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Quack Addict
Joined: 31 Mar 2008
Location: Seoul
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 Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:53 pm Post subject: English Teachers Getting Worked Over Since 1860 |
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My wife was watching the movie, "the King and I". The main character goes to Siam (Thailand) in 1860 to teach English. Check this out:
"Mrs. Anna Leonowens, a widow from Wales, arrives in Bangkok, Siam with her young son Louis to teach English to the children of the royal household. Though both are nervous, Anna teaches Louis to whistle a happy tune so they do not look or feel afraid ("I Whistle a Happy Tune"). The Kralahome of Siam (a sort of Prime Minister) greets Anna and tells Anna she will live in the palace. Anna asserts that her contract requires that she be given her own house. She agrees to live in the palace until she can speak to the King himself about her house."
Not delivering on the agreed contract...what a surprise! |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:55 pm Post subject: |
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| promise me a house and give me a palace! |
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 5:09 am Post subject: |
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| How about the school give you a room in the manager/principals house instead of your own apartment? Have you seen the movie? I would need some me time and space from that king. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 6:30 am Post subject: |
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| Why is this syphilitic harlot being allowed to teach her immoral Western ways to the Siamese youth? She probably doesn't have a university education. Did they test her for opium use? I've sent a telegram to Scotland Yard, see if they've heard of Ms. Leonowens. |
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