You've heard of urban legends? Well there is a "TESOL" legend in Thailand.

It goes something like this:

Once there was a farang teacher teaching English at Thammasat University. Once he had a class in which the Prince of Thailand's daughter was enrolled. This girl didn't know crap and the teacher failed her. This teacher was given a "talking to" that made him aware of the fact that he couldn't just fail her. He refused to pass her nevertheless. His corpse was found not long after.

Is there a connection between this teacher's death and his 'warning'? Maybe. Maybe not. Maybe he was wrapped up in the drug trade. Maybe he was making porno videos of underage boys on the side. Maybe the tooth fairy ran over him. Maybe Jim Thompson's ghost killed him.

What makes me pissed off more than the prospect of this guy being killed because he simply was doing his job is the fact that, if true, the spineless farang here would accept it and go to class tomorrow morning like it was just hunky-dory. They should be going on strike and maybe even leaving en masse if true.