Oz82

Laughing gas doesn't actually make people laugh 😉

I have frequently walked around drunk at that time of morning and never had an issue in decades. I mind my own business. Thais don't often attack random strangers for no reason like people do in our home countries.

It's nothing out of the ordinary. It's common all over Thailand. Even more so in Vietnam, It's a pretty normal thing in bars.

All prostitution is illegal in Thailand. But yes, taken much more seriously in that case.

The issue was not that this person was transgender, it was about wearing female clothing. Thai schools have a lot of transgender teachers, but they are required to wear clothes that match their ID card.

It's not about that. It's about tourists who may only be in Thailand for a few days and a sudden ban can disrupt their holiday plans.

Highly variable. Some of them are great. And some you can't have a conversation with.

At my school we have 14 English teachers. I am the only one who was born in an English speaking country.

There is no requirement to be from an English speaking countries. Schools used to almost only hire people from these countries, but it's hard to find teachers these days and schools are now full of Russians. The only legal requirement is that they have to pass a TOEIC English test. But some clearly couldn't have passed.

Some of them don't. But they have a white face that the school can stick on a poster.

A majority of English teachers in a lot of schools now are from Ukraine and Russia. And they have work permits and non B visas.

You should ask this question in the Teachers forum on this site.

You need a degree. The degree can be in any subject. The reason why there are very few foreign English teachers in the Philippines is that they already have their own English teachers. The majority of English teachers in Thailand are Filipino. There are also a lot of Filipino English teachers in Vietnam.

Corporal punishment is illegal in schools here. They just ignore the law. But in recent years some parents have been sharing evidence in social media and created some drama. But it's still usual.

They have had some education campaigns in Australia to try to explain you can still have alcohol in your system the next day. As a warning regarding drink driving. Australia takes drink driving very seriously. Thailand claims to, but only seems to check around New Years and Songkran. I was pretty alarmed when I first came here and saw everybody riding their motorbikes home from the bar at 4am.