries. You might not have to do the security check either.

Get on an O visa first and do not let them convert to B. Find another school.

Go get a job then let them worry about it. Sounds like you don't need the income.

Don't bother teaching upcountry. Don't take a satang less than 36.5 for first year. Change schools every two years and get minimum of 20% per hop. Don't teach outside Bangkok it's just not worth the money.

I think price a bit too high for me at the moment but can anyone tell me where I can purchase Oz, half Oz. Krugerrand, Maple, Pandas? What price over spot is standard for Thailand?

Thanks

Whew! Glad that guy never made it into the country.

Biometric technology saves the day again.

Go team Thailand!

9 hours ago, salo said:

It is quite amusing, reading about the importance of teaching American culture. What for culture? I think the last thing we need in this world is a spread of "American Culture". 

According to cultural aspects, students should be taught every year from teachers with different backgrounds. This year from an African, next year from an Indian, Filipino, European, etc. Than they learn about culture. 

Best you read up on the MOE indicators because while American culture is not explicitly stated it is most certainly implied. Nowhere does the MOE indicate interest in cultures from non native (English) speaking counties. Especially those mentioned by you.

This is just some ugly hack opinion. You know nothing of this subject. Read the indicators.  

There are absolutely amazing things that have come out of the United States. Somehow Africa rates but America doesn't. That's just plain ignorant. Hope you don't teach.

5 hours ago, Scott Tracy said:

comprehension (understanding) on both sides is what matters, not accents. If you or they cannot understand the question or answer, repeat and/or rephrase.

I entirely agree with this statement. IMO there's nothing wrong with the *Thai accent*. The issue is when the person cannot be understood - the first time. Heavy or sing-song accents are not good to model ones language on. Whether that's Glasgow, New Orleans or Manila. The hands down preference in East Asia is N American English. A person with that can be recognized as having any sort of accent should never teach pronunciation.

It's all going online. Big tech is going to swoop in with materials and the industry as you know it will vanish. Exciting innovative and interactive curriculum. It won't be a stellar experience but compared to the average TEFL teacher it will actually be a better learning experience. It's not just EFL expect a complete paradigm shift in education in the next ten years. This isn't wizardry MOE has been experimenting with distance learning for years. All they need is some high tech company to deliver.

The most likely scanario in Thailand students will receive lessons over digital broadcast, cable and internet. Respond by mobile on networks as dated as 2G.

The rural, semiskilled teachers will be first to go. This isn't just a TEFL thing. It's all subjects and teachers. The Thai government sees this as a way to resolve teacher shortages and bloated pay and pensions. It's obvious to everyone the rural teachers are such a failure anything is better. Distance learning will be better. Rural schools don't need foreign teachers. It's a huge waste of money.

The hiring of 10k teachers will never happen.

BTW MOE Indicators and strands clearly call for native speakers to impart language and culture. Example: Grades 10-12 Strand 2 F2.1, F2.2. Thais are not the least bit interested in Filipino, South African or Nigerian cultures.

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