this thread is depressing
thats to you tarasbalba!!
ok i met the guy and he was cool. smart bloke.
but i know where you live motha trucka!!!
no more negative shit. from me. and i dont mean to divert from the real question of needs analysis here. but i know that these are problems that we cant even begin to have an impact in. For example, if we were so passionate about education back home- we could get a job that got us influence or- do something about it. you have rights and opportunities to interact with decision makers. in thailand, we're peripheral. thats part of the deal. thinking we can do more is entirely a construction and obstruction to the many pleasant things i experience here at work.
im first in line for a whompin' for being too negative. and i agree with just about everyone here- including my own rants above. but as i check this thread- its just a therapy.
the educational problems are obvious. whether or not they fix their education system is irrelevant. question is, are you gonna be around when it does change?
i dunno. my students have to deal with it too.
WHO BETTER TO HELP THE STUDENTS NAVIGATE THEIR PATH THAN ME??
ive got good kids that are dealing as they know how. how can i best shine my flashlight to show them they way?
irregardless of what i need to adapt to, in doing my job in this system- the question comes back- who better than you, to show the way?
the needs assessment is a key issue. one side affect of it though is the helpless feeling we get when we see limits and parameters on their education system. damn frustrating, because they can do one simple thing and just fail kids who dont perform- a worldwide common thing. so its no wonder people get frustrated. but again, the way to find the cheese in the maze is to come back to, at every frustrated moment, where i too have gone, "holy shit can i make it any fuckin easier?"- come back to that mantra so to speak- what can i do to show them the way?