Q1. Where did you move to and when?

Back to Canada in 2023.

Q2. How long did you work in Thailand?

Four years at the beginning of the 21st century and three years from 2021 to 2023.

Q3. What was your main reason for moving?

Thailand changed. Children are the best reference foreign teachers can get in Thailand. After the first four years, I moved to Canada with my wife. We had an incredible life but left Canada and returned to Thailand when the Covid years arrived. I began to teach because I could, not because of any money shortage. The first year was fantastic, but then I got an increase in my salary, and the other foreign teachers got nothing. They created a plot against me that I eventually had to report to the police. Nobody will ever make me teach in Thailand's schools ever again. Just one month before my contract ended, my room teacher offered her students home tutoring in my place. I was teaching those students until the day before my departure. Despite the lies and reputation, my student's parents and the one class teacher trusted me. Soon after returning to Canada, I began teaching them online.

Q4. What are the advantages of working where you are now compared to Thailand?

I don't teach in Canada. I am a physiotherapist who took early retirement.

Q5. What do you miss about life in Thailand?

Only the fruit and endless beaches.

Q6. Would you advise a new teacher to seek work in Thailand or where you are now?

As I said, Thailand changed. I advise everyone to stay out of Thailand because 'other foreign teacher elements'. Thai ESL teachers are better than many of those foreign teachers combined, but the foreign teachers present themselves as superior to everyone. My brother-in-law is a retired governor. Thanks to him and proper investigations, I did not end up in jail or deported.

Q7. Any plans to return to Thailand one day?

Yes, certainly. Soon after my 65th birthday. I don't mind supporting the Thai economy in my retirement years.

Q8. Anything else you'd like to add?

There is an unbelievable shortage of native English-speaking teachers. Unfortunately, that's because our experiences drive us out of Thailand. Certain foreign teachers make money and send it back to their home country. Native speakers make money and spend it travelling "Unseen Thailand," supporting the Thai home economy. Think about it.