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| Teaching In Thailand Being a international school teacher in Thailand can be a great career with salaries in the range of $2,500 to $6,000 per month, or you could become a TEFLer teaching English with a salary range of 350-600 pounds per month, although with many teaching jobs it could be worth doing a TEFL course even if no experience is necessary, but will teaching students fulfil your overseas jobs yearnings? Is a English language teaching job something you really want to do? Can you teach English? |
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06-06-2008, 05:18 AM
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| Ban Chang  Last Online: 07-08-2008 01:38 AM Join Date: May 2008 Location: UK, Soon Rayong
Posts: 182
  | I have been teaching in the UK for 20 years, I used to love it, I have not had a good day at school for many years. Just got a job in an international school and if I don't find it fun then no more teaching for me. Teaching is the best job in the world when the students want to learn |
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06-06-2008, 09:46 AM
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| Grand Palace  Last Online: 07-10-2009 12:46 PM Join Date: May 2008 Location: Bangers
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| Same story back home though. I lasted 5 years before deciding my moral obligations to the UK's youth was void due to the anti-educational stance of both parents and students. Am lucky to be in a school where the kids are just great now... but again, how long can you last before boredom creeps in? If I can be happy in my boredom I'll stick with that. |
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06-06-2008, 05:27 PM
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| Ban Phe Last Online: 12-09-2009 05:32 PM Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 615
| I love teaching, best jobs I have ever had were ones teaching. I am not an "English" teacher but I have done some of it. Actually, I recently left a managerial job for an International organization in order to return to academia, however, to make it pay, I had to take a job outside of Thailand :-(. Sure, teaching basic English to children can be kind of tough and is not something most people would want to do for a lifetime, but for the most parts I think those who complain the most about teaching are those who have not had much other work experience. Teaching subjects one has a passion for to motivated university or grad school students has to be one of the greatest gigs in the world, too bad it doesn't pay better. |
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01-09-2008, 05:13 PM
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| Udon Thani  Last Online: 01-09-2009 03:14 PM Join Date: Sep 2008
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| I didn't have to 'teach' in Thailand. I trained. I paid my dues in places that were a lot less friendly than the LoS. When the training program folded (people didn't want to come to Hat Yai, they were afraid of being bombed) I was offered a classroom...and went to one in Abu Dhabi. I can't, nor want to, work in Thailand for the wages on offer. |
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01-09-2008, 06:16 PM
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| Thailand Expat  Last Online: Yesterday 06:55 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: top of soi 2
Posts: 1,111
 | i did 6 years but stopped 5 years ago would consider going back to it in 20 years or so if was to stop me going senile and allowed me to meet pert young things  TEFL was ok if you had a constant change and effectively worked for yourself but i agree the fun soon goes out of it and you do meet a lot of wankers and social misfits
__________________ we won it at wemberlee we on it in gay paree... |
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01-09-2008, 07:36 PM
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| Thailand Expat  Last Online: 17-10-2009 11:33 PM Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Bangkok
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Tefl is ok if you put forth some effort to change things from semester to semester, if you get yourself into a position that your schools management accepts your hard drinking, whore fucking and lack of anything close to a professional attitude. But my suggestion is to treat it like a job. Simple. Everyone wants to do a good job and strive to do a great job. Now, the tefl masses will rise and suggest "Why should I do a good job for a school that fucks me over!" My answer is "Do it for yourself. Do it so you can look in the mirror and realize that you gave your best. Fuck anyone else, if you let someone else define your pride in the job you've done, then you really are a mere TEFL'er, not a teacher, professional or even a fucking muppet" Sorry, had a less than happy day today with a fucking idiot and the management that employed the idiot. | |
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01-09-2008, 07:55 PM
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| Boxed Member  Last Online: Yesterday 03:37 PM Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: in a box marked 'fragile'
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02-09-2008, 05:25 PM
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| Smooth Sakhon  Last Online: 20-11-2009 05:12 PM Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: 30 km west of Sukhumvit
Posts: 1,660
 | Did 30 minutes once, they had a conversation / interview request and i accepted the invitation... was fun, took my daugther with me, so half the class was busy with her, could not make it for a living, salary was a basket full of fruits... It was a technical college with girls age 16 - 18 years- not really high level they had ! They improve slowly, but at least improve around korat, this seen over 8 years around here... |
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