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A. The farang is not Thai, not a govt. officer, not a native speaker of Thai language.
B. The farang is not a Thai citizen, and total annual expenses for visas may easily run 84,000 per year (averaging 7,000 baht per month).
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partially incorrect - farangs born here about 30 years ago DO have thai residency voting rights etc. I wished I average 7K a month - I spend maybe 35K /month on flights.
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D. Most farang are illegal workers, like Burmese street cleaners. Even with proper degree, they probably don't have work permit, proper visa, no permanent residency, etc.)
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sorry I disagree here - mayb most farang YOU know are illegal workers - most the ppl I know are not english teachers and have decent jobs visas et al.
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E. They have a skill that 99% of the Thai EFL teachers will never have: native fluency in English.
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while i agree that many thai's can never have a good level of english - it is a fairly well proven point that just because you were born into an english speaking envirionment does not mean that you are fluent by any stretch of the imagination - in fact in my school the worst performing students are always English, Australian and American - by a very long way.
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F. The farang get no pension, limited health insurance, no line of credit, no ability to own land or house in their own name, etc.
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again same comment as point D. we all got decent pension funds, line of credit but ok land is a different issue - but that may be changing soon under the FTA that Thailand has signed with Aus and soon USA etc.
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The salary of a Thai ajarn, school director, or prime minister have nothing at all to do with the day wages of a street sweeper, or a farang who teaches in native English. If the only two qualified farang who are willing to teach math or science in Udon Suckathai both want 85,000 baht per month, that is the prevailing wage, and the only supply.
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yep - true
