Topic: Should teachers avoid Thailand?

[ajarnnormal]

Thanks Bewildered for the leg up and i hope that you do go for the sticks it may do us both good. I don't think anybody would come here if they had anti Thai anything not if they were in there right mind. you omly get that when the rot sets in of being here a while. Some get it earlier than others I anm sure. As you say Bangkok is the first place most people come to and start there teaching but I as I am sure you have seen a different side of teaching in Thailand out of BKK. I still have to actually do it but I think it is worth a try don't you?

[anyonefortennis]

I fear we are wandering along the path to sour gripes...........

Bewildered, you, well bewilder me. You bang on about how different Thais are to any civilized race on the earth and then state;

"Crime in any country takes similar forms because people are similar and invent similar crime"

Similar meaning, alike, akin, related, comparable, yes?

So we are alike to our Thai cousins after all?

As I said before, just come here and take Thailand for what it is, a third world country, and therefore expect all that goes along with being in a third world country...............which may well include a touch of anti-foreign sentiment & dodgy dealings along the way.

[Mods-Rockers]

By the way bewildered, (apt name really isn’t it?) I would suggest that you practice a little with the quote function, your childlike mistakes in its, quite simple use really, is making you look a bigger fool than normal!

Ah yes. The old 'I know it was stupid but you made me do it' defence. tsk. You really must try to move beyond the 'I never make a mistake' thing. Perhap the Thai influence you are immersed in is affecting your judgement.

Oh diddums then, yes maybe the Thai influence I am immersed in is influencing me, but there again that same Thai influence is not ripping me off, in fact she just put 400k into my Thai account! Strange that isn’t it!!!

This is nonsense, statisticians have never held that if the mean of Y is X then all values of Y are X. Arrant nonsense.

Oh I am sorry, did I say ‘mean’? Strangely I just run the thread through a concordancer and guess what the first mention of ‘mean’ was by you above, yet again contextomy badly done! You really should practice if you want to look good taking things out of context, right now you are looking like whipped soi dog!

You never heard of Schopenhauer? Oh. He is the acknowledged authority in dubious and deceitful tactics in debate. Oh well, perhaps it just comes naturally to you.

Heard of him vaguely, but there again your amateurish use of contextomy, which was one of his traits shows that you follow his ideals if only in a childlike way!

Did you mean ellipsis? Only an ellipse is a mathematical figure resembling an elongated circle but having 2 foci. I assume you meant ellipsis but couldn't remember the right word.

wow you got me!!!!! Shame the only way you could manage it was by being a spelling Nazi, shall I start doing the same with your eloquent posts?

I wouls refer you to the statement above!

Wouls you? [/quote]
Oh dear do you have no shame, having to stoop so low to gain points. Still I suppose if it’s the only way you can then so be it. Its sad you have been ripped off but there again you appear to be a very sad man anyway!

Your lady is about to rip you off for everything!

Didn't say that either. Try to concentrate. Exciteability is fine, hystera is less attractive.

Urmm sorry Bewildered but you did say that here C&Pd from post #58 “even if the good Thai lady and true that I married is about to rip me off for 2.5m bt. I am not a fool but she fooled me.” Ok then maybe you didn’t say it, maybe a big boy stole your username and said it then run away!!! To be a good liar requires a good memory, now I would suggest that you start those memory exercises again! Oh and by the way seeing as how you want to be a spelling Nazi its ‘Excitability’ not “Exciteability” and ‘hysteria’ not “hystera”

Nah, not me, not when your missus gives such an admirable blow-job.

When you are exchanging a BJ for a 2.5 million house, it’s a fair exchange I guess. Oh and bTW at current exchange rates (today) I don’t quite see where you get closer to 30k GBP its actually 38,517.34 GBP but there again we have seen above your prowess with Maths!!!

By the way, when are you next down the pub for a few hours?  I feel the need...

Oh dear do I smell that last resort of the English thug? The offer outside! When logic fails use yer fists!!! Yeah like get real, dude!

By the way, try to get the hang of the quotes thing a bit better would you, it makes the flaming a little easier to read. And I like to be able to enjoy a good laugh without having to unscramble the quotes.

What you mea in much the same way as you abortion above?

[Mods-Rockers]

AFT yes I fear you are correct. I offered the bewildered one an oppotunity to take this to a seperate thread but sadly that is not his way! I am kinda hoping one of the other mods will split this and allow this thread to follow its own course, sadly I will not mod a thread I am active on so cannot do so myself!

[bomha]

Greekboy, I will just repeat or summarize what I meant to say in replies #2 and 12, back on page 1.  Tell your friend not to come to Thailand to teach.  It is not worth the grief, even if the sex is free.  There is no such thing as free sex.

I would tend to both agree and disagree with you here Bomha, yes there can be grief but equally there can be moments of pure joy. Is the glass half full or half empty? I must say though that if a perspective teachers is coming here for the sex first and all else second then I would suspect that there will indeed be much grief, not even the international schools pay enough to be a complete whoremonger!

In Thailand, the glass is seldom even half full.  It may be even more fuller in Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Campuchea: and that is just SouthEastAsia.  I forget now, if the original post only asked us to choose between Bangkok and Birmingham (Alabama, or England).  Is this only a choice between a council estate in sarf London, and a shack in Klong Toey?

It appears that the original poster, Geekboy, has left the building on this topic.  Is there anything you would like to add about your mate, Geekboy?

[blackmail]

Yes I guess it is patronizing to ask how a man of your intellect can pass judgement on 65 million people when in actuality you have possibly met less than 1000 in an up front and personal way, that’s less than 0.000015%.

Mods, like they would say in Baltimore; you need to check your Maff.  One thousand out of 65 million would be .00153%.  I hope you ain't gonna work at a pharmacy or a nuclear reactor.

[Veritas]

   Cannibalism.

[Pibthong]

   And it's the same Mod and his Sancho Panza who are wielding the blade and doing the cooking. Time after time. Teflwatch is getting to be a turnoff.

   

[samvimes]

Guys please keep it on topic.

If you want a personal vendetta then either start a new thread for it or do it over PMs

[wordsworth]

This has gone SO off topic!! It is also turning rather nasty. Bewildered and Mods-Rockers, we are all in the same boat here. Where is the solidarity eh brothers??? I thought this web site was here to help fellow teachers, not run each other into the ground. By all means have your own point of view but there is no need for a personal slagging match. It makes us all seem petty and bitter.
Anyway, getting back on topic. I have worked in both BKK and the "sticks", and the same problems occur. Whether it is the incompetent Thai administration in the school or the corrupt school owner or just simply the amount of hoops the AVERAGE teacher has to jump through just to become a legal worker in this country. There are far more appealing countries to work in regards to teaching and for more money. However I would like to make the point that Thailand has many positives as a tourist and is more than just worth a brief visit. I am sure that the dust will settle here fairly soon and working here legally will become a smoother transition. At the end of the day it must come down to doing your "homework" when deciding on which country you would like to teach in, what suits one person doesn't necessarily suit another. Geekboy there are absolutely tons of web sites out there besides teflwatch that will provide you and your friend with a wealth of information about the ESL industry. Do some research and weigh up the pros and cons of each country that you short list as a desired destination and then make some decisions based on reliable information. I wish your friend the best of luck.

Peace

wordsworth

[wordsworth]

 

[Andy]

Yo, dudes, we are all in the same boat together. Teachers are teachers everywhere, least we got this website to talk about our injustices. No more talking about anything on this thread unrelated to whether to avoid teaching in Thailand or not. 

[Nemesis]

Andy said stop the personal attacks. I agree 100% with RobRoy, post your little tirades in pms or in the Squared Circle. I ain't taking no sides, I just want clean threads instead of an axe chase. 

Remember who the true enemy is, the school owners and administrators who are out to suck the blood out of teachers and when they are through using them, toss them in a jail. Enough said, I think you got enough info here Geekboy and that's why the thread is locked.