School blames mis-communication for foreign ex-teacher's post

You are not going to get anyone any good on 35,000 a month. Pay peanuts get knob jockeys.,

Edited to a month.

Edited 6 hours ago6 hr by sungod

4 minutes ago, Jone500 said:

As a result, we sometimes see individuals who carry a sense of having been treated unfairly into another country and, unfortunately, reproduce attitudes rooted in resentment or hostility toward others there.

Until Thai politics elevates the education portfolio into the top flight of money-spinners such as finance, interior and transport, the quality of education here will languish where walk-in punters are hired, probably without checking their bona fides or even issuing a work permit.

Outside of education, a few forum members also seem to carry a chip on their shoulder about their homeland, what it was and what they believe it has or will become. These are the conflicted ones that complain and disparage both Thailand and their homeland.

25 minutes ago, Tim62 said:

It's 35,000 per month.

I was ribbing sungod for his error.

It seems to me salaries for foreign teachers in state schools have hardly moved in years. Teachers were getting the same sort of figure way back at the turn of the millennium.

There is a very big gap between the Thai culture, way of handling with foreigners, and contracts and the Western culture. Than of course there is a language problem. I believe indeed there is miscommunication, but things could be prevented if people were open for communication, but in Thailand it is the " My position is higher so you have to do and listen as I am right" attitude which makes communications difficult.

Kurusapa and the education department have also no clues about Western qualifications. A Thai masters id completely different than a Western bachelor degree.

Anyway the article shows indeed there were made mistakes due to miscommunication and mis understandings, but to feel threatened is a big too much.

2 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

There is a very big gap between the Thai culture, way of handling with foreigners, and contracts and the Western culture. Than of course there is a language problem. I believe indeed there is miscommunication, but things could be prevented if people were open for communication, but in Thailand it is the " My position is higher so you have to do and listen as I am right" attitude which makes communications difficult.

Kurusapa and the education department have also no clues about Western qualifications. A Thai masters id completely different than a Western bachelor degree.

Anyway the article shows indeed there were made mistakes due to miscommunication and mis understandings, but to feel threatened is a big too much.

Since he has already left the country, presumably with no intention to return, I’d say he was feeling hard done by, so tried to cause as much trouble as possible as a parting shot.

Seems he pretty much succeeded.

4 hours ago, sungod said:

You are not going to get anyone any good on 35,000 a month. Pay peanuts get knob jockeys.,

Edited to a month.

The guy didn't show up to teach kids for two days without any notification! Who does that? Unless you're really sick and have no way to call the school, but obviously not this case.

This alone justify firing his lazy cheating arse.

But According to thai labor law it is 3 days that the employer is allowed to fire immediately. So he still should be fired but the school might get in trouble.