I have been applying and interviewing and it seems for now BKK is all filled up. I don't really want to move but I would consider something in Isaan (maybe).

However, this doesn't cause me too much worry because I know how things work down here. People drop out at last minute and other issues.

Has anyone else had this experience? The agency I was working with didn't really sell me on other jobs because they assumed that I would be returning to the same school I had been teaching at,

Wasn't it you who was so sure you could do last minute job searching?

This is how Asia really works unless you're a blond twenty something female writing on internet blogs to promote something.

Truth is, in Asia, teaching jobs are like buses: you wait for ages and nothing comes until three turn up all at the same time. You need to be prepared for those dry spells by getting your finger out early and not assuming everything is easy.

Seems most of the Bangkok jobs are filled...

because.......

because they assumed that I would be returning to the same school I had been teaching at,

So why don't you?

Plenty of jobs in Chachoengsao

I pm'ed you with info that would get you a job in Bangbon, close enough to Bangkok, and apparently you chose to ignore it. Learn this Thai phrase well: Soom noom na.

Learn this Thai phrase well: Soom noom na.

Guess you mean -

Som Narm Naa.

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Have I stumbled into a teacher fight?

LOL.

Have I stumbled into a teacher fight?

LOL.

Handbags and wet tissues - to the ready! Now flounce ten paces! But really!? The last time I saw anything so wet and useless it had just died in a farm yard! TEFL teacher eh? Dontcha just love em!

Have I stumbled into a teacher fight?

LOL.

Who gives a shit? You apparently do! Shame on you.

English planet bkk. Eduplus samut prakan. How can u not find a job. In the first week of the semester every school ditches one or two teachers that they dont like. Easy to find one then as well. Craigslist teaching thailand has a lot of jobs too. If u r black u might find it harder.

I have also heard that they are hiring more filipinos to teach english as theyre cheaper....so things could possibly get worse.

I have also heard that they are hiring more filipinos to teach english as theyre cheaper....so things could possibly get worse.

My previous school in Sukhothai has done this. Good, energetic teachers but not when it came to teaching English.

There are lots of jobs, get off your ass, start walking and knocking.

Fillopinos are good teachers when it comes to sports and science subjects,but for English, no way.
Its the pseudo,American accent they use. The question is,what dictionary would they use?
If the school advertises that they teach the English program,then one would assume that the Collins
dictionary is used.If the teacher is from a country where everything is American based,then they would use Websters
dictionary which would be contrary to the schools web site advertisement.Its a tad confusing at best. When i was teaching Filipinos were not allowed to teach English,our head was very adamant about that.And i hate to say this,but as the other op said,it was hard for black people to obtain a placement. This is because Thais are very racialist There was one example of a Thai teacher who took my class when i was absent one time.She got the class(M6) to fill out an example of a hotel registration form. Under the heading religion,all the non Thai students put 'Christian' The Thai teacher said it was wrong, and the answer should have been 'Christianity' Upon my return, the students told me that they thought this was wrong,i agreed.I went to the Thai teacher and tried to tell that Cristian was the correct noun to use, and that Christianity was the practice.She would not have it,and her answer was 'i have a friend who lives in England' That said it all.

Fillopinos are good teachers when it comes to sports and science subjects,but for English, no way.

Its the pseudo,American accent they use. The question is,what dictionary would they use?

If the school advertises that they teach the English program,then one would assume that the Collins

dictionary is used.If the teacher is from a country where everything is American based,then they would use Websters

dictionary which would be contrary to the schools web site advertisement.Its a tad confusing at best.When i was teaching

Filipinos were not allowed to teach English,our head was very adamant about that.And i hate to say this,but as the

other op said,it was hard for black people to obtain a placement.This is because Thais are very racialist

There was one example of a Thai teacher who took my class when i was absent one time.She got the class(M6)

to fill out an example of a hotel registration form.Under the heading religion,all the non Thai students put

'Christian' The Thai teacher said it was wrong,and the answer should have been 'Christianity' Upon my return,

the students told me that they thought this was wrong,i agreed.I went to the Thai teacher and tried to tell

that Cristian was the correct noun to use,ad that Christianity was the practice.She would not have it,and her answer

was 'i have a friend who lives in England' That said it all.

telling a thai English teacher off on a point of grammar? Havent you learnt? Why dont you just slap her in the face. Its pretty much the same.

The Serisac schools are hiring any one from South Africa because they are hiring for very cheap pay.And other non native speakers also very cheap.

So you are suggesting that South African teachers are low classed? How did it happen that South African teachers filled up the positions in the Thai Ministry of Defence as political and security advisors as well as professional emcee trainers?

To my knowledge they got paid 1000 Baht per hour up. Depending on their exact duties.

Your low-classed comments on TV are seriously discriminating, but then again, most of the Westerners on TV follow politically correct ideals in an ever stronger politically incorrect world. In China, South Africans are most wanted in the highest paying arena, with regards to teaching in privately owned kindergartens.

Such as military, police and international kindergartens. The lowest salary for an unqualified South African starts at 60,000 Baht per month up for 3 hours teaching per day at most. If there is an American, Canadian, Australian, Irish, British and a South African going for an interview at the same school, then the South African would always gain the upperhand, due to their ability to adapt to any environment and due to their talented activeness in the English industry.

You would find that most individuals in Thailand don't even know that South Africans can be white and why they are white. We blame the bipolar order for their very negative effects on Thailand

Now now....surely the truth must lie in between these 2 extreme views. Lol

I am sure you can figure it out by yourself. TV seems to have the answers to all the questions.

I understand your need to go on a crusade to restore the dignity of your fellow South Africans, but you don't seriously expect us to believe the drivel about winning the interview for being highly adaptive andwhatnot.

You generalise like the other poster, just on the other side of the spectrum.

What is 'Politically correct grammar'? I don't really see how these two concepts are connected.

I tried to read your long and incoherent post, but you lost me when calling China a peace loving country that is NOT destroying the planet. Lol

Also, in the educational environment in Thailand, it's the Thai teachers who consider grammar the all important factor, while Westerners prefer to teach listening and speaking.

There are so many other things wrong with your ideas, but I don't have the whole day.

When the term begins, many of the new teachers will be found to be grossly inappropriate or unprepared to work in the real world. There will be a 2nd wave of hiring as the schools scramble to fill the ones who leave in the first month.

I pm'ed you with info that would get you a job in Bangbon, close enough to Bangkok, and apparently you chose to ignore it. Learn this Thai phrase well: Soom noom na.

I never got the PM. I will check now.

English planet bkk. Eduplus samut prakan. How can u not find a job. In the first week of the semester every school ditches one or two teachers that they dont like. Easy to find one then as well. Craigslist teaching thailand has a lot of jobs too. If u r black u might find it harder.

English Planet was totally cheating money from the teachers I worked with. I'm glad I walked out on that agency and went with a better one.

So you are suggesting that South African teachers are low classed? How did it happen that South African teachers filled up the positions in the Thai Ministry of Defence as political and security advisors as well as professional emcee trainers?

To my knowledge they got paid 1000 Baht per hour up. Depending on their exact duties.

Your low-classed comments on TV are seriously discriminating, but then again, most of the Westerners on TV follow politically correct ideals in an ever stronger politically incorrect world. In China, South Africans are most wanted in the highest paying arena, with regards to teaching in privately owned kindergartens.

Such as military, police and international kindergartens. The lowest salary for an unqualified South African starts at 60,000 Baht per month up for 3 hours teaching per day at most. If there is an American, Canadian, Australian, Irish, British and a South African going for an interview at the same school, then the South African would always gain the upperhand, due to their ability to adapt to any environment and due to their talented activeness in the English industry.

You would find that most individuals in Thailand don't even know that South Africans can be white and why they are white. We blame the bipolar order for their very negative effects on Thailand

Because English is classified as a second language in South Africa people from that country have to do an IELTS test to get any job or attend university in the UK or the USA. It is interesting how so few score above band 7 in the IELTS test. I do not know about their 'talented activeness' but do know it is an unnatural construction which along with a boastful, competitive attitude would lead to them failing an interview. But the Chinese kindergarden business will take anybody I guess as it is primarily a cleaning and caring role not pedagogical.

Because English is classified as a second language in South Africa people from that country have to do an IELTS test to get any job or attend university in the UK or the USA. It is interesting how so few score above band 7 in the IELTS test. I do not know about their 'talented activeness' but do know it is an unnatural construction which along with a boastful, competitive attitude would lead to them failing an interview. But the Chinese kindergarden business will take anybody I guess as it is primarily a cleaning and caring role not pedagogical.

Actually not entirely true. English is the first language for a third of the white population with Afrikaans being the first language for the other two thirds. Afrikaaners and English speakers often do not see eye to eye and have creative slang terms to describe each other. A poster on here with the nickname Soutpeel could probably elaborate on that :-)

Numerous off-topic posts and replies have been removed.

Please stick to the topic of the OP.

So you are suggesting that South African teachers are low classed? How did it happen that South African teachers filled up the positions in the Thai Ministry of Defence as political and security advisors as well as professional emcee trainers?

To my knowledge they got paid 1000 Baht per hour up. Depending on their exact duties.

Your low-classed comments on TV are seriously discriminating, but then again, most of the Westerners on TV follow politically correct ideals in an ever stronger politically incorrect world. In China, South Africans are most wanted in the highest paying arena, with regards to teaching in privately owned kindergartens.

Such as military, police and international kindergartens. The lowest salary for an unqualified South African starts at 60,000 Baht per month up for 3 hours teaching per day at most. If there is an American, Canadian, Australian, Irish, British and a South African going for an interview at the same school, then the South African would always gain the upperhand, due to their ability to adapt to any environment and due to their talented activeness in the English industry.

You would find that most individuals in Thailand don't even know that South Africans can be white and why they are white. We blame the bipolar order for their very negative effects on Thailand

As a response to the teaching of English, this statement is pretty scattered and difficult to follow...almost an inadvertent advertisement for hiring a teacher who is not South African...