You know you're a foreign teacher in Thailand when...
I'm sure you can think of a few more.
The job may be unpredictable, but the laughs are real, the students are unforgettable, and every day is definitely not boring.
The Thai ESL agent hustle
Thai ESL agents are largely unhindered in their business practices by morality.
When personal and working relationships between school staff and agents come under pressure and scrutiny because of good old-fashioned kickback schemes.
Education should be entertaining
Postbox letter from Mark
Kids are inspired by fun and imaginative teachers and will usually find interest in most anything in their worlds.
The teaching game
Games - I love 'em and I use them in my classroom in every way I can.
Don't be dismissive of games or underestimate their value. The resultant effect of these light-hearted activities may have more than just the 'learning' benefits.
Teacher or entertainer or teacher AND entertainer?
Postbox letter from Wes R
"We're not teachers, we're entertainers!" That's a dangerous little meme and it's something I've read countless times on countless websites as it concerns teaching English in another country, especially Thailand.
Happy hour at the ESL bar and grill
Amusing the students to death
Students are being scammed out of their money by an industry that is content to amuse the students to death by turning English language education into a perverted version of happy hour at Joe's Bar. Teachers and students deserve better than that.
