Thread: What has happened to all the TEFL sites

^Thailand has a revolving door for quick exit. Most people including myself seems to get stuck in the door whirling round and round - after a while what a fuckin spinner we get in the head! It's better to get in or get out. If you get in throw on the yellow t-shirt, Buddha amulets, perma-grin and kick it with the fuckin whiskey and mia nois. Or get the fuck out and wake up from the whirl of the constant spin of the revolving door. Make a freakin move!

Okay, I am talking to myself as I spin and spin.

Then you have that ever vocal Welsh Twat spouting on about everything and nothing in ajarn and teflwath whilst he is being touted around as a Gary Glitter clone on a couple of places on the internet.Google the Welsh Twats name and up the accusations come,Nasty business for a nasty person he's got what he deserves,wonder what the next video clip will be inside the nick perhaps.

I bet there are more references for Phillipa/o teachers in Thailand then your usual first language teacher who used to come here in droves. The whole business is oiled by training schools, like sharks looking for phat Canadian, just divorced chicks, to pay their savings into a diploma they've been lead to believe means something. On ajarnform's home page you're blinded by flashing banners of dodgy businesses looking for slow-moving fish.

The majority of schools these days seem happy with second language teachers. They should be, they get along better with the Thai staff, never complain, work for less dosh, appreciate the fact they're off an over-populated and troubled island or a war-torn African shit pit. Most of the Phillipa teachers I've known were well educated back home (paper-wise at least) and don't need teacher training. No teacher training means no money for the gears that drive the forum businesses. No doubt they are planning at this very moment some sleazy move to either prove to the Thai public second language teachers don't compare, or that a different advertising strategy is needed. I'd go with the second rational, it's common to see a hungry businessman spend his last (insert your national currency here) on advertising.

Maybe there's simply lesser and lesser demand for it nowadays.

You know, that's why this forum will out-live all the rely on teacher training sites based in Thailand. He's got nice banners, easy to look at, and they serve a much larger community, and very few teachers members. A clever Internet site investor might try a website for Filipino teachers. San Miguel could sponsor it.

check out SiamPinoy.com Its already been done.

Over a year ago BP said he was going to get rid of the fruit machine appearance of his site and make it much less reliant on TEFL school sponsorship. He has yet to do so. He probably realises that the type of person he needs to attract has a fruit machine playing mentality, and (despite being on their payroll as a marketing agent) he washes his hands of any responsibility for any of his sponsor's behaviour as long as they pay up.

Also, anyone opening the jobs page, which he says is the main purpose of the site (yeah right, that's why it's only got one teeny weeny link to it, unlike all the TEFL school banners and the forum banner) using dial-up would have to wait about 15 minutes whilst the 80 or so banners and crap download until they could view any jobs.

I dunno if the guy is planning to retire and live off the earnings he makes from it for the next few decades, but he is a brave chap if he is.

Originally Posted by Chairman Mao

Originally Posted by Camel Toe

...second language teachers. They get along better with the Thai staff, never complain, work for less dosh, appreciate the fact they're off an over-populated and troubled island or a war-torn African shit pit.

Yes, but they look just like the locals so the school doesn't gain any face/reputation, which is really what the Thais want. Who can charge more money, gain most status, etcetc?

a school with second language Thai lookalikes as their English teachers.

Or the school with the white skinned, blond, smiling long nosed native speakers on the school's posters draped above the school gates.

If the school is really lucky they might get some clueless noobee who will be happy to stand outside the school gates every morning welcoming the students and wai-ing all the parents. Then again at the end of the day, opening the car doors for the kids to get into, while giving their parents another wai. Think the average Thai school director would cum at the mere thought of it. Maybe even get a picture of the white newbees wai-ing the director and have it as a big banner above the gates. Think of the status, think of the face...

Far more important than the kids education.

I think that's known as the white monkey show.

I'm not sure the second language teachers are so low in status - well they are but the parents have accepted the change, or so it seems. We are four foreigners at my school, two are from that happy island East of here. Classrooms still full, plenty of denied new students for lack of space, just like always. I bet the admin figures we white people were always only about money anyway and convinced the parents we were troublesome and expensive and often persons of ill repute. The Philis earn less than the Whites yet tuition remains the same .. get my drift?

Originally Posted by Smeg

Over a year ago BP said... yada yada yada... snore snore snore...

You shouldn't pay so much attention to other people's lives Smeg. You'd be happier.

I dunno if the guy is planning to retire and live off the earnings he makes from it for the next few decades, but he is a brave chap if he is.

Don't worry about it Smeg.

So what is your excuse for paying this attention to mine? Other than being an ajarn addict/apologist, of course.

Originally Posted by Camel Toe

...get my drift?

Yup, some school's have had enough of the retard TEFLers that unfortunately happen to make up about 50% of the foreign teacher population, and decided to get on board some non-complaining Fillo's at half the price. The demand at present for white farang teachers is great, especially for ones who actually enjoy and love their job.