
youreavinalaff
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If that is the way you speak to the locals, no wonder they don't understand.
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Do you really think there is a link between low IQ and believing the earth is flat?
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You know what "assume" does?
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No. It was not agency. Contract direct with the school. I didn't boast. It was an example. If I wanted to boast I would have pointed out its top 5 nationally. I didn't as I didn't need to. Figures speak a lot louder than someone on a forum who clearly has issues so exaggerates. By the way ก = G. า = ar. I did also teach at another highly rated school in the suburbs of Bangkok. I won't name it as as soon as I do you'll have a made up story about how bad it is. I'll keep you guessing. 😅😅
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Interesting. In my time teaching in Bangkok, the centres where there were foreign teachers were packed every evening and all day Saturday and Sunday. Waiting lists weeks long. My students, Suan Gularb, studied with foreign teachers and were always asking me to teach them. Funny you say the situation gets worse as you leave Bangkok. Your theory is, the further we move away from the epicentre of International schools and EPs, mostly staffed by foreign teachers, the worse the standards are. By that theory, the area with the most foreign teachers has the best English standards yet foreign teachers are useless and no one wants to study with them. How strange. I guess your maths teachers are the same ones that taught you logic.
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Most kids study English with Thai teachers an hour per day and some kids maybe learn an hour a week with a foreign teacher. You blame the foreign teachers. Your maths teachers must have been s$#t. 🤣🤣🤣.
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If extra classes are the answer, I agree. Teachers from school who teach extra classes tend to focus on teaching the students to pass the school test, that are written by the teachers themselves so they know the Q and A, rather than teaching knowledge The students will be taught to remember the answers in short term memory rather than retain knowledge in long term memory. Teachers write and mark their own tests. It's no surprise that those that study the extra classes get the higher grade. Not necessarily because the got the answers right but because the teacher is earning extra cash.
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If you don't know the cause, you won't find the solution.
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I would be inclined to find out why she is falling behind first. Is not interested in school? Is she lazy? Is there a chance she might have a learning disability? Does she feel too much pressure to achieve? Problems with teachers? Classmates? Is it the school that's the problem? Extra classes don't necessarily work. Quantity does not beat quality. If there is a issue extra classes will not help. When I was teaching there were kids that clearly had learning disabilities but teachers and parents took no notice when I mentioned it. Autism, ADHD or dyslexia, as examples, simply don't exist in the eyes of Thai schools or families.
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Incorrect. I have been involved in social care for many years. Every care/residential home I have been involved with have been paying good salaries. Higher than most retail outlets, as an example. Add to that the paid breaks, pension schemes, paid holidays, double time on Christmas and New years day, time and a half on other bank holidays, enhanced rates at weekends, staff support schemes....the packages offered are very good. The foreign staff are not cheap staff. Everyone gets the same package, regardless of nationality or immigration status.
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Not me. I simply replied to a comment with incorrect information. There seem to be many expats unaware of many immigration policies. You yourself say it's best to give as much info as possible. People here speaking of immigration rule breaking. Having heard instances of people being extorted by immigration who over stepped their juristiction, it's important people know when this could be happening to them and what immigration can and cannot do.