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[adventuramust]

My search didn't come up with anything recent on these schools. The one post directed me to a website about them knowing they didn't have a good reputation and were going to clean up their act. Unfortunately, the link isn't available.

So-so on Media Kids, no on the Language Academy, okay on AYC; so much info to track.

I prefer that my first position in Thailand to be arranged before I arrive.

[Master Shake]

I taught at Sarasas Witaed Thonburi for a few months this spring-summer.

Teaching there was really 'old school.' Lots of drilling and rote learning all done with strict discipline (there was always a Thai teacher in the classroom with me to maintain discipline).

Unfortunately, and this really annoyed me, there were no supplementary materials, photocopiers or teaching resources whatsoever - just the students' books which had to be completed according to a strict syllabus.

The job was easy and the holidays couldn't be beat, but the teaching was dull. I went out and bought stickers and bingo games in order to liven things up.

I left Sarasas for personal reasons. But what helped me to leave was that they had just started to tax us degree holding teachers working legally more than 2,000 baht a month.

Strangely, the other teachers who had no degrees and were working illegally (at least half the teachers at Sarasas had no degrees) didn't have to pay a cent for tax.

[adventuramust]

Wow, that is a real eye-opener about the taxes. I didn't think it was at all possible to obtain a position without a degree. I thought it was required to get a B visa. Maybe that's only if you aren't already in Thailand.

I thought in order to stay in Thailand you'd need the correct visa, which would mean you would need to be there legally. So you get penalized for having a degree with taxes???

You description of the teaching was great, seldom do I read that kind of information. I'm a rather animated teacher.

Thanks so much for the response.

[Master Shake]