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No. I think most people are wise enough to have sufficient primary incomes. But if you have a few hours a day to kill, instead of drinking or watching the dogs and chickens fight, why not make some money online, meeting some nice people and helping them? Many in Thailand having been doing freelance online work without issues. Us teachers do online teaching. Friends of mine do coding, editing documents, and trading crypto.

It's there in my OP. Many of us teachers in Thailand rely on online ESL teaching for a second source of income. Also retired expats. Much of this online teaching has been done in China, and is now in jeopardy.

Glad to hear. Seems the Chinese govt's final decision about what to do with the companies is up in the air, for the time being. Some are saying the companies are furiously getting their last month of subscriptions done, before the hammer comes down. Others are saying that with enough resistance, the govt might reverse course. We all know how business vs. govt works here in Thailand. When business runs into a prob, fat envelopes usually solve it. ???? Regardless, it seems many are quitting and now flooding the non-Chinese ESL platforms. ????

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/chinas-harsh-education-crackdown-sends-parents-businesses-scrambling.html https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2021/5/31/bb-as-china-cracks-down-on-ed-tech-it-wrecks-ipo-prospects https://medium.com/education-worldwide/chinas-crackdown-on-online-english-schools-the-beginning-of-the-end-41a78d406d77 So, who's on VIPKid/DadaABC/Magic Ears and is feeling the heat? Several of the expats I'd met out in Issan farang bars were. What have you been hearing? What are your plans now?

Another lovely BKK CL language school ad, versus what I made last month for my online tutoring. Here's the breakdown: Lang School = 24 hrs / 12000 baht / 500 baht an hr. Online = 60 hrs / 19000 baht / 316 baht an hr. I teach online everyday after school for 2 hrs, and also on the weekends. Yes, I'm working more hrs than the lang school, and the hourly rate is lower. But here's what I get: 1) With online tutoring I can pick my hours, and move them around as I wish. I could take a day off, then grab more hrs another day. 2) With online tutoring I'm not teaching the entire 2 hrs I book each day. I take students as they come, typically for 15 or 30 min sessions. The rest of the time I can kick back, reading or watching YT. 3) I end up getting more money at the end of the month. I'm on one of the cheaper sites, others are making more. If I have more time to kill on the weekends, I could grab another hour or two as I wish. 4) On the other hand, the lang school expects you to teach three 2 hr classes straight. This is killer, and robs you of half your weekend. 5) On the other hand, there's all the other lang school BS. They're typically jerks. There's getting to the place with the lovely BKK commute. And most of all, the BiB would love to see you without your work permit. Tell the lang schools to stuff it. Teach online, in the comfort of your own home. It's particularly good out here in Issan, where your baht goes further, while you kick back in the moo ban. I'm not shilling for any particular site, there's a number of them out there. Some geared toward adults, some kids, some more structured, some less so. You'll find 'em. Cheers, fellow teachers.