| I'm a retired American lawyer with an American law degree, and I had absolutely no problem whatsoever finding a teaching job in Thailand in fact the job found me. Went to one of the TEFL schools in Pattaya, the one off Soi 53 on the dark side, After I graduated they placed me in a government school about 40 km away. This is my 3rd year teaching at that same school. The down side is money; that's not why I do it, I have enough already to live here well, but I needed and wanted something to do, was climbing the walls with boredon. The pay is only 22,000 baht a month, which is twice what the Thai teachers make and I made as much in 2 days at home as I make in a month here, but this is the most fun job I've ever had. Also, when you work 5 days a week here you spend much less money than when you are not working and bored. Thai children are very polite, respectful and charming, and many of them are quite motivated students...(we call most of them the girls). Some things are the same in all schools. I've been lucky enough to find a school very free of the kind of internal politics that can ruin a teaching experience. They treat me very well and I've really enjoyed it, but the pay is definitely not the motivation.
I never hated anything in my life as much as practicing law, (could not wash the sleeze off myself at the end of the day) so this lifestyle suits me quite well. Good luck to you, hope this helps. |