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FB locked me out for a similar reason. They sent me a message that I would have to send them a picture id to get back into my account. I sent them a message back that basically said h**l no and just assumed that I would have to give up FB. The next day I was surprised to see that my account was unlocked again!

A lot of Thai people have the mindset that their kids will take care of them when they get old, so they want their kids to be happy and to love their parents. This concept may have worked fine in a agricultural village, but in a modern environment it can lead to the kids never becoming mature, productive adults. Your wife may have this attitude and is siding with your daughter from an unconscious desire that the daughter will not become estranged from her.

Depending on who you believe or how you count them, there are between 30 (reported by the Dept. of Rural Roads) and 60(Est. by WHO) traffic deaths in Thailand EVERY day. The ones you read about in the news just happened to be reported because of when, where or how they occurred. There are many more, every day that are not reported in the news, but the victims are just as dead.

I wonder how many of them were wearing seat belts and if that would have made a difference between living and dying?

As others have recommended, you should talk to the teacher before going to school administration. There is a good chance that the students did not understand what he or she was saying and that this is all a misunderstanding. Several years ago a friend asked his students to solve 'Einstein's puzzle' which talks about 5 neighbors of whom some smoke cigars, others drink whisky, etc.. The kids told their parents that their teacher was teaching them about smoking and drinking! If, of course, he is a flat Earther, he should be fired immediately. An idiot like that has no business teaching children.

It would be interesting to see an article detailing the activities and connections of 'Tuhao', the Chinese businessman/drugdealer/pub owner/etc. However, given his connections I think that most journalists are keeping a safe distance from this story and are only quoting police PR statements. According to Thai gossip that my wife heard and some publicly available info here is what I have heard: 1. The crackdown is happening because the Chinese government has been putting pressure on the Thai government to arrest him and shut down a Thailand to China drug smuggling ring. 2. He is married to a Thai police colonel whose father is (or was) a very high ranking policeman and whose grandfather was a deputy prime minister. 3. Because of his connections his Thai citizenship application was fast-tracked and took only 2 years to process. 4. Also because of his connections, the Thai police are being very reluctant to pursue the case, and it is going on only because the Chinese Embassy is pushing it. Like is said, much is this is gossip and I don't know how truthful it is. The only hard facts I know are his wife's police rank and her family connections. I'm mentioning this here, because 'Tony' is one of Tuhao's minions!

It's almost impossible to get a taxi on Sukhumvit. I always take the BTS or MRT instead, they may be crowded, but you can always get a ticket and get on. On the rare occasions that I find myself there late at night, I will literally just walk around a corner and up a block and wait for a taxi going the right direction. Taxis coming into the area are not members of the "Sukhumvit Mafia" and will turn on their meters without being asked to.

A co-worker got a waiver based on paying tuition there last year, but that was last year. Of course, neither the Dip in T. nor the PGECi will get you a teaching License, they just get you permission to take the TCT test.

You can usually get one more waiver by signing up for a PGCEi or a Diploma in Teaching (I believe that St. Roberts is still accepted). That waiver will give you 2 years to do the course AND take (and pass) a test at the TCT.

Was this 19 year old a relative of the Governor?

Actually, his father was an ex-military diplomat with the US embassy, his mother was a journalist writing for Time Magazine and he was student at ISB - one of the top international schools in Thailand. Like a lot of 'rags to riches' stories it doesn't really hold up to close scrutiny. While he did take some risks in building up his business, he certainly benefited from his parents' connections.

Rats and sinking ships...

They look like teak. A bit of salt water wouldn't hurt them, just dry them out and you've got tens of thousands of baht worth of wood!

The frontage roads are frequently faster and less crowded than the main highway.

I just noticed that no-one has answered the OP. Try this link: http://act.ac.th/document/1741.pdf

Although the KSP website has not been updated to say this, the process of renewing a Thai Teachers License is now entirely online. So I gathered all of the required documents as detailed here: http://site.ksp.or.th/about.php?site=englishsite&SiteMenuID=4617 Then I scanned all of the documents required and saved them as PDF files smaller than 2MB (except for the picture that was saved as a JPEG), filled out the online version of form KS02 and then hit the submit button. Now, even if you choose the English option, the directions are almost always in Thai. Since my Thai reading skills are limited to street signs and menus, I had a woman from the office sit with me while I entered the information. If you don't have a translator handy, the green buttons are always the ones to press. Unfortunately, after I filled out the form and uploaded the scanned documents the website still responded with an error message! The error message did not say what the problem was and I went over the form several times looking for blank spots or errors, but couldn't see anything wrong. I suggested that the woman from the office give them a call, but she just gave me a 'deer in the headlights' look, so I didn't press the matter. So, any suggestions? We were using Chrome, might it work better with Firefox or Edge? Has anyone done this successfully?

The Adventure Master is a DMAX with a body modified by Thairung. The pluses: very reliable engine and transmission. Fairly cheap compared to similar vehicles. The minuses: Potential body rust - look at the body very carefully and try to see if it has been repainted. Leaks, rattles and shakes from poorly fitted rear doors and windows.

Years ago I was in a police station taking care of some routine paperwork when they asked me to help them talk to a foreigner. He was obviously off his meds and, though well-spoken and apparently well educated, he didn't really make any sense. After talking to him for some time I told the cops that he might be more rational after a meal and a good night's sleep. The head policeman took us both out to eat some fried rice near the station and that is the last I heard of the matter. I was impressed by the patience and the diplomacy that they showed. They just wanted to know which embassy to call and took quite some time trying to get that information out of him. The Thai police can be justifiably criticized for quite a few things, but they show a lot of patience and skill talking to mentally troubled people. In a standoff, they are willing to take things slow and come to a peaceful resolution, unlike the killer cops in the US.

One of my wife's nieces ran for Oborotor in a small village up north. She lost by about 6 votes. One of the vote counting officials came by the post election party (we had already bought the liquor, so we held a party even though she lost) and admitted that the winner had bought votes, though they couldn't prove it. A couple of years later she ran for Poo Yai Baan and won. She refused to buy a vote in either election. She said "the days of vote buying are over". Perhaps she is overly optimistic, but I like to think that she may be right.

It was the same during the last election. I saw signs for the pprt candidates posted long before the other parties were allowed to advertise.

You might point out to her that she should divorce you and move on while she is still young. If these problems persist and she is in this situation again in 10 or 15 years, it will be much harder for her to start over.