aussiestyle1983

why not try some egg YOKE

Susan Sarandon

Salma Hayek

Interlanguage, on Wireless rd between the US Embassy and the BTS. About a 5 min taxi ride from the Aus embassy.

If it is true, good on him.

CASIUS CLAY

clay aikin

Anal Anne

Is it really possible at age (approx) 60, without a degree or teaching

experience, (''O'' level English 40 years ago!) to just do a TEFL course

and get work as a teacher?

Obviously nothing is guaranteed, and employers would give preference to experienced applicants, but does it happen?

Sorry if I caused confusion by posting this in the wrong place yesterday.

I know of a job going in the North East of Thailand, in a medium sized school 3,000 students in a small Non falang town ( no bars no falangs and no western style shops, but Tesco Lotus only 50 k away ) It is a lovely town and the people are really friendly, but no Westerners want to go there to teach mainly because they are about 500 k from the nearest beach.

It is a hard but very rewarding life if you really want to teach.

I didn't start teaching until I was 57. I now teach 1,000 kids a week and it's great!

But I would recommend getting your TEFL first, choose a TEFL course in Thailand that will give you some hands on teaching as part of your training.

The school I mentioned are so desperate that they would take someone on and sort out a TEFL later.

Could the school obtain a WP for someone if they didn't have a degree, TEFL or the necessary qualifications, or would they be prepaired to let the new teacher take a risk by working there without the paperwork?

Anything is possible !

thats right, but it gives me second thoughts about trying to get a degree the real way to do the right thing here. oh well, at least if i fail, i still might be able to get legal in other provinces (like im doing in bkk now anyway) without a degree if I cant in bkk when i return

CASIUS CLAY

So why not just open a sandbox for the ranters, the pompous and the wimps and let them have at each other. Stop 'em killing good threads, of which there are never enough IMO.

Aussiestyle, congrats on becoming a super member

I think this is the post that did it! And, I am proud to say, apart from this post, none of these 1000 posts has been a result of post whoring

Good on ya! Let's leave that to the pros.

Well, you had better hurry up and keep posting then, I'm about to overtake you, just 14 more posts.........

So why not just open a sandbox for the ranters, the pompous and the wimps and let them have at each other. Stop 'em killing good threads, of which there are never enough IMO.

Aussiestyle, congrats on becoming a super member

I think this is the post that did it! And, I am proud to say, apart from this post, none of these 1000 posts has been a result of post whoring

If anyone doubts the credibility of the OP or the Girl in question, just send them a PM and im sure the reply you might get will answer any doubts you might have.

I didn't feel a thing, I live in Bangkhae. I'd be sad if I missed my first earthquake experience...........

It would be nice if everyone gets the moderators status. That way if you dont like what someone is saying then you can just ban him. Or delete/edit his comments

TIT (this is Thailand) or, should I say TIT (this is Thaivisa.com) maybe your wish will come true one day

Not!

Hide all your assets in a safe place first,....then run!

Right on! Just walk, Thai men do it all the time.

I agree. Do whatever you can to get rid of her, and I mean whatever..................

Just make sure you protect and hide your assets first.

If you feel bad about doing this, don't, just ask yourself "what would she do if the situation was reversed?" Of course she would get rid of you if she was in your situation, and she proably would do it without the need to consult others. Don't be a fool for any longer, get her out of your life! If you have to, go behind her back, do what or as much as you can before informing her, incase she goes to the authorities with a lie. Distance yourself and make sure you have a wittness to say where you are in case she ever tries to make up a story of violence about you. I hope in your next post you will report some good news, like she is gone and is suffering! However, if you let this continue and she rips you off, please post it on here so we can laugh at you for not listening to us. Think about it, why have you asked us for advice if you will ignore it? We are all saying the same thing, so the decision shouldn't be to hard................. unless you were hoping one of us would say stay with her, give it time and you will see a rainbow, maybe that would make you feel better coz the longer she stays that is obviously what you're hoping for. Get her out!

Can you PM me the name and a link to your colleges website. I'd love to do an Education degree, but the courses I have just started, through open universities Australia, don't offer any Education degrees, except for post grad ones. I am just studying electives now and I will make up my mind what major to do later, which is very difficult because there is not many education topics and you can't major in Education anyway. But, I will be studying in distance mode, online, printed materials, etc. Because it's online, there are many essays that have to be done and I need to find an inviligator to supervise any exams I need to do. So, I am interested in this course you mentioned since I have just started, the only degree that is kind on relevant to teaching is a Bachelor of Arts (Society, Life & Learning) through Macquarie Uni, thats all thats available through the open uni but many primary teachers use that degree, so it could be ok, the major just sounds crappy, thats all. I will most likely get a degree un-related to teaching if I continue down this path, since you are allowed to get a WP here anyway with an un-related degree. But the cost of studying through the open Uni is a lot cheaper and more flexable that going to uni so I can continue to work and study where ever I am. Thanks for your help.

Is it really possible at age (approx) 60, without a degree or teaching

experience, (''O'' level English 40 years ago!) to just do a TEFL course

and get work as a teacher?

Obviously nothing is guaranteed, and employers would give preference to experienced applicants, but does it happen?

Sorry if I caused confusion by posting this in the wrong place yesterday.

I know of a job going in the North East of Thailand, in a medium sized school 3,000 students in a small Non falang town ( no bars no falangs and no western style shops, but Tesco Lotus only 50 k away ) It is a lovely town and the people are really friendly, but no Westerners want to go there to teach mainly because they are about 500 k from the nearest beach.

It is a hard but very rewarding life if you really want to teach.

I didn't start teaching until I was 57. I now teach 1,000 kids a week and it's great!

But I would recommend getting your TEFL first, choose a TEFL course in Thailand that will give you some hands on teaching as part of your training.

The school I mentioned are so desperate that they would take someone on and sort out a TEFL later.

Could the school obtain a WP for someone if they didn't have a degree, TEFL or the necessary qualifications, or would they be prepaired to let the new teacher take a risk by working there without the paperwork?

Dear all,

I am the woman of this scenario. My husband and I got married on 16th March this year, 6 days before he has to go to do his business in Latin America. We had been together for 2 years before that and decided to get married by paper before he left for an original contract of 6 weeks, which was then extended to 3 months. Now he wrote me an e-mail wanting to stay there and move back to England at some unknown time.

Even though, we stayed together as a married couple for 6 days, we have been married for 2 months now. My husband (British) has no assets in UK, in fact, he has credit cards debts.

The reason I posted this case on this forum is that I wish to learn about what to do in the circumstances. It's not just about the money, but I want to know what rights do I have. If he's not coming back to Thailand to sign the divorce paper, what are the options that I can do.

The difficult part is he's in Latin America at the moment, and it's hard to get anything legal done there as I understood.

I do understand you guys feel sorry for me to be involved with this guy. In our prior times together, he left me a few times without saying goodbye before and then came back again and again. It is also my fault to let the marriage happen and I totally understand that.

Thanks Guesthouse for your very detailed advise.

Thanks you all for useful opinions and I'm looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts and facts.

Khob khun ka

Darya2

Hi there.

I do not want to be rude here, so Im very sorry if it seem rude when I ask if you are in fact Thai.

All the best

Sailor

That would be good to know, I assume you are Thai, but, your English is very good (as is the English of a lot of Thais) and given some posts in the last few weeks, the TROLL alarm is slowly begining to ring.

I understand your post, but I just think people considering comming here to teach because they earn a salary 5 times or more than the local salary and can have a nice lifestyle and look at hot women, need to think about their future. It might be a better option to spend all the time they plan wasting here back in their home country, where the future benifit would be a lot more, then they could come here and live comfortably on the western pension. This, of course, applies differently to people from different age groups and from different coumtries. But, as you describe it now, it sounds a lot better, but it seems there are still many strings attached to this pension deal here, and you are not the one who can control which way the strings pull, as with most other things here. Maybe the system will rip you off in the end, you just don't want to have to rely on it if you don't have to.....................

I don't know. Try to contact him again and ask if he will at least come back there for a divorce any time soon, if he says yes, just wait untill he says he will come back and make sure you take him to the amphur (unless you can't wait coz you want to marry another guy)

If he says no, go to your Amphur, or the one you got married at and speak to them. Explain the situation and ask what you can do to get out of it. If the amphur says he needs to be there, then you will need to contact his embassy and ask if there is another way you can get it done, if not, you will need to get legal advice, and it will start to cost $$$ or THB.

Embassy. Only go to the VFS if you want a long wait, no help, a headache, problems, problems and more problems. I wouldn't even use the VFS if the waived the visa fee!

The embassy offers professional service and you will be able to find out everything you want, you will also be dealing with the scource rather than the puppets. You will also most likely meet your case officer face to face when you submit at the embassy and if your relationship is genuine and you get along good together, for your case officer to see this when you submit the visa application, if you do it together, this will only be a bonus that you can not get at the VFS, you might also not even need an interview if you both really impress the case officer. Forget VFS, embassy only, just call about 2 weeks in advance to be polite, but they can squeeze you in on short notice anyway.

Sorry, I read she is applying alone, it will still be better if she goes to the embasy, so she can meet the person who will make the decision. You should call and make the appointment for her though, I know they don't enchourage people to apply there, thats why they have the VFS, a Thai MIGHT have trouble getting an appointment at the embassy, an Aussie wouldn't even be questioned. Make sure she dresses nice, but NOT to formal..............

what are their hub caps like?

Most of them look good, but have allready had something fall out of it

Don't worry, my wife (GF back then) got a tourist visa after only knowing me for 3 months. All I did, as requested by her (I didn't even know what a visa was back then, I thought a visa was the same as a credit card) was send her an e-mail addressed to the Oz embassy, saying she would need absolutley zero money with her, she would be staying with me and I will take care of everything. She submitted her bank book which only had like 4,000 THB in it and still got the visa, no questions asked...................

So you do have hope.

I agree with cdnvic.............

In their view you might of rushed it, and now, if you change the type of visa you apply for, it will look sus. You need to spend more time with her in Thailand, lots of time and maybe you will have to be married before an approval happens. Next time, spend more time reading this website before applying, ask for advice on here, you never know what tips you might get that help.

A SMALL Thai pension is the problem. A small pension from a western country would still be a healty salary to live off here, for a foriegner, a Thai pension would be proably salted peanuts. I don't think it is a wise idea for anyone, even a complete loser, to plan to spend ten years in one Thai school just to get a small Thai pension, unless your talking a Intl school where they would be getting a high salary anyway. For the majority of us who earn less than 50K per month, I think moving to better schools untill you are offered a bigger salary would be the wiser thing to do. Hopefully you get a job paying 120K+ per month at a good school, then ten years there would be worth it.

I wish I could get a pension, at 24, I still have a long way to go, and the longer I stay here the less my Oz pension will be, if any Teaching here if you need to to earn a living is the last thing anyone should do. If you have a lot of cash or a pension and you teach because ou love teaching, you are in a better position to negotiate and so on...................

Our 2 new foriegn (Farang) teachers did not show up, no WP's for them so they quit, so I am still the only farang at my school with 19 excellent Fillipinos.