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Government Recruits Retirees for Lifelong Learning Program


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14 minutes ago, userabcd said:

After all it is Thailand, their own language, why not get all visitors to learn and converse in Thai whilst in the country.

Because when you get over 70 your brain gets smaller in size and you don't produce any new brain cells. Just keeping up with English is hard enough. English is much easier to learn than Thai and Thai's like learning a second language.

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1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

That is sad to think of. We could help in teaching English as volunteers to the older folks.

Think about the UK for a minute. It what I often do to put things into perspective.

Retired teachers and other professional volunteer to teach other oldies in order for them to find work. 

People on an Arabic web forum complain and say they would volunteer to teach these retired people Arabic. How silly does it sound?

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Farang retirees need not apply, even though that would supply Thailand with a huge pool of Native English Speakers.
Nationalism and abject racism is simply too strong to allow the status quo to admit that NES farangs volunteers could contribute to the education of the country. 

Whatever.  Their loss.

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4 minutes ago, connda said:

Nationalism and abject racism is simply too strong to allow the status quo to admit that NES farangs volunteers could contribute to the education of the country. 

Maybe it is because we are scared we get retired taxi drivers or butchers who don't know that adjectives don't have a singular and plural. Only kidding, yes, there is a strict hierarchical social structure here and farang don't usually get on the first rung of the ladder.  

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41 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

More a waste of space than many  old Expats, at least the latter usually can afford their upkeep!

Depends who you ask. 

Ask most Thais and young English teachers are more welcome, and respected. 

Ask Buriram Noi, she'll say the opposite. 

 

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