johnray

Thailand on its worse day is still better than England on it's best.  Thailand will bounce back easily but I don't know how the jam industry in UK will survive.

Having now been both a teacher and a student in online classes I feel I have enough knowledge to discuss the pros and cons of studying online and normally in a classroom.

As a student I think there are many benefits to online learning.  It is cheaper than classroom education and you can study from anywhere in the world.  Online lessons are particularly useful for learning a language.  Italki, a website and app designed for learning languages, is a really good way to learn languages.  Even an entire university course can be taught online.  We have to bear in mind university courses have zero hands-on experience.  You just sit and watch a powerpoint.  Software like zoom can host lectures and the student can easily study at home.  I have even studied courses that don't even have a teacher in them.  It is just a book and an online exam.

As a teacher I find that teaching online is easier because there is already an acknowledgment by the student that they must behave.  Whereas in the classroom they accept anyone.  Students that don't want to behave are allowed in the classroom and this disrupts the entire lesson.  As a result the lesson is dumbed down.  Humanity is at the speed of the slowest.

Online those students that can not handle sitting and reading do not attend the lesson.  As a result I have found the standard is higher in online lessons.  It is also useful that the parents are often present which forces the child to behave.

The negative side is many students can not handle online lessons.  They need to be in a classroom and have the teacher control them constantly.  If your child is advanced and mature enough I feel it would be good to study online as they will have a tailored lesson that fits their level and not a dumbed down lesson with excessive games and silly noises.

When taking tests there is a chance that the student could cheat.  The irony being that in order to cheat you actually have to eventually find the answer.  So the students end up doing revision rather than just cheating.  A timed test would also help avoid cheating.

I actually think it is quite hard to cheat on open-ended tests that use English.  Because there is no exact question to search for.  Even in a math test the student would have to know how to form the question in order to get an answer.  Google will often just return masses of text and no answers.

As a student in online lessons I have found the process to almost identical to the classroom.  There are some exceptions when the teacher will involve group projects and classroom activities but this is rare.  Most lessons can be taught verbatim on Zoom, or Skype.

The truth is if we taught large groups online there would be many students that can not handle that style of teaching.  Most parents aren't aware of bad behavior, or they are too embarrassed to admit it.  But in online classes the student would be removed from the lesson by the parents, muted or kicked out of the meeting.  So you would end up with a large amount of students not attending online classes.  Whereas in the classroom the student can be disruptive every day and the teachers can not do anything about it.  

The parents are not present at schools, so they do not see how poor the student is and the school doesn't want to tell the parents either.  Parents also don't want their kids around the house so online lessons would annoy parents as well.  Also, very young ages can not study motor skills or sensory lessons.  However, based purely on the quality of education I would say online lessons are just as good as classroom lessons.

How do you feel about teaching online?

I buy my beer from the Buddhists in 7-Eleven.

Just stick a picture of his face on the ATM when you withdraw the money.

Pepper spray is better.  If you use a knife you will end up killing them.

They study online with zoom.

Nothing amazing just a standard beach area with some ramps.

The pooyai baan story sounds like <deleted>.  Either way he just admitted to another crime.

Flash the cash and they instantly understand.

Tourism in England has been hit as well.  Rumor has it a lonesome tourist walked along a barren seafront and threw a tissue in a bin.  The gale force wind blew it away.  Later that day a cleaner walked down past the bin to pick up the tissue and hurt their back.  Now it cost the country money because the cleaner had a few days off.  We need help, bring back the tourists, bring back the druggies and smell of urine!

Humanity either survives or get wiped out.  It doesn't really matter if you have a new ipod or not.  However, there are genuine reasons now to leave planet Earth and settle on other planets.

NASA has already found many Earth like planets it's just finding the fuel to get there that is the challenge.

Maybe he was just mowing the lawn and it went wrong.

They will probably inform the supervisor right away that some alien just brought back a handful of money and now the cashier is in more trouble.  Not to mention the embarrassment you will cause.  It is worth them loosing 500 baht to prevent 'losing face'.  

If you don't return the money she might lose her job.  If you return the money she will definitely lose her job.

In 2020 kindness is a freaky news story.

Maybe this one is scripted.  I can't see how they can do it again in USA since everyone knows he is Borat.

So sad I can't go to China and see a derelict unkept wall.  Where will I go now for wall action.  China, please bring back your wall tourism, animal abuse and disgusting food as soon as possible.

The problem is that no one is coming at all not how long they stay.

No one in their right mind would ditch their family, quit their job and go for a year long holiday.  Most people have a week two break.  Maximum three weeks.

If it is a year then they are looking for study or business.

Shop till you drop.

Check your page zoom setting is 100 percent.  I changed mine and the website was unusable.

These guys all look the same.  Be careful we don't build a canal across China to Korea.

I agree with U.S. President Donald Trump.  He should go to a spot where someone died and look at it.

I agree with the majority of people.  The air is bad in Bangkok.

I agree with Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.  We should not welcome foreign tourists.

I have wondered this too.  I now make conscious effort to see who covers their mouth when they sneeze.  Most of them just spit all over the closest person.  A few cover their mouth.