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Bexar County Stud

Sorry dude. Bad day at the office on my part, apologies.

kingwilly

Today's newspaper had an article about local kindergarden teachers. they have not been paid for 8 months.

Their salary.....$27 per month. Seriously.

Texpat

Can we assume they're not overly bothered by not being paid then?

In my limited experience, Thais often understate their salaries to make themselves appear poorer than they are. There are many benefits to appearing poorer than you are.

Richest guy always pays -- for everybody.

Fabian

Again, don't generalize from the company you choose.

kingwilly

yeah agreed, fair call.

Camel Toe

I always know what the Thai (girl in my case) earns per hour, it's normally 500 to 1000B.

I know when I was at a Thai-famous university the only teacher I met who came close to my wage was a sociology prof who'd been there for 30 years.

I'm not one to be concerned how much I get paid or how much you get paid or how much we should be paid. All I know is I get three times what the Thai teachers get at my school and they work harder than me. Isn't that enough to know about the subject?

Chairman Mao

I was working in an Isaan high school and the female head of the Thai English dept. had been working there for 10 years before I was born - and she was on less money than me.

Over 35 years in a job and some young foreign punk strolls in, has half the work load, half the duties and double the privileges and gets a bigger pay check to boot. But she was lovely, held no resentment and helped me out with lots of things.

Bexar County Stud

A common and familiar story. On more than one occasion I've had to ask myself, "Are we really, truly worth it?"

And then I'm quickly back to grumbling and moping. Human nature isn't it?

But I've never, ever imagined that my salary should be on par with engineers and accountants...I can't get over that!

kingwilly

righto,

you dont, by any chance, have a bat tattooed on your other toe, do you?

Camel Toe

As in Babe Ruth or Dracula?

dirtydog

Tex, I am poor and shall be in your area next week

dirtydog

I should mention that I wont feel any shame if you buy me a meal at the best restaurant in Nong Khai, the best wines, and of course pay for a couple of girls for me

kingwilly

erm, they are complaining about not getting paid!

kingwilly

no, just an ordinary count dracula bat, tattooed on KSR....

Camel Toe

You might be surprised to know I've never even been to KSR and that I don't need money from teaching and that I like what I do very much and that I have eight toes you ain't seen yet.

kingwilly

hey, I aint having a go, I just know a bloke that has a bat tattoo on his big toe, and since that is rather unusual I wondered if you might be him...

that's all.

Camel Toe

Did this inspire that blow job comment, pai nai?

Camel Toe

I've had more paid days off this month than a non-teacher Yank in Yankers gets in a year, nine! Royal birthday, day before royal birthday as the kids wrote birthday cards (homeroom teachers only ), four days sports week, three days of testing with the Thai teachers. I almost feel guilty.

Marmite the Dog

^ December's looking good for teachers, too.

Camel Toe

True. In all honesty, I do feel I am over-paid. Now if I were economy-sensitive and calculated the cost of my degree divided by my salary I'd have to work in Thailand for 70 years before I could ease myself into the black.

What I'll never understand is that every chump in the world knows teachers are the last to be paid a decent wage. Why complain? If they were interested in making millions they should have been ... builders, teacher website owners, or computer graphic artists!