Ajarn Forum - Living and Teaching In Thailand - View Single Post - Farang EFL teachers' salaries totally unrelated to Thais

PeaceBlondie · 2nd February 2005, 17:50

GreatSage, I don't know where you're coming from when you write,

"PB, you are 62 ? Is that correct? I can see how a lot of those things may apply if your newish to Thailand and at a more senior age and if you had no savings. I mean that in absolutely no way disrespectfully. More that, guys who come in their 20's / 30's / 40's have more of an opportunity to build a long term life in Thailand. "

Yes, I'm 62 and kind of new to Thailand (going on two years). I have savings, and lots of pension. How does that relate to the topic?

Good point, anyway, about the farang who marry a Thai and then do have a sort of network. Usually, generally.

You say that anybody serious will get a workpermit. Okay, let's say they'll TRY TO GET a WP. I can't, not in the province where I work. If I stayed there several more years, I probably might get one in the third or fourth year, if I kept trying.

Inheritances are great things, but if you're under 50, you may find that your parents live to the age that the Queen Mum and George Burns did. Or that your parents never leave you much money.

As someone points out, most of us aren't in a situation where we earn 24K more than the Thai Ajarn. I make about the same.

Absolutely: if one uses their spare change correctly, they have time to build their own pension. But that's George W. Bush's problem right now, trying to reform Social Security: younger people don't save. They wait until it's too late.

There, you've gone and done it again: comparing the salary of a farang EFL teacher with some other Thai. No correlation. If surgeons only make 18K/month total, and all the farang teachers in Udon Suckathai want 55K, then the going wage for farang teachers is 55K.

A farang can't really own real estate (except condos which are probably bad investments); only the legal Thai spouse can, and that's not the same thing. One doesn't migrate to a foreign country and marrya local citizen merely to invest in real estate.

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PeaceBlondie PeaceBlondie is..... Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 5,662 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 53	GreatSage, I don't know where you're coming from when you write, "PB, you are 62 ? Is that correct? I can see how a lot of those things may apply if your newish to Thailand and at a more senior age and if you had no savings. I mean that in absolutely no way disrespectfully. More that, guys who come in their 20's / 30's / 40's have more of an opportunity to build a long term life in Thailand. " Yes, I'm 62 and kind of new to Thailand (going on two years). I have savings, and lots of pension. How does that relate to the topic? Good point, anyway, about the farang who marry a Thai and then do have a sort of network. Usually, generally. You say that anybody serious will get a workpermit. Okay, let's say they'll TRY TO GET a WP. I can't, not in the province where I work. If I stayed there several more years, I probably might get one in the third or fourth year, if I kept trying. Inheritances are great things, but if you're under 50, you may find that your parents live to the age that the Queen Mum and George Burns did. Or that your parents never leave you much money. As someone points out, most of us aren't in a situation where we earn 24K more than the Thai Ajarn. I make about the same. Absolutely: if one uses their spare change correctly, they have time to build their own pension. But that's George W. Bush's problem right now, trying to reform Social Security: younger people don't save. They wait until it's too late. There, you've gone and done it again: comparing the salary of a farang EFL teacher with some other Thai. No correlation. If surgeons only make 18K/month total, and all the farang teachers in Udon Suckathai want 55K, then the going wage for farang teachers is 55K. A farang can't really own real estate (except condos which are probably bad investments); only the legal Thai spouse can, and that's not the same thing. One doesn't migrate to a foreign country and marrya local citizen merely to invest in real estate. __________________ "The times I've been mistaken, it's impossible to say" - by the Moody Blues