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Huge backside's Letter Archived Here
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Learning English from backpackers
I agree with Rachel Hadley's letter regarding the ajarn.com forum. I have spoken with many colleagues over the past few months and we all agree that the standard in the forum has gone down. The only people posting messages on the forum are mainly Khao San backpackers with a rudimentary knowledge of English and a TEFL certificate. These people are supposed to be teaching English but their postings are littered with spelling and grammar mistakes.
One popular thread was about TEFL milestones _ including such educational gems as "When was the first time you had sex with a student?" and "When was the first time you went to a lesson drunk?" Other threads are very insulting to the Thai people and culture. Are these the people that we want to teach our language to the Thais? These so-called teachers should pack all their belongings in their backpacks and leave Thailand as soon as possible.
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You shouldn't get up set guys, the Bangkok Post will publish anything on its letters page. The vast majority of the "farang letters" seem to written by people suffering from some kind of deep seated mental illness..... John Arone from Mukdahan writes about need to for Thai people to people to become vegetarian in order to obtain equitable Free Trade Agreements with Australia.... Bill Simbalski from Klong Toey announces his desire to battle teenage motorbike gangs armed only with his walking stick..... Pete File from Khon Khen advocates Prathom students attend long term "residentials" with his "ring" of "friends"