Korean Job Discussion Forums

[Steve Schertzer]

So you think teaching EFL in Thailand will be any easier than teaching EFL in Korea, think again.

www.ajarn.com/Contris/jasonalavimay2008.htm

[Underwaterbob]

Who said teaching EFL in Thailand is any easier?

[bejarano-korea]

If I'm going to work for shite money, I'd rather do it in Spain than Thailand! Where there is no restrictions on me at all!

[seoulsucker]

And what does this have to do with living in Korea? And why does my computer start to smell like vinegar and water every time I open one of Schertzer's threads?

[Steve Schertzer]

[seoulsucker]

[Young FRANKenstein]

[bovinerebel]

Don't get too excited. Everything is illegal in Thailand. The more crimes the police and politicians can think up the more they can ellicit bribe money from people. The Thai education system is a shambles and a joke. There are far better reasons to never teach in Thailand that the regulations , such as the pathetic money, ridiculous working conditions and social stigma.

[WoBW]

Blimey! For the salaries they offer in Thailand you have to REALLY want to live there to do all that.

When I worked there from 2002 - 2004 almost every teacher I met was just on a tourist visa - including me. That monthly visa run to Cambodia got pretty tiresome!

[mrsquirrel]

The regulations change so quickly there.

Way back when they decided that we should all sit a Thai Cultural Awareness course.

My boss sent me off on it. 16 hours of nothing, spent most of it on the beach with the assistant director.

Only a couple of classes of us did it then it dissapeared into obscurity again.

Roll on a few years and it rears it's ugly head again. This time though at 20 hours. According to the rules my old one isn't valid.

I left Thailand at the right time. I will go back when the baht has crashed and people can't pay their debts to pick up a few cheap houses.

[crazy_arcade]

I think the OP should account for why he's in Korea and not Thailand.

[Steve Schertzer]

[Scotticus]