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I agree Thai schools have many issues that hold students back. Nevertheless, my tenure was in schools with few or none of the typical nonsense associated with standard bog Thai schools. All were well funded, private and or elite schools. In all, a fundamental fail was administration did not want to deal with hiring/firing...the hard and mandatory work of assembling a proper team. Moreover, they did not want to put any change agents in administration/ hiring. In many instances the people charged with intake process were lazy, bad and even horrible teachers as well often hiring acquaintances of bad teachers or randos off of Facebook. My critique is valid. A decade of teaching here. Five secondary schools and approximately nearly NES 100 teachers. Additional Filipino, Thai, not in that mix.

This would be an issue lol. Also the major issue that I have with Filipinos with Visayan accents in the classroom. Non-native English speakers may have a wealth of knowledge and skills to impart to our students - especially in the area of grammar. The area of writing, critical thinking is completely lost. Few if any can write let alone teach it. Yet, pronunciation is not one of them and should in fact be avoided completely. I would also include many British, some Aussies and E coast Americans with thick accents in this cohort as well.

Exactly this. Not additional at school tutoring, but something outside the traditional Educational framework. I've heard of this problem for years - prejudice against luk krung in competitions upcountry. Fortunately I've worked in schools that I've never seen this could become an issue. The reputation of the school was about excellence and no matter how it fault they are in many aspects of Education they would not be so petty as to discriminate like this. I think this is also true of Bangkok in general. I cannot see a mixed kid losing a competition because they are in fact mixed. Not in Bangkok. For the Thai teachers you comment on. They are pretty bad at the best schools in Bangkok so I could only imagine the horror show that goes on up country. Thai teachers are not paid at all well paid and are required to put in an enormous amount of hours. This is not a defense but at some point in time I'm sure it all just breaks down. I have long since thought that Thai teacher should only be allowed to teach 20 years and their pension should be based upon that.

1 Elite by Thai standards 2 Drs, Engineers, Scientists, Attys come from somewhere 3 Outside the inters there are about 10-12 elite-ish secondaries in bkk the best of which are public 1 I'm not here to do anything but lay down the truth as my decade in teaching has perceived it. 2 I don't disagree although many Ss enjoy ECs. If teachers can't get it done in class there's little hope outside. I'm discussing Thai tutoring, private ECs, English spoken in home, Students guiding family trips abroad, Summer's abroad, etc 1 1 in 200 is harsh, but at the 35-45k level I probably wouldn't disagree. 2 Foreign teachers cannot take out loans but imagine many are running from home country debt and especially student loans. 3 I don't comment on Thai teachers. I wouldn't disagree. 4 Agreed. I once worked with a teacher that would set a half full water bottle on his desk, school laptop open and a fake backpack aside his desk. He would then disappear for hours on end. This was at an elite school as well. I have worked with a number of teachers perhaps a dozen that I have never seen do any work in the office. None. I know of a horrible teacher who is kept on out of pure convenience and laziness. He's been teaching well over 10 years and never bothered to get himself licensed up. His work permit is through a language school (yes, illegal) what she does work for on the side. I have dozens of similar stories. It's understandable that individuals will start their jobs with distinct lack of professional knowledge - I certainly did. It's the challenge of that individual to train themselves up as quickly as possible. This means long, hard hours for 4 years before you even master the basics. It doesn't help when there a few if any quality individuals and teachers around you. Nevertheless, there is a wealth of resources on the internet. The type of individuals hired will never put in the required effort. Instead, they shirk, stumble and skate thru lessons killing time. At some point the *teacher* sees the writing on the wall and stops doing much of anything as either the system will push them out by a lack of license or they will leave on their own accord. t this point everything stops. This is insane and foreign teachers are a huge part of this.

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Yawn.. You can hardly customize any order of food in Thailand. Very simple to ask for no salt / MSG, sugar or whatever Hard fail

Yes, in the end all the defense of the teachers in this thread - the abysmal test scores speak volumes. I'd found that the students that did excel in English there were reasons outside the school setting that allowed them to do so. A number of... yes, that number is 10-15%. The average teacher was solid - I dispute this entirely. 25 teachers, elite private school. That's a full roster. Outside the international schools - I would know this school as there are few truly elite schools in bkk. I'm thinking that the school perhaps not so elite. Which makes your claim even more interesting.

Just go to AIIZ in KK and size yourself up in those shirts ... it's prolly XXL. Now I think about it I'm not at all sure I've seen that size in the stores. Also, AIIZ can check stock in other stores so if you like a pattern if you like a shirt pattern up where you are you can order the size. AIIZ is what I'd call proper Asian sizing bordering US sizing before everything went jumbo. Don't buy linen blend many stores pushing it. It's nice and cool, but wrinkles easily. The Uniqlo shirts are not even that light Don't order shirts off the internet here. Lazada and Temu ffs.

That's pretty far from the capital city

If it doesn't move as fast as BKK it's the sticks. Even periphery of BKK not to speed.

Harrisfan Is the absolute definition of a trolling <deleted> poster. Go and look at his posts over the past 48 hours especially the threads he started and you'll have the very definition of what a troll is

All the farang live in the farang Sukhumvit ghetto. The worst offenders on lower Sukhumvit. Many hole up in that Waterford ghetto as well lol. Which brings me to another point. Which is more dire and pathetic: Saranjai Mansion or Omni Tower or whatever the hell their names are. Which screams I am a degenerate loser louder? Makro aside supermarkets are tiny, but loads of overpriced farang food everywhere. This is perfect because none of them know how to cook a proper meal. Well, they don't like proper food it's going to be pub grub which is what Sukhumvit is all about. Drop 300b on a burger and fries or fish and chips no problemo. I don't care how long you lived in Thailand if you live anywhere near this area you are a tourist

No doubt haha. That is out in the sticks. I was just out on the yellow line a few weeks ago having a look at makro and saw a few foreigners. I was actually surprised.

<deleted> I was going to buy that back in early 2000s and I didn't

Just today I made another comment about the economy being in the dumpster and someone questioned me. They were stating how can that possibly be the currency is so strong The SET has governance and compliance issues but still time business is in for a world of hurt. 🙄🙄🙄

You make me tired. It must be absolutely exhausting being you You spent the last 48 hours of your life <deleted> posting this nonsense. This is absolutely pathetic

Product placement

Why bother? Temu also known to be the cheapest shi+ on the internet. That's not how I want to dress and it's not how I want to look, but hey that's just me

Any Central. Uniqlo all the same everywhere. AIIZ is hit miss for selection and sizes. You might have to hit two or three. Stay out of Terminal 21, Emporium and especially Paragon. Central Lat Prao/ Pohan Yotin has Uniqlo, Central dept, AIIZ small selection, Giordano, Muji and Yuedpao in basement along with other men's casual wear. Bustling with beautiful women and students from Kasetsart. Nice food court. Zen has everything but I find it very confusing. Lots of BKK beauties. If you like sushi you can eat at Katsu Madori. I highly recommend it If you happen to have a car which I have no idea why you would in Bangkok but I believe there is an aiiz outlet somewhere north of Bangkok. You also might want to try Pattaya outlets although you might just find overpriced junk there

You're not married. No one could stand you for more than 5 minutes and probably not even that. You've never posted anything about marriage or mention a wife. Just another lie from another liar on the AN board About to set meal pal. That all came together and was placed strategically on the table for a photograph. You must take me for a fool.

What is this dish?

What is mini krapow? You guessed the most popular dish in Thailand. Congratulations!

I have an excellent idea of what all the dishes on the table are with the exception of this one. But you didn't eat this and you don't even live in Thailand. That is a fancy table setting that I know someone like you would never pay for. You probably eaten in restaurants such as these a few times in your entire life. It has a tablecloth lol

No, I don't. I won't tell you what I'm guessing that it is. I'm waiting for you to tell me what you had for lunch yesterday. Apparently this is not what you had for lunch and you have no idea what it is. You are absolute moron.

I didn't play this stupid game yesterday and I'm not playing it again today. My patience with you is quite over.