Yeah, Im tryin to do that. Im cooped up here with four other teachers from the USA and were all tryin to do itget outta dodge, that is.

Some say misery loves company. Not here. I dont think Id call myself miserable yet, but some of these guys are. Theyre good guys, but they cant wait to get away from here.

Not only do I want to get away from this college, but also these farang. Yeah, we need to get away from each otherwe fan each others flames too much.

I quit the high school after my contract ended, Yingwen. I've since become a teacher at a private college here. Read some of my other posts for the delicious details.

Hi RT

If you're fed up of teaching kids, why not consider working at a teachers college? I've just started teaching at one here in China. It's early, but so far I've been encouraged with my experience in the classroom.

The vast majority of students are young women who more often make much better students than young men. Secondly they all seem eager to study and really improve their English skills. That leads on to the third point, because the majority are training to be English teachers.

So these students have a real goal, and very good motives for improving their English skills. Their English level is the highest I've encountered in China. You can reason with these guys and they understand clearly.

I'm spending the first week trying to get them to let me know how they want me to help them reach their goals. In other words, I've been encouraging each student to write down specifically what skills they want to improve and which class activities will help them. The feedback is excellent. This is a great change from teaching, boisterous, restless primary/ middle students, who don't even know why they're in the classroom.

These are the students I've been aching for. Those that have a real go, and know what they need ( or at least have some idea), to reach their goal.

I'd recommend you finding adults or college students. Students with real goals in Thailand.If you can't find them over there, consider hopping over to China. The standard is not great here, but from what I've heard, where you are sounds a lot worse.

I don't want to speak to soon. I know the first week is often the best. I'll keep you updated on what's happening here.

Don't worry about the trolls. I, and I'm sure many others appreciate your honest straight forward information, that lets people know how it REALLY is.That sort of information is of real value.

YT

I don't know why you guys believe we're actually supposed to be TEACHING in places like Asia.

Why would you think this? Isn't it obvious what we're doing over here?

Let me fill you in.

Our primary role is to help Asian schools sell themselves. That means we, with our cute white faces, are nothing but walking billboards for these 'institutions' to rake in more tuition money.

My school has lots of pamphlets going out this week in a new recruiting drive. On the cover is a picture of our 'world-class English faculty'--a group of about nine whiteys, eight of which aren't even here anymore. In fact, we've gone through a cycle of turnover since the pic was taken. The folks who replaced those eight faces are themselves no longer with us. Of course, I find myself among those who took THEIR places a few short weeks ago.

The secondary role we play, of course, is that of babysitter. You don't think Asian kids intend to come to our schools and STUDY, do you?

Welcome to the real world.