Thread: Say it ain't so.

Hello fellow edutainers. I'm a 6 year veteran in the trenches of the govt. school system. Last week I was unceremoniously fired for not having a BA. I have an Associates degree and it's never been an issue before. I took my culture course and was in very good standing including promotions to Team Leader of all of the English teachers, judging area competitions and recently was a guest speaker at a teacher training seminar. Our director is retiring in September and my only guess is they are 'cleaning the slate' for the new director. I had seen that it was possible to take the TCT tests without a BA but that fell upon deaf ears. What was heard was the vice-director telling the other teacher in the same situation that his wife could go live with someone else when asked 'what am I supposed to tell my wife?'. Our contracts were verbally changed to being paid hourly. Not sure about my next steps here in the LOS but it all came to a big shock after 6 years of dedicated service. I was told that the powers that be are meeting in mid August to discuss the obvious problem with foreign teachers failing their test and the lack of teachers available. I apologize that this is my introduction but I want to test the feedback and hopefully get some good advice. Looking forward to some responses. Cheers

I trust he gave him both barrels for disrespecting his wife so badly.

@ Don Ho Maybe just something our Director was saying to keep us working. We have a small staff that is getting smaller by the day.
@David James Not even one barrel, I've been a bit surly (not smiling) with the powers that be but still having good classes with my students. I had a student come up and say "I've been waiting since M3 for you to be my teacher and now you're fired." I don't want to burn any bridges but it's a tough pill to swallow and the lack of respect shown is even more 'disgruntling'.

Originally Posted by A Jon

the lack of respect shown is even more 'disgruntling'

Best not to connect your gruntling to respect from Thai teachers, eh? But after all these years, I'm sure you know that.