Foreign Ministry to screen foreign teachers

**aging one** · 23rd August 2006 19:02

DC if they want to know they will spring for FedEx or something. Damn who waits anymore on mail. My bank statements still come by mail.

Thats what I think anyway.

**DunceCap** · 23rd August 2006 19:21

I thought about that too, but they are such penny pinchers

That would be a lot of fed-exing.

**PeaceBlondie** · 23rd August 2006 19:37

It can't happen. Nobody in the two Thai schools I worked at, roughly 330 "ajarns," knew how to make an international phone call. They don't know how to address mail to a foreign country. They don't know the name of the educational agency in all the various countries, states, provinces, etc. If you ask them to find a URL (and after you explain 3 times what you mean), they might at best go to Google.co.th and input in English "check farang ajarn apply job here today." They have no concept of time zones.

And they might hesitate to check out even a LOCAL Thai reference for fear that they need signed permission from both school directors to even ask the question.

Of course they can't do it.

**tomcat** · 23rd August 2006 22:00

^Succinctly put, ol' PB

**Covertjay** · 24th August 2006 09:45

^^Ditto.

**kenkannif** · 24th August 2006 09:59

LoL I can just see a few innocent people with common names arrested....they Google up John Smith only to find there's a 45 year old JS wanted for murder....next thing you know JS aged 27 is in nick!

**Covertjay** · 24th August 2006 10:02

^^not to menshun the typos............

**aging one** · 24th August 2006 10:44

Most of the Ajarns at my uni are quite smart. But they really have no idea how to use the internet other than email or game sites. Sadly they do not even know how to really use a search engine. The result. Not to worry.

**natalie8** · 24th August 2006 10:48

No, AO, they're good at using Messenger with a camera to yak to their friends or bf's.

**Loaded** · 24th August 2006 10:56

Originally Posted by PeaceBlondie

They have no concept of time zones.

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That's because they live in the 'present continuous':
what did you do yesterday? I sleeping.
what will you do tomorrow? I sleeping.
What are you doing now? I sleeping.

**kenkannif** · 24th August 2006 11:22

Originally Posted by aging one

Most of the Ajarns at my uni are quite smart. But they really have no idea how to use the internet other than email or game sites. Sadly they do not even know how to really use a search engine. The result. Not to worry.

I think that's one of the things they are being told to do.

**aging one** · 24th August 2006 11:40

One of them wanted to print up some of the kings songs in English for her students. Whe googled Kings Songs, and began to print out the hits of Nat King Cole. Truth.

**jbowman1993** · 24th August 2006 11:51

**kenkannif** · 24th August 2006 11:51

^ My point exactly mate

**markg** · 24th August 2006 12:59

We know its not gonna happen - though in reality it really SHOULD happen. With technology it COULD happen. But here in Thailand it ISNT gonna happen. So thats that sorted out.
The thing that really really effing ticks me off is that its foreign males who appear to be having to get checked out. At my school, 10 percent of teachers are foreign. And half of them are women.
I think ALL teachers, irrespective of age, sex or ethnic origin should be checked out.
As far as i am aware, paedophilia is an incurable disease and it doesnt discriminate between people of different ethnic origins.

If you have those kinda urges, then it dont matter if you are Thai or American........

I just feel a bit affronted that people should be looking at people of my skin colour and thinking......"i wonder if he is one..................."
I m sure there are plenty of Thai paedos.
And there are certainly more thai teachers than farang teachers here.
Humpf.
Anyway the problem will go away soon. This is Thailand afterall.