2009

Gambling would ruin this country. The men, but moreso women, here have a huge gambling problem out in Isaan.

Not really, it's been quite eventful.

You would think, wouldn't you? But here I've quoted your post. ????

Buddy, the point you are trying to make is off topic and completely redundant. This thread is for people who want to (or need to) sit the teaching license test in order to keep their jobs and continue teaching. Clearly you aren't affected by this (yet) and are just trying to push an unhelpful point on this thread. Believe me: if anyone is looking to (or needing to) sit this test in order to continue teaching at their school, they are already very well aware of the waivers you are trying to inform us about -- in fact they have probably already burned through several of them!! But thanks for enlightening us. Lol. Now, that your point has been acknowledged, do you think maybe we can continue talking about the test?

Pretty wet right now. Not much wind though.

Agree. They are not mature enough for gambling.

Once you run out of waivers, you do need a full license to teach. And that is precisely what this thread is about, incase you hadn't noticed. It's about: sitting the test, to get the license, to be able to continue teaching.

Show us yours

You are saying there is no connection between the temporary teaching license (i.e. waiver) and the full teaching license. I am saying, there is. Because when your waivers run out, you can't teach at most schools.

Will Route 24 from Isaan to Central Thailand be affected, do you think?

Which parts of Isaan will be affected?

Uhuh, but once your waivers run out, you are <deleted>.

You do at most schools (a waiver anyway).

Where do you get that from?

Damn, the school is not teaching according to national standards, I don't think. My kid is the same age, in a Thai school, and they started fractions last year in P4.

Part of the theory why Syphilis rarely gets to the tertiary stage nowadays is due to the common use of penicillin and amoxicillin for a variety of common things, like throat infections, ear infections etc. etc. Also doxycycline, as a common antimalarial. The gold standard treatment is penicillin injection and for those allergic to that, then doxycycline is used at second line treatment. But amoxicillin is also highly effective and it is probably the most commonly prescribed antibiotic in the world of the last few decades and actually stronger than traditional penicillin capsules. Syphilis has, however, developed resistance to azithromycin in some parts of the word, probably due to it being over used as part of a preventative "catch all" STD cocktail.

I ain't following. You talking about herpes or warts? Lol. There is nothing itchy about Syphilis. And most cases (70%) of untreated Syphilis never manifest tertiary symptoms. It just stays dormant. The other cases will manifest tertiary symptoms, but not necessarily a neurological component (e.g. going insane). You keep saying this, but I think you have never seen the rash of secondary Syphilis. It is pretty hard to ignore. It is usually body-wide (entire torso and back) including palms and soles and continues to become more pronounced for up to several months before disappearing on its own. Not many people make it through a couple months of that without going to the doctor. But Syphilis is known as the great imitator and can sometimes look like other recognizable disease, which is quite fascinating, almost like the bacteria is intelligent enough to camouflage. It could certainly be misdiagnosed.

That one study on the link between HPV, HSV, and cancer is quite interesting. Nonetheless, like I said originally: compared to the big killers (cancer, heart attack, and stroke....even diabetes actually) STDs are mostly harmless, curable, or easily treatable, in comparison. You are bringing up a lot of really small matters and trying to make them sound like massive public health issues. Yes, cervical cancer is serious, but it can't be treated like an STD, and there's so many other health issues affecting the masses too. Syphilis is not going to be a mass public health issue, nor HIV and the other STDs are trivial.

Actually, see below for what I wrote: I did mention that it's being well treated by the vaccination program for girls/women. I think you missed that part. Lol

Doctors consider it as being a normal part of being human and basically unavoidable; virtually everyone gets it at some point in life. Condoms offer almost no protection. It was found in a study that every college female graduate would have HPV if she slept with just three partners (even if condoms were always used). How does that work? Testing is foolproof if done at the right time, unless of course she gets infected a few weeks before giving birth perhaps. Aside from that, Syphilis is one of the rarest diseases on the planet (especially in heterosexuals). It is even rarer than HIV, which is also exceedingly rare in heterosexuals. Industrialized countries have so few cases (like a few thousand cases a year only, and most in the gay community; only a few hundred cases a year would be in heterosexuals in an entire country), it's a borderline extinct disease. Maybe this is why doctors aren't more vigilant with testing pregnant women. And in any case, it is fully curable at any stage with a course of antibiotics, though it could result in a surprise stroke or blindness in some cases of neurosyphilis, so I understand that it can cause disability and fatality in adults too. But it ain't a top 3-5 killer in humans, jeez, you can't compare. It's a rare borderline extinct disease. Where did I say that? I said boys should get it too (as well as girls).

Yeah, I mean that's just the US healthcare system which in general I think is ridiculously shocking regarding cost.

It's caused by HPV (Human Papilloma Virus), not Herpes Simplex Virus, by the way. HPV is unavoidable for the sexually active, even with condoms. So it can't be prevented from an STD point of view, and therefore can't be treated as an STD. Unless, you just become celibate. We have a really good vaccine program for that anyway. Would be nice if males would get this vaccine too, btw. Syphilis testing and treatment are widely available, cheap, and effective. It's really not a concern if you get tested somewhat regularly. Pregnant women get a Syphilis test routinely to prevent congenital infection. Yes HIV exists, but is particularly rare in the major community (heterosexuals). If you are in a high risk minority group (men who have sex with men) you need to be vigilant. In any case, your outcome of having HIV and being on treatment is still far better than diabetes even. And it ain't nothing compared to heart attack, stroke, and cancer.

Jeez STDs are either relatively harmless or easily treated. I say "relatively" compared to the really scary lethal things like heart attack, stroke, and cancer, which seem to be inevitable with our modern unhealthy lifestyle. Even diabetes is more serious than any STD, but we don't hear from them about how prevalent it is becoming. Lol. That's old news.

Or I could just live here, do my own thing, and suit myself. Radical thought, I know.

And for your information, this part of the brain doesn't fully develop in all humans until about 25 years old (in males) and a few years younger in females. I'd love to see you rush to the aid of all the 22 year old farangs who come here and get savagely preyed upon by the 32 year old Thai birds (I mean vultures). Anyway, hasn't this Thai woman already rationally decided that she'll marry him for his stable income and assets? Lol