| Teaching English is dull however it might stem from the fact that nobody fails so the question is why bother. All Thai's really want to do is play games, have fun and piss about. This is both at primary and secondary levels.
Universities are pretty much the same. One third bothers to interact the others are nothing more than seat warmers. I was so fed up one day at trying to get them to talk, I stood up in the class and told them I was gay. I even got a reaction from a 55 year old woman that was in the class. Teaching at those levels changed forever. I came to the logical conclusion that day that it is best to be a clown even with older students else they will not learn.
Teaching was not really bad, it just was not rewarding. Not financially. If I wanted to make money I would go home and make money. It was just not 'spiritually' rewarding. At the end of my ESL 'career' I look back and think of all the fun that was had and try not to think of the negative people I had met. At the end of the day - life is what you make it. |