Thailand needs 4,000 English teachers

[arunsakda]

Thailand should recruit from Jamaica and Trinidad as well.

[gerryBScot]

On the other hand, how can people be "better educated" in a country that is so piss poor? I do believe that somebody who went through high school in an European country has much more knowledge than a Filipino who really graduated at a university.

Lost in Isaan, with your fine German education, you really should know the answer to this question. Clearly it is a rhetorical question. So it tells us more about your prejudices than addressing the conundrum that despite poverty and adversity some people are able to flourish academically and intellectually. Not all, some.

I know Filipinos and I know other folk from many parts of the world who have overcome such adversity. Not many, just some. I know many more who got drunk, incarcerated, drugged up, died.... What helped the ones to succeed were simple things like a caring parent or sibling or relative, caring teachers and a supportive school environment, in short people who cared and who were interested.

[BKKdreaming]

I would be happy to spend a few hours every few days speaking English to students for free

and correcting their grammar , but how would you do that and not have it be called "work"

[ev1lchris]

I don't think the establishment really cares if Thai children learn English. Better to have them ignorant of foreign concepts so they just bow their heads and clean toilets all day.

[lostinisaan]

MANILA, Philippines - The Thai government is hoping to hire up to 4,000 Filipinos who can teach English in Thailand.

A little reminder. This article is from a Filipino newspaper. Did anybody hear anything from a Thai source?

Anyway, there're already way more than 4,000 unemployed Filipinos here, looking for a job.

[Scott]

Racists remarks and replies removed.

[Edgehog net]

Is it possible?

4000 is quite a lot of people.

They should start small. 1 Filipino that could teach English sounds more plausible.