Yes, I heard of TEFLers in Isan getting 40K a decade ago. Then the non-native English teachers such as the Filipinos and French Cameroonians changed the market.
Last year a big government secondary school here hired 2 Indians. A source at the school told me they were paid B18K. A source outside the school told me that he couldn't understand them when they spoke to him in English. So this year the school has gone for teachers from a well-known agency. A total of 4 teachers at a rate to the school of about B50K per teacher per month.
It seems the funds are there when someone wants them to be there. At other times those funds just wander off. When I look at the lifestyles of certain school directors (not all) I can speculate as to where those funds might be wandering.
There are indeed many problems. They are all interwoven. It is difficult to see how they can all be fixed.
Agreed. I have met some newly qualified Thai teachers of English and I have to say that they have very good subject knowledge, teaching skills and attitudes. Their spoken English isn't perfect but it is light years ahead of those teachers at the top of the school. The problem is that those willing and able young teachers get task-loaded beyond reason and have no choice but to grin and bear it. We can only hope that they stick with it as the old ones retire.
Just to go back to the subject of the first post... today I paid the invoice for next year, the deadline is Monday to avoid a 3% per month charge...
I was always going to of course, there's little choice in Korat and my daughter deserves an education good enough to allow her the option of living a useful life away from Thailand, if she so desires in the future.
It was good to have a moan about it first for a while... and one thing my procrastination did achieve... the worst possible exchange rate on the transfer this month. Couldn't have been worse timing.
WTF is happening to the pound now???
More like WTF is there to stop the pound weakening, really. Baht is also strengthening.
Look like we're back in school early June. Albeit part time.
some rich Thai guys is playing with the THB and force a crash so he and his friends can make a killing,
just like in 1997,
Back (slightly on theme) I recently paid about 80K for my sons first Uni semester. 60K tuition and 20K university costs. As a result of the move to on line, I will get 10K of the Uni charge back.
I really do feel for the boy. He was so stoked to be going to Uni, and it has been hard on him to be stuck at home on line learning. It sounds like the students are bonding - but it really, really is not the experince I was hoping he would have.
At least he's not leaving and looking for a job.
Our kids school have just announced a limited reopening from next week and an extended term.
They sent out a survey to parents to gauge who would / wouldn't be sending their kids back (online teaching will still continue).
The split looks to me to be about 60 / 40 in favor of not sending them back.
^ and which side are you on?
I'm happy for my daughter to be learning at home and me looking in and helping her, rather 5han her daydreaming through school, which she seems to like doing.
I can imagine the flip side though, with families with 3 or 4 kids under the same roof, running fukkin riot all day. My mind would change then I reckon.
Or if you ever had to go to work, of course.
I'll be dropping them off on Wed, a public holiday, so they'll be first in line Thurs morning.Originally Posted by Dillinger
Somewhat opposite for me I rather suspect that plenty of their study time on their laptops is spent gaming or messaging mates and they do better with structure.Originally Posted by Dillinger
Bugs me a bit they spend so long staring at screens too, both studying and leisure combined.
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