| I am not sure why some posters here feel the need to denigrate those who chose a teaching career because of the relatively low salary.
Teaching is not generally a high paid position anywhere in the world. Does that make it a poor career decision?
There are a few hundred teachers in Thailand making above 100K and tens of thousands making far less. So what? Is teaching kids of the rich the only teaching occupation that is worthwhile?
If some individuals find teaching for 35, 40 or 50 K or baht (or even less) a month fits their needs, good for them.
I assume some posters have such low self-esteems that they have a compulsion to seek out others to criticize in order to make themselves appear more successful.
Screw that, live and let live.
I recently left an expat management job to return to “teaching.” Although I obviously took a pay cut (but I do make more than an average TEFL teacher), it was a good decision. I love what I do and the life is pretty stress-free. I wouldn’t make the claim that teaching is for everyone, but for those of us who have made the choice are not inferior to those who have different options and have made different choices. |