gobbledonk Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 KS, I feel for you - its like trying to herd cats ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted June 6, 2010 Report Share Posted June 6, 2010 m_MaJDK3VNE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 shygye, I have no idea what kind of internet trawling you do to dig this stuff up, but that is gold. I only hope the majority of those cats were CGI-generated : as we know only too well here in Oz, feral cats are no laughing matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 No such thing as too much pussy. Too many feral Aussies though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted June 7, 2010 Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Agreed Flasher - send automatic weapons and I'll try to reduce their numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted June 7, 2010 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2010 Does teacher income depend upon Province? school? ...? I know a Thai guy in Khon Kaen who just retired at age sixty two this past year, having been a teacher. He said his retirement income is 9,000 a month - so, if 50% is correct his salary would have been 18,000. This guy is pretty impressive, so, I imagine he would have been one of the better teachers - I believe he taught Mittayon (not sure if I spelled that correctly). 18,000 sounds low, but from his age he probably started teaching without a degree - and maybe never got one. Under the old system, would-be teachers went to a Teachers College after completing grade 10. They studied for 2 years, including student teaching, and if successful were certified to teach grades 1 to 3. Most would study 2 more years (student teaching again) and then be certified to teach grades 1 through 6 (or maybe 7 before the grades were broken up 6 and 6). Anyone who wanted a degree (BEd) and who could afford to continue would try to gain admission to a campus of Srinakarinwirot University - then the education university. It was not easy, with very competitive admission - about 60 students admitted in each major at each campus (Bangkok, Bangsaen, Phitsanulok, Mahasarakham and Songkhla). Maybe 10% of the Teacher College grads managed to continue on to a degree, though many more would study evenings (the twilight programme) to do so after work. Point is that pay depends on educational qualifications. A BEd teacher got paid the highest, with the certificates (primary & secondary) getting correspondingly less. Their civil service rank reflected this. Nowadays all teachers must have a degree, though in my opinion the teaching qualifications are less. By the time teachers had completed a degree under the old system, they would have done student teaching THREE times. They had to be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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