Burn-out and getting trapped here

**8ball** · 27th October 2006 18:48

I guess u didn't have 'that good' a time here then prem

maybe when ur older .....u'll see it differently m8 ....and want to stay

Cheers anyway

**aging one** · 27th October 2006 18:55

Originally Posted by premier

maybe I would have but id rather learn something in college and have something to fall back on than learning something from a ''sucessfull'' teacher. [one of a few]I saw so many wash ups in Thailand. Wasnt for me.

That post says it all. It was a holiday for you. Please just go home, now.

**8ball** · 27th October 2006 18:56

..and JD m8

I haven't had to sacrifice my soul ...sell my dignity ....at all in Thailand

not at all

I treat people with respect is all ...and I get treated that way myself

I'm talking about in work

the crazies who populate the tourist and bar areas ...u fool with at ur own peril

same as anywhere else

I guess u've been hurt here too ...by the sounds of it

sorry about that m8 .... the next country might suit u better

Cheers anyway

**Aquaman** · 27th October 2006 19:01

i enjoy this place now and then. i dont really like working here though at all. i wouldnt mind working for a company that wasnt thai or working for myself. in my life i have visited a few places and decided to go back and live there. when getting there i was ecited and felt fullfilled for a few months, then it slips away and you wish you were still on holiday, and look for the next destination. now i am in a situation where i need to settle. its ok, but not great. but what is great?

**jonny danger** · 27th October 2006 19:02

Hurt? Are you joking? I haven't a single expectation. So 8-ball, maybe if you never had to compromise your dignity there was never any instilled in you. If it's easy for you to sway to Thai, Thai was in you all along. No wonder you left.

**premier** · 27th October 2006 19:03

I had a great time. I had been in Thailand 3times before I love the place. What has age got to do with it?? Maybe when your older you will realise you wanna leave. Maybe when you were younger you wanted to leave but didnt. Id rather make something of myself in my country. Thailand is smiles and lies. I didnt have one bad experience here but i just saw through it.
Met a lot of teachers on the visa run trips and I said to myself I dont wanna be in their situation when Im that age. Maybe you are successful, fairplay but you have to agree with Jd's post. and the majority of teachers here are not successful. English ''teachers'' are not appreciated at all in Thailand. They have a bad name and 50% probably deserve it.

**Aquaman** · 27th October 2006 19:07

Originally Posted by premier

Id rather make something of myself in my country

like what?
your going back to school to become what?
i am interested in how people make something of themselves.

**premier** · 27th October 2006 19:09

I am home. I doubt JD was hurt here. i reckon he just saw through all the teaching in thailand shit. .
And it wasnt a holiday for me I worked 2jobs six days a week. The job was great. Thats not why I left. I left because of the system and I didnt have the qualifications to be part of it. It got to me. I was lying everyday and I didnt want to live like that.

**Cyrille** · 27th October 2006 19:11

Originally Posted by jonny danger

The mind will play tricks on you in your solitary confinement. Read between the lines of some of the farang success stories; Stickman, etc. These are not healthy thinking folks. If they were true successes they wouldn't have to tell us about it in every paragraph. Diaw is a perfect example, Kerux, and too many more to mention. They've lost the plot.

I think you're just comparing real life 'successes' to people who tell you they are successes on the internet.

Nothing to do with Thailand - that difference exists wherever you are.

**premier** · 27th October 2006 19:11

Aqua. I meant make something of myself in my country like you have made something of yourself in yours. Nothing specific. Good job , house etc. Just meant I didnt want to do it in Thailand

**Cyrille** · 27th October 2006 19:13

Originally Posted by premier

And it wasnt a holiday for me I worked 2jobs six days a week. The job was great. Thats not why I left. I left because of the system and I didnt have the qualifications to be part of it. It got to me. I was lying everyday and I didnt want to live like that.

That's where you started, prem, and it's a fair point. No need to move from that to knocking other folks with different lives and teaching credentials - something you imply when you say Thailand can't be taken seriously in the long term.

**jonny danger** · 27th October 2006 19:13

Originally Posted by premier

I am home. I doubt JD was hurt here. i reckon he just saw through all the teaching in thailand shit. .
And it wasnt a holiday for me I worked 2jobs six days a week. The job was great. Thats not why I left. I left because of the system and I didnt have the qualifications to be part of it. It got to me. I was lying everyday and I didnt want to live like that.

I'm jonny, glad to meet you.

**Aquaman** · 27th October 2006 19:17

Originally Posted by premier

Aqua. I meant make something of myself in my country like you have made something of yourself in yours. Nothing specific. Good job , house etc. Just meant I didnt want to do it in Thailand

yep no worries.
for me building a house here was great. now i can have big fires, make noise, shoot things, keep livestock, piss outside, bascially do what ever i want. i dont have that freedom in the united states.

**aging one** · 27th October 2006 19:18

Originally Posted by premier

left because of the system and I didnt have the qualifications to be part of it. It got to me. I was lying everyday and I didnt want to live like that. premier View Public Profile Send a private message to premier Find More Posts by premier Add premier to Your Buddy List

you were working illegally and got caught. Just like an artichoke picker in Capitola Ca. Dont blame Thailand because you had no degree, no experience, and got a shit job.

I want to be an airplane pilot always have but cant. Its that simple.

**premier** · 27th October 2006 19:32

I havent knocked anyone. read my previous posts. I am aware there are successful people here. I was just giving my opinion. The 50% who deserved a bad name were the 50% i met. Not 50% of teachers in thailand.
If people are teaching here and happy thats great but I wasnt qualified so i felt shit because I was a fraud and Im glad I realised that rather than carrying on. hello JD.
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What are you talking about? I didnt get caught at all. And yes I was working a ilegally and i reckon I made the right choice by quitting and getting qualified by going to college not buying a degree. Im not blaming Thailand. Its my opinion