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jonny danger · 25th November 2006, 16:13

Canuk: Sure, why not?

There are many variables but if you compare spending of the national treasure in all it's areas, what percentage goes to the education workforce, or research, or the maintenance of the infrastructure? Most civilized countries are at about 4 to 6% are they not? Your own nation is high is it not, Canuk? Just over 5%?

A teacher-student goes to Rajabhat - the most likely choice - to study for five years to get a gig at 6000B a month. Her new place of employment usually looks good from the outside but it's wanting on the inside. If it doesn't fit this model it's private and it's expensive and the new Thai teacher is most likely at about the same rate of pay as in a lowly school. The image of her being accepted at such a school makes her low wage seem more digestible. If they eventually give her a title and a 160-Baht-per-month raise, she'll be over-joyed. She is in the service of you-know-who. That's all she wants.

When I was at Surattani School I figured the student tuition per student population; what the farang teachers were paid; secretaries; staffers; copy paper; electricity; every thing I could think of. The rector was earning about 1,500,000 a year from each of we 12 farang. In the 18 months I was there he never improved a thing, still the broken desks, the white boards still two years past due a resurfacing. The one time he did spend it, it was on plants and exterior repaints with a Burmese workforce.

My boss at that school lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, had a Thai masters in education, made 10,000 a month less than a handsome 25 year old farang teacher they hired.

Rajabhat has the power to add a few classes in deductive learning, psychology and all they lack. They have to power to fail a student who doesn't produce, to offer a better wage to outstanding and highly educated staffers. But they don't.

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jonny danger jonny danger is..... doing a behavioral study Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 11,560 vCash: 500 Rep Power: 1124	Re: cops, soldiers, image, power, and education Canuk: Sure, why not? There are many variables but if you compare spending of the national treasure in all it's areas, what percentage goes to the education workforce, or research, or the maintenance of the infrastructure? Most civilized countries are at about 4 to 6% are they not? Your own nation is high is it not, Canuk? Just over 5%? A teacher-student goes to Rajabhat - the most likely choice - to study for five years to get a gig at 6000B a month. Her new place of employment usually looks good from the outside but it's wanting on the inside. If it doesn't fit this model it's private and it's expensive and the new Thai teacher is most likely at about the same rate of pay as in a lowly school. The image of her being accepted at such a school makes her low wage seem more digestible. If they eventually give her a title and a 160-Baht-per-month raise, she'll be over-joyed. She is in the service of you-know-who. That's all she wants. When I was at Surattani School I figured the student tuition per student population; what the farang teachers were paid; secretaries; staffers; copy paper; electricity; every thing I could think of. The rector was earning about 1,500,000 a year from each of we 12 farang. In the 18 months I was there he never improved a thing, still the broken desks, the white boards still two years past due a resurfacing. The one time he did spend it, it was on plants and exterior repaints with a Burmese workforce. My boss at that school lived in Los Angeles for 20 years, had a Thai masters in education, made 10,000 a month less than a handsome 25 year old farang teacher they hired. Rajabhat has the power to add a few classes in deductive learning, psychology and all they lack. They have to power to fail a student who doesn't produce, to offer a better wage to outstanding and highly educated staffers. But they don't. __________________ ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°