aussiestyle1983

You might get more replies if you posted an idea of the salary or total renumeration package that you are prepaired to offer. I know you have provided an e-mail address, but quite a few people won't bother responding to an ad such as this without any information about the benifits that they will recieve. One of the schools I used to work for had the same problem until it was suggested that they advertise the benifits and pay of the job, then the enquiries came in. Just a suggestion.

Only if I can have whipped cream with cherries and strawberries on top.......

Now you're just rubbing salt into the wound. I think he's probably got the point, no? It's a common mistake on this forum that most of us have been guilty of at one time or another.

"no?" No.

I don't think he's got the point, but I hope he has.

Can I also suggest Surreycouple follws a course in anger-management before he comes to Thailand. Otherwise methinks he will be in for a hard time

Simon

That's some much needed advice. Hopefully he finds time to read it; learning your lesson in Thailand due to anger problems is most likely very unplesant.

Having said that, SURREY and his traits of being a hypocrite will fit in right in the Thai education system. Say one thing, do another. "You talk as if you have years of knowledge under your belt yet I have just noticed your age, for gods sake you rant like Tony Blair, grow up." LOL. He then goes on and says that he is only one year older than me and gives the impression that he has years of knowledge under his belt? SURREY, do you think being 25 and one year older than me means that you have years of knowledge under your belt, and I will as well once I hit the magical age of 25? Or are you just being a hypocrite? The second will make you fit in much better in LOS.

Chao

Hopefully, SURREY will have learnt his lesson when in uni, and will spend a bit more time reading and trying to correctly comprehend any texts that he might need to write an essay about.

SURREY, just some friendly advice, during your first semeter at uni, slow down! Make sure you read any material you are required to read thoroughly and make sure you have comprehended it correctly before you write an off-topic essay and hand it in to your teacher. I think uni is a lot less forgiving that thaivisa.com when it comes to not comprehending something correctly.

Good luck! May the force be with you....

Not being rude ignoring this thread....

Have been away in Spain for a few days, the joys of owning a rental villa. No not a nice holiday, the neighbours decided to build a pool 1m from our surrounding walls, causing them to collapse under the pressure. An expensive few days and a few lessons learnt.

Anyway back on subject and to address what has got my back up the most after an already stressful week!

Aussiestyle, who the <deleted> are you to refer to me as a bum? I work 50hr weeks, do 10hrs VOLUNTARY help a month and run a business in Spain. You know nothing about me so don't make sweeping statements and judge people - you wont get far in life. Please also define "criminal" to me! Oh I cant wait for you to make a mistake or two in your later life and regret it.

You talk as if you have years of knowledge under your belt yet I have just noticed your age, for gods sake you rant like Tony Blair, grow up.

To quote you "The best part of my two years in Thailand, I just realised, was the day I left. I have loved being back in farangland from day 1 and am now having second thoughts about continuing uni just to get a degree so a bunch of thick headed people from a backwards culture can accept me" – Did you actually read this, you sound like an arrogant 16 year old.

To quote you once again "Are you joking? The guy is a bum because he made some bad choices. I reckon he'd still be where he is today even if he had a degree. In Thailand, he might be able to pick up a job if he had a degree and he framed it and placed it on his lap while sitting on the sidewalk. A degree will not make a loser into a winner. Maybe it will in Thailand. Maybe the Thai's would give a bum a job just because he has a degree therefore making him supposedly someone. But in reality, degree or no degree, this guy can not blame his bad luck for not being able to land a job due to him not having a degree. I feel for this bum, honestly, but I think it's about more than just lacking a degree."

You reek of arrogance you little boy. People like you always post comments like this as they feel safe in the knowledge that it is unlikely they would ever meet the person they are insulting. I believe in Karma...

I can but only laugh at you. My life is on track and looking good, i am 25, own an apartment in London, villa rental business in Spain and Antigua and have a great life with my other half, so good that we can now afford to semi-retire to a country where we both love and learn about a new culture.

You have clearly missed the point in me getting a degree, to clarify the other half is a PGCE qualified primary teacher, has a job secured at a top international school and we get a decent salary from our rental businesses. I am not a "bum" trying to tide the years over in LAS you <deleted>.

However I am young! I want to learn more, I want to teach English in Thailand and I want to get a degree. I get what I want in life as I believe you have to. I will study hard to get my degree be it whether it takes 3 years or 10 years. I wouldnt have made that decision without the advice of the people here so I thank you all. Well, 1 person knows he is not included there lol.

I apologise for the rant above, I dont want to come across as a wanke_r ranting or boasting its just Aussie"boy" needs to grow up and stop insulting people, it has a habbit of biting you back.. Apologies for ranting - it happens all too often on the forums.

Seriously, thanks for all the input you have given me so much information and avenues to explore and I am sure that whatever decision I make will be the right one.

Now back to dealing with Pedro the builder

PS - You cant go wrong with property if you do your research. My tip of the week : Marina Spir, Morocco... just you wait and see..

A 2 bed 2 bath appartment (110m2+) with garden, good sea views, set right into the golf range and with clubhouse membership (thats a big deal btw) and 10 year build guarantee is about £107000 and with three 18 hole golf courses (designed by Segales), small hospital, designer shopping centre, biggest marina in the Med, cinemas, small footie stadium, 2 Carrefour supermarkets and exposure to the guests of the 11 on - site 5* hotels with no further private property being allowed for 15 years... lol listen to me

"Aussiestyle, who the <deleted> are you to refer to me as a bum?"

You are wrong. I think Uni might be a good idea for you since you lack the ability to read and comprehend. Please find the part of any of my posts where I called you a bum and make me aware of it. The only person I referred to as a bum, was the homeless person MBKUDU was referring to in one of his posts. I simply called a homeless person a bum instead of a homeless person. Nevertheless, I will now refer to you as a person with poor comprehension abilities, since you decided to have a go at me before getting your facts straight. If you don't like it, oh well.... "who the <deleted>" are you anyway?

Like you, I am young and successful and I do whatever I want. I live where I want and I work in jobs that I want, just because I can. Sounds like you need to grow up too

Scott: "Aussieland, sorry to hear the bitterness in you."

I do aplolgise to all of you, especially the ones I communicated with on a more regular basis whilst living in the land of s. I am an arrogant asshol_e, so I do apologise.

My bitterness come from my present situation. Everything has gone perfect with my wife and my return to Australia. The problem is that I am now forced between two options. I really want a degree, but I don't need one; however, I have already started the degree and I never start anything I don't finish, so quiting now would be against the way I do things. That's not the big issue anyway. The problem is that I paid all my fees up front, I mean the tuition fees for the entire degree, thousands of dollars, and that was fine. Now, the problem is, I have the option to buy out the other people who own part of the property I partly own 1/3 of. Since I spent most of the cash I have access to, I lack the funds to show a decent deposit to the bank to get the load to buy out these other two people. I really love this place and it is a good deal, so good, I'd proably make a lot more money out of this that I would make from the degree.

See, I really want the degree, it would be a great accomplishment for me. But to let this chance to own this property outright is very hard as well. Not many people would hrow away a chance like this just to persue the wish for a degree. What would ya'll do?

Refund fees and buy the property, or continue with studying that is already paid for?

Xangsamhua: "However, you're still associating Australian university online studies (as offered by Macquarie, Australian Catholic University, University of Southern Queensland, etc.) with the kind of life experience degree offered by Almeda, etc. in the States, where you "pay your fee, get your degree", as you say."

How so? I mean, Almeda and those online degrees are actually not online degrees at all, they fall into the diploma mill catagory. Those places take you money, usually only a few hundred dolllars and send you a fake degree without completing ANY studdies. Open Uni degrees are far from that, and far from the "pay you fee, get your degree" on-campus Thai degrees as well, where failing is not an option. As I said before, like it/ believe it or not, o\open uni degrees are identicle to on-campus degrees (same major of course!).

So many Open Uni students drop out and fail. They think it will be a walk in the park, little do they know the teachers are harder when marking us because they think we have more time on our hands. You need to spend at least 8 hours per week studying and listening to lectures per class, that does not include the time it takes to prepare 1,000 - 4,000 word essays and research reports, etc. Anybody who thinks an Open Uni degree is an "online degree" refering to online degrees as degrees from Diploma Mills, is either totaly unaware of how the open system works, or just in denial.

Scott: "Again, degrees are about options and if you don't plan or need to have the option, then so be it. A lot of people do need the option and, therefore, should get a degree."

Spot on. Don't complicate your options to begin with and you should get by without a degree. Experience and knowledge of what your doing counts for a lot more. That's why less % of people studying in Australia are doing tertiary education and a greater % are doing vocational training.

You see, I don't rush into things or panic like a lot of others. I weight up the pros and cons. And, in regards to getting a degree The pros and cons seem to be equal, well as a matter of fact, the cons slightly outweigh the pros. Studying, is taking up some of my time I could be spending at work. Anyway, Of course I want a degree, most people want a degreee, I also want a million dollars like most others as well. Not having everything you want is not really a big deal because most people don't have everything they want. By not having a time consuming and money wasting degree is really no skin off my nose, especially if it means I will be able to spend more time focusing on my career.

Aussiestyle, I'm sure if you're intelligent and resourceful you'll achieve your goals reasonably well without a degree, and it's hard yakka doing study if your heart's not in it. Still, a degree's almost a rite of passage now for your generation, so you wouldn't want to be disdavantaged later, even if it's for no good reason. In any case, Nataraja's points are worth considering.

One question: I think you said earlier that your current study is by distance mode, "not an online degree". However, the universities connected with the Open University in Australia offer degrees through both distance mode and online mode. (Maybe the latter is more for postgrad courses.) Last time I looked, external mode consists of printed matter sent to the student and essays returned by post, exams done at a centre somewhere. Online mode provides the readings and lecturer input online and requires participation in discussion forums as well as essays and, sometimes, exams. Both forms of education have equal weight in the Australian university system. The difference is mainly to do with the technology. I'm not aware of any organizations in Australia that provide a mail-order type degree, but then I've been away for a while.

The degrees that Open Universities Australia offer are degrees identicle to those that on-campus student get from the relevant universities. That is why there are not that many degrees to choose from. They only provide degrees that you could actually obtain without the need to physically attend university. That is a reason you can not get education related degrees, because most education degrees require prac work that distance students can't participate in. Open uni just provides a more felixble and affordable mode of studying. The bachelor of Arts I'm doing, through the open uni will be a Macquarie Uni degree. If you do the degree on campus at Mq uni, you fees are about three or four times as much, you have to fit in with their schedule, and so on. I get four semesters per year where as the on-campus students only get two. So really, I only have to study half the number of classes per semester to do the same study load PA. That's why i chose to get the same degre through the open universities. At the end of the day, I will get the same degree and the same recognition and to top it off, I will attend the same grad ceremony as the on-campus students. They might say, my degree is better because I attended campus. I will say, good for you, but I have the exact same degree, I paid about a fourth of the tuition fees as you, and, I managed to earn a decent salary and take out a mortgage all while attending uni. Who do you think will be really better off in the long run?

As for delivery mode. You have to by textbooks from the uni book shop or order online. You have electronic access to the university's library (no need to physically go to the library). You need to either purschase course readers or download them. There are many weekly readings to go through. You need to participate in weekly online discussions, if you don't, you loose marks. You get sent a lecture CD in the mail. Essays are the same, you submit and do them just like on-campus students. Exams are either online and timed, once you hit begin, the timer starts counting. Or, exams are sent to an approved exam handler for the uni and you then actually need to go somewhere physically to do the exam. It's hardly an online degree. In fact, there is more effort required to get a degre through open uni Australia that on-campus students in Thai universities need to put in (an ex-thai studnet doing an OUA degree told me). I actually think a degree from a Thai uni is more like an online degree, because in Thailand "pay your fee, get your degree". LOL

Do farangs in Thailand really think Almeda university is real? I remember seeing so much mail from Almeda uni in my appartment building in Bangkok. Seriously.......

Thank you PB, I am glad someone else regards me as the most arrogant prick in here!

In regards to my on and off ranting, yes, I am aware that you need a degree to teach legally in Thailand if everything is done by the book. My attitude stems from the fact that I teach for other reasons than most others. I don't teach to earn a salary, I teach because I actually enjoy it and to just kind of help out. I loved teaching in Thailand. But, since I am not desperate for money or any job, I kind of feel like getting a degree just so that I can do something I don't really need to do or am desperate to do is a waste of time.

I realise that there are a lot of people, and losers, stuck there in Thailand because they are unwanted or have messed up back home. These people are more likely to need work, therefore needing a degree. I on the other hand, just want to help out in my spare time, and after landing a pretty good paying career back in farangland with no plan on comming to Thailand until I retire in another 40 or so years, that kind of makes me want to scrap the idea about getting a degree, especially since I might not even teach at all if I retire in Thailand.

You see, I don't rush into things or panic like a lot of others. I weight up the pros and cons. And, in regards to getting a degree The pros and cons seem to be equal, well as a matter of fact, the cons slightly outweigh the pros. Studying, is taking up some of my time I could be spending at work. Anyway, Of course I want a degree, most people want a degreee, I also want a million dollars like most others as well. Not having everything you want is not really a big deal because most people don't have everything they want. By not having a time consuming and money wasting degree is really no skin off my nose, especially if it means I will be able to spend more time focusing on my career.

Lets face it, the word degree is everywhere in Thailand. Since most people there are poor, I can understand why. like MBKUDU said in his little Chinese saying, give me the degree over a million dollars. Thai's valuse their education because that's pretty much all the have. Since being back here in farangland, seldom do I hear the word degree, which makes me stop and think, maybe there is something wrong with the way all the degreeless farangs are acting in Thailand, being so desperate for a piece of paper that makes them part of a special community.

Anyway, I plan to finish my degree, and like PB, I will be around 29 when I finish. I'm only studying 1 subject at a time so I can focus on the career I got without the degree. I might pick up the pace and finish in 2.5 years at the age of 26, but I know I'll be finished for sure by the age of 29. Either way, when I'm ready to retire there and if I feel like teaching the wonderful Thai students again one day, I might be able to land a job easier, because I won't be a young, white and good looking as I am today, I'll be 40 years older, have grey hair, and most likely a poorer attitude than I have now (if possible), but I'm sure the Thai's won't care and they'll give me a job anyway if I flash my degree.

PB: In summary, there will always be so-called 'schools' in Thailand who take any lukewarm, fairly White body. And there will increasingly be real schools in Thailand that slam the door in the face of those without a real degree.

Don't forget, a lot of schools hire lukeworm, fairly white boys with degree as well. A degree doesn't necessarily mean that a person is not a criminal. Sorry, my bad, I forgot, in Thailand it does

The OP is gone......... Maybe he has gone away to get his degree? Hopefully not from the university of Khao San

PB: "But the unrelated degree (plus a 120 hour TEFL certificate) got me a job as a matayom teacher in Thailand."

Do you think you could still have the same job without that degree? I was legal with a WP & a TL without a degree (I do have a diploma in TEFL though). If you don't think you could have landed the same job without your degree how does that make you feel about yourself?

Scott: The right people will always be able to open doors with or without the key. It's all about how you market yourself. The right person with the right attitude and mindset will always overcome small issues like not having a degree (well, at least where there is common sense). Sorry, I forgot you are positng from LOS (Land Of Stupidity). You worked at Sarasas right?

mbkudu: Are you joking? The guy is a bum because he made some bad choices. I reckon he'd still be where he is today even if he had a degree. In Thailand, he might be able to pick up a job if he had a degree and he framed it and placed it on his lap while sitting on the sidewalk. A degree will not make a loser into a winner. Maybe it will in Thailand. Maybe the Thai's would give a bum a job just because he has a degree therefore making him supposedly someone. But in reality, degree or no degree, this guy can not blame his bad luck for not being able to land a job due to him not having a degree. I feel for this bum, honestly, but I think it's about more than just lacking a degree.

How do I say I miss the stupid arrogance of the Thais in Thai?

Phom miss ngo arrognace Khun Thai.......... something like that?

Sorry if I seem to be ranting, that's just the opinion of one arrogant Aussie asshol_e, me! Yes, I might no longer be in the beautiful land ya'll are in, but I still remember a thing or two, or maybe just one thing about how it was like there.

When Kerry Paker, the richest or once richest man in Australia was asked why he didn't let his sone go to university (I think his son James is now the or one of the richest men in Australia) he claimed: "Why would I want my son to go to university to learn how to smoke marijuana?"

And, did the homeless man know what major he would have liked a degree in? You say, get a degree because you will need one. But, I don't see the point in having a degree with a major that is not related to your profession anyway. You say having a degree with any major still means you have an education, but if you have intellegence to begin with, what's the point of just having a degree?

I say only get a degree if your 100% sure what you want to do and make sure the degree's related, if not, why bother just to please others?

I'd rather invest my money in property and other things that will give me the same or an even better return than the slightly higher salary I might get by having one beautiful piece of papaer with my name on it.

Peace out.

Research by a former colleague of mine into that school concluded that the above mentioned school is a diploma mill, as are most schools in Thailand.

Okay, okay, rather than ranting, I might as well try to help out.

I am currently doing my degree through Open Universities Australia. www.open.edu.au

All the degrees are from well recognised Australian universities. The degree is NOT an online degree, it's a degree you complete as an external student, the degree is identical to that of an on campus student. You can finish a full time 3 year bachelors degree in 1.5 years or take up to 10 years part time. The reason you can finishs it so quick is because the offer 4 semesters a year to external students and you can study a max of 4 classes per semester. You need 24 credits (classes) to graduate, so you can do 4 x4 = 16 in year 1 and then 2 x 4 = 8 in year 2 and have finished the degree in 18 months. Thats a 3 year bachelors degree. Or, you can do it like I do, 1 unit per semester and still finish the degree in 6 years. It is a lot easier doing 1 class at a time over 4 sememster per year than 2 classes at a time in 2 semesters a year like part time on campus students do. So to finish the degree in 3 years, you would only need to do 2 classes at a time and devote a max of about 20 hours per week to studying. Anyway, it s very flexible and you just enrol in classes whenever you want, you just need to follow the degree requirements. There are no entry reuqirements (shit students fail) and you will need to study hard. International students pay a bit more than Aussie citizens. Anyway, the time frames above sound ideal to your circumstances. You could even study 1 class and then 2 classes every other semester and you would still finish the degree in 4 years with minimal distraction to your life, thats kinds of how I plan to do it so I can work full time. You only have 10 years to finish the degree once you start your first class though. Dergrre are available from good universities like Macquarie, Monash, etc. Anyway, the website is up there, I'd chack it out. The cost in $AUD is not too much more than a Thai degree, but at least your degree would be of better quality and recognised world wide.

Sorry for the quick post and messy typing. Back to work now.

I'll throw in a quick post while I'm at work getting paid, especially since I haven't contributed much lately.

The Op wrote "I wont get anywhere without the degree".

So why would you want to live in a place where such a mentality is needed?

The best part of my two years in Thailand, I just realised, was the day I left. I have loved being back in farangland from day 1 and am now having second thoughts about continuing uni just to get a degree so a bunch of thick headed people from a backwards culture can accept me. Having a degree won't make you a better teacher unless it's an education related degree, it will just improve your general academic abilities and give you extended knowledge in the areas you study. There are other methods around getting a degree, if you want to stay with your Thai wife, bring her to farangland; if you want to teach English, teach where a degree is not required but where you will be rewarded for your skill. You must be nuts, like I once was, for wanting to waste so much time and money for an un-needed education and a piece of paper needed to keep people from second world country happy. Honestly, if the Thai way of thinking was right, there wouldn't be so many problems and so much poverty throughout Thailand. If you want a degree to fulfill you childhood dream, fair enough, but I'd honestly consider not doing it if it's for any other reason. My degree is now 1/6th finished, it's been a lot of work so far, but since it was only to be used to teach English in Thailand, which is no longer a plan, finishing the degree might also be no longer a plan, because here in civilisation, you can make good maoney and be happy and respected without the piece of paper you need there..........

Good luck.

Good on ya johnny. Since the father is dead I think you will find less resistance from her family about getting married, and like you said, her other siblings support her mother and she is aging and might drop dead soon anyway. Having said that, because of your situation, and it is pretty bad, you will need to come up with a life plan like some others have suggestted in order to proove that you will be able to support your future wife. You say you live in isarn and make less that 40K PM, so lets say you make 30K. It's dirt cheap living there and since you already have a woman, you shouldn't be spending your money on bar whores so you should be able to at least save 10K PM. Save a 50K dowry and offer it to the mother and see what she says, on the other hand, love is not about money and only your girlfriend can decide whether or not you are good enough for her, not some of the mongers in here who seem to have confused the concept love with the concept of greed, buts that's uderstandable of them, especially having gotten used to dipping their hand into the wallet to keep funding their relationship. Anyway, troll or not, your heart seems to be in the right place but you just need to you your upper brain and at least come up with some kind of plan for your life. I am only your age and have been married over a year now and like you, I loved Thailand and never wanted to leave, but after being back in civilization for a few months, I never want to go back to Thailand again, untill the country developes in more ways than one. So, don't rule out going home, save a bit of money and come up with a plan, because like others have said, if you don't, your marriage will be doomed, especially if it isn't based on love.

Sarasas Bangbon is okay, depends on what building you're in. I worked at another school in that Sarasas area, but I did spend some time there. Just do your research before you accept a job because each building there is like it's own school. About six months ago, buildings 7 and 9 were the ones to stay away from. So speak to a few of the teachers from each building and you will find work out whether or not it's good, coz like I said, each building is like it's own school in that campus. Sarasas Wiated Thonburi and Sarasas Thonburi are much better and not too far away. I'd be asking to work at one of those school if they give you the option. The pay and benifits are the same at all Sarasas schools but there is a lot more scum working a the Bangbon campus.

Hi,

I have a long stop over in KL on my way back to sydney. I was planning to leave the airport instead of waiting around for many hours. I was just wondering if we will get charged a departure tax when we get back to the airport and walk through immigration? If anyone knows about this, could you please let me know. also, I am aussie and my wife is Thai, will we need visas to enter Malaysia during our stopover? Thanks in advance.

I entered LAX a few weeks ago. I had PR status and my wife had a tourist visa, but I made her come with me through the resident/ citizen line. The officer processed us both, no problem. I had been out for a few years so the immi officer (Chinese/ Yank) took me to a little room for four hours while they cancelled my green card but I still got the visa waiver entry being a skippy. I had a shit load of knock off goods, shirts, watches, walletts, etc. and we still walked through customs with no problems, which was a surprise after how they treated me in the interview room. So, go together with your partner and don't worry about knockoffs, I doubt anything will happen.

Are you caucasion? Do you dress well? Are you neatly groomed? Are your teeth straight and white? Can you smile?

If you answered "yes" to all of the above questions, combined with your "dual" BA in law / ENGLISH, a Masters degree and the TEFL certificate you will get (and you should get it!), you would be a fool to work for less than 50K per month in Bangkok, even if you're not a native English speaker.

However, you could teach law in a university with you BA in Law and a Masters degree in Law, but by doing this you would most likely be on a low salary of around 30K per month because Universities in Thailand pay cheap.

Unless you want to be a Law teacher and you love Law, you would be better of aiming for a job at low end international school to start with untill you get more teaching experience and can get a better position. But you should aim for a salary of more than 50K per month because there are some less well known international schools that pay 50K to people without degrees, so I'd be aiming for more than 50K.

Also, once you start teaching, because you allready have degrees, you could apply for and try to study the DELTA via distance which is one of, if not the best TEFL qualification you can get. Then a few years down the track you should be pulling in 100K pm at a good international school.

Just my 2.2c

To answer the questions of the OP or troll, yes with your degree you can get a teaching job in Thailand. It seems like the MOE and Thai employers don't really care about ability, so, although your English ability is very weak, it won't mater as long as you have a few peices of paper to compensate for this and your impress them with your looks, dress and smile. When you can provide all sorts of fancy doccuments most Thai people will say "although this guy doesn't speak English too well, he must be smart because of his has a degree" so realistically in Thailand, you will find work and you are exactaly the type of candidate the MOE want teaching in Thailand, but no way will you earn close to 50K pm. In the sticks most people and make between 20-30K pm.

However, since your English sucks and you seem to be concerned about earning a high salary, I get the impression that you are not interested in Teaching, you are just out to make a few esay baht. If you don't become a teacher you would be doing Thailand a favor, as much as the Thais wouldn't realise this, you would be. So just stay home and improve you English before you try to teach something you are not fluent in.

Simple answer, yes.

All you need is a degree in any subject and you have that. You also have a TEFL so with your degree and TEFL, you already meet any qualifications and can get legal. Add to that your Diploma in English and you are pretty well qualified.

So to answer your question, you will be able to find many jobs and get legal. Possibly, because of your additional qualification in English, you might be able to get a job in one of the lower end international schools to start with and build experience and progress from there. I know of an international school who hires teachers based on how well they communicate regardless of qualifications. Most of them have a Bachelors degree in any field but I know of one guy who did not have any degree and he still got acepted to start at 55k per month. So you will be able to get in to the system and you should not accept any job for less than 45k PM in BKK with your qualifications.

I'd have to vote for Australia as having the most "unusual" idioms. The media--especially films and television--have played a big role in spreading idioms around, thus, when I was first overseas, most British idioms I had at least heard.

Australia is a little more isolated, less populated and a lot of the actors and actresses that made it into internationally well-known films were in either British or American films and didn't bring a lot of the idioms in the international mainstream.

Then there are all those unusual creatures they refer to!

The first few times I was out with a couple of Australians, it took me some time (and questioning) as to what some of them meant. Fortunately, they are very patient people. I felt boring, since they knew all mine!

Crikies mate!

One word I love to use is "slash" as in urinate.

I find in funny when a sepo (Yank) refers to something by a brand name, like how some refer to tissues as Kleenex or refer to toilet paper as charmin or cotton buds as q-tips, etc. I think it's kind of funny and it takes a while to get use to.

I guess the Dialect also depends on which part of the country you come from, so, antoher good question would be which yanks and which brits use the most idioms? And, are they worse than aussies when it comes to using idioms?

FranklyNoMore, I am wondering why you continue to teach here, as you are clearly unhappy with your work situation?

im sure you are doing your best and your kid is learning to copy and cheat as you read this.

ROFPMSL

Bloody excellent!