Thread: English teaching in LOS - I deon't get it...

Originally Posted by aging one

Poolcleaner one thing for you to remember you are but one member in a forum that has hundreds. Come on down off your high horse you are not above a member one.

My point exactly.

You and Lily, Squirrrel, cantona and a few others will post constantly your views on Smeg, Pat and others as if it is a special right you have.

I'm exercising my special rights.

Think of my posts as nothing more than a reflection of your posts regarding Smeg, Pat et al.

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

You and Lily, Squirrrel, cantona and a few others will post constantly your views on Smeg, Pat and others as if it is a special right you have.

are you Smeg today, Mr cleaner

Originally Posted by Milkman

Your banning became pretty obvious about 3 weeks before it actually happened.

Depends on how you view the time line I guess. If I was banned for making threats as LDMA claimed then it was more like 6 weeks than 3

Either way you don't think I belong as a poster in that forum. That's your right.

I have many friends who are not teachers Poolcleaner. I appreciate DD for starting this forum, and inviting me to join. I respect him as a guy who has made a nice life for himself in Thailand, learned to speak the language, and is not a vicious gossip.

Does it really bother you so much that I have a ecclectic group of friends Poolcleaner? I am proud of the friends I have, and the friendship I get in return from them.

By the way arent you a teacher? You were a couple of weeks ago posting about going to get your visa taken care of and how you hoped your school would help you out.

I believe I am a reflection, like the moon on water. When you see me, and I try to be a good man, you see yourself.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

OK, now for the bit I don't understand.... There are obviously some English teachers on this forum that could maybe shed some light. For those English teachers that are earning say less than 40,000 Bt a month, why do you do it?

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

It's not a teacher's site. Go home.

I'd have thought this might have been better posted on t'other site which has lots of teachers, but SirBurr is a 'resident' here so he should be able to post whatever he wants...

Poolie: if the OPer specifies 'teachers' in his OP then it would hardly seem appropriate for you to state that this is not a teachers site so go home...

SirBurr: as I am one of the few teachers on this forum I guess i'm in a position to answer some of your questions...

Some background for a start...i'm a kiwi but i've worked overseas most of my life...NZ govt requires that you work in NZ for the last 4 years before you retire to qualify for pension and you must physically be in the country every 6 months to continue to receive your pension...

therefore I have no expectation of the govt taking care of me in my dottage...

also, i have no plan to retire back in NZ...why would i? i don't know anyone there...i'm like a tourist when i go home...oh and it's fokin cold in the 'mainland'...

my training is in Hotel management and i worked as a hotel manager in various countries for many years...i quit when i was 45 and went to England to do a Master Degree in Hotel Management...

this enabled me to switch from managing to teaching...

i've been here for 10 years, teaching hotel & airline subjects in Universities and working with the airlines in training for flight attendants...

i work about 25 hours a week and make about 100k per month...

during my time here i've managed to buy three new cars - one at a time and upgrading each time - plus a condo by the river...and because i recently married, a house for my wife...

I live here by choice...having visited over 100 countries and worked in about 20...I don't have any plans to leave, although I could if the political situation required it...

In your Op you didn't appear to allow for the likes of me...and others in similar situations...who earn a decent salary by thai standards which is susequently spend/invested in thailand...

not everyone wants to run away in the end...and lots of us actually like to live here...

Originally Posted by cantona

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

You and Lily, Squirrrel, cantona and a few others will post constantly your views on Smeg, Pat and others as if it is a special right you have.

are you Smeg today, Mr cleaner

If that is so then I expect you'll have to bring up a dead girlfriend or two, monsieur cantona!

Originally Posted by NickA

Nice to see this one's gone off topic.

Anyway, I agree with SK, inheritance is the way to go these days, so why bother to make any of your own money - sit back, relax and wait for the old folks to die

yes, nice idea Nick

my parents died, left me some money

then my daughters got married and needed houses/flats (in London)

they did not wait for me to die

Originally Posted by klongmaster

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I live here by choice...having visited over 100 countries and worked in about 20...I don't have any plans to leave, although I could if the political situation required it...

In your Op you didn't appear to allow for the likes of me...and others in similar situations...who earn a decent salary by thai standards which is susequently spend/invested in thailand...

not everyone wants to run away in the end...and lots of us actually like to live here...

bloody hell, another Thaiophile rears their ugly head

for goodness sakes, don't let Smeg see this post or all hell will break loose in a nitpicking, pedantic frenzy

Originally Posted by klongmaster

In your Op you didn't appear to allow for the likes of me...and others in similar situations...who earn a decent salary by thai standards which is susequently spend/invested in thailand...

To the point and well said Klongy, a similar position myself

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

If that is so then I expect you'll have to bring up a dead girlfriend or two, monsieur cantona! __________________

Please notice who always trolls in and picks the shit up. Nobody has mentioned smeg but you all morning and now into the afternoon Poolcleaner. You aint getting much support either.

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

If that is so then I expect you'll have to bring up a dead girlfriend or two, monsieur cantona! __________________

Please notice who always trolls in and picks the shit up. Nobody has mentioned smeg but you all morning and now into the afternoon Poolcleaner. You aint getting much support either.

errrrmmm, see two posts above AO!

maybe we posted around the same time.

Originally Posted by aging one

Please notice who always trolls in and picks the shit up. Nobody has mentioned smeg but you all morning and now into the afternoon Poolcleaner. You aint getting much support either.

Who, me? I've only mentioned him once this afternoon, I think.

Ok now I am getting pissed at the teachers here...AO earning up over 80K a month and Klong at 100k+! That is way more than I was led to believe is possible. I am getting green with envy before I even get started. Sounds like you teachers are doing better than most who are not on expat package deals.

If you are a good teacher, why not?

still, I prefer to be an expat

Originally Posted by Sanuk Canuk

Ok now I am getting pissed at the teachers here...AO earning up over 80K a month and Klong at 100k+! That is way more than I was led to believe is possible. I am getting green with envy before I even get started. Sounds like you teachers are doing better than most who are not on expat package deals.

If in the international schools, contacts, good teaching and right place/right time, anything is possible to earn over and above 100,000k (oh, plus hard work)

Originally Posted by aging one

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

If that is so then I expect you'll have to bring up a dead girlfriend or two, monsieur cantona! __________________

Please notice who always trolls in and picks the shit up. Nobody has mentioned smeg but you all morning and now into the afternoon Poolcleaner. You aint getting much support either.

Well AO, where exactly did you come in on this thread?

No, nevermind, in the past you've never showed much understanding of the current of a thread you just post your crap then apologise for being stoned and take the kids to the park.

Originally Posted by cantona

Originally Posted by Sanuk Canuk

Ok now I am getting pissed at the teachers here...AO earning up over 80K a month and Klong at 100k+! That is way more than I was led to believe is possible. I am getting green with envy before I even get started. Sounds like you teachers are doing better than most who are not on expat package deals.

If in the international schools, contacts, good teaching and right place/right time, anything is possible to earn over and above 100,000k (oh, plus hard work)

that is a very good salary per month

oh sorry, just did my maths again

Originally Posted by poolcleaner

No, nevermind, in the past you've never showed much understanding of the current of a thread you just post your crap then apologise for being stoned and take the kids to the park.

You know Poolcleaner you really are a vindictive piece of shit. What day do you go back to teaching? I have off until Wednesday.


I love your old nick from ajarn.com

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AO are you going to actually contribute something to the topic of the thread, or just rant?

You post your salary details on 20dayajarnforum at least once per week, so why don't you do it on this thread and at least allow your conceited habit to return your posts to the topic.

Originally Posted by aging one

I have many friends who are not teachers Poolcleaner. I appreciate DD for starting this forum, and inviting me to join. I respect him as a guy who has made a nice life for himself in Thailand, learned to speak the language, and is not a vicious gossip.

Does it really bother you so much that I have a ecclectic group of friends Poolcleaner? I am proud of the friends I have, and the friendship I get in return from them.

By the way arent you a teacher? You were a couple of weeks ago posting about going to get your visa taken care of and how you hoped your school would help you out.

Sorry AO, but this lot is lost on me.

Perhaps the point you should address is the one that DD has little time for TEFLers in Thailand. You know the same people Smeg refers to?

I suppose in a way I'm happy you have ecclectic friends, good on you. I'm just glad I'm not one!

And I am a TEFLer.........so what?

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I'll agree with Smeg here, i have always found it rather crass to post details of your salary.
Of course Smeg would never do that.

Originally Posted by Sir Burr

There are obviously some English teachers on this forum that could maybe shed some light.
For those English teachers that are earning say less than 40,000 Bt a month, why do you do it?

Check out the thread that I started recently. It shows several teachers announcing why they think here is a good place to live and teach. As you'll see,they aren't the brightest stars in the sky, hence their decision to teach here.

https://teakdoor.com/the-captains-lou...ap-living.html

Oh,by the way, AO's rant early in that thread is because two of the dumb quotes used were written by him

Poolcleaner,

I am not a Tefler. I teach in a university and have done so for 16 years. If you notice I dont get in the tefl debates. I get in the debates where the country I choose to live is being put down. Thailand is my home and I like it here.

You have had it in for me for a long time and I have kept my mouth shut as we share many of the same friends. But you just kept on digging and digging so you got to the bottom.

So if you want to fuck with me I am gonna fuck with you back. Judging by the messages I am recieving I have done the right thing.