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[jakee]

I have enough college credits for a degree, but I didn't care about that kind of credential back then. Now, I badly want to get out of the US, and after falling madly in love with thai culture, religion, lifestyle, I can think of nothing to do do to scrape by a living besides teaching english. Besides being something of a linguist by hobby, and doing some tutoring in high school to elementary kids, I'm a serious greenhorn.

I was delusional enough to get duped by ThaiJobPlacements, (a scam recruiter). So I'm not really expecting to be embraced with open arms, after realizing how under qualified I am. I am totally open to suggestions, I'm just glad to have this web-board to get some feed back. I feel like I'm arming myself with information, so more information on the rural south would be appreciated and encouraged.

Thanks,
Newbie jakee

[sigmoid]

Without a degree it may be difficult for you to get a job teaching English in Thailand.

Also, parts of the rural south along the border with Malaysia were recently under martial law and may still be.

In any case, teaching salaries in Thailand are absurdly low.

[kenkannif]

Provincially you don't always need a degree to obtain a work permit, and to be honest it's not hard at all to get a job without a degree, it's just hard to be legit.

[jakee]

Teaching english seems like such a last resort for a mildly intelligent english speaker, the more I ponder this painful career move.

When I was in Chang mai, I met an english kid (mid twenties) who supported himself by sending cartons of cigarrettes back to London. He had a girlfriend, an apartment, and did twenty min. of work per week to live like a Pasha! This slave labor teaching industry seems ludacris the more i think of it.