How employable are you as an English teacher? - Ajarn Forum

Bangkok Phil · 22nd July 2008, 08:27

Can you add any more ABC's to this quiz?

Just a bit of fun of course.

How Employable Are You

MisterStretch · 22nd July 2008, 08:45

23) Look at your teaching CV. How many times did you leave before the end of your contract?
A) You have completed every contract, no matter how painful.
B) Once or twice. You didn't fancy going to prison for murdering a school administrator.
C) Finish?!?! I only make enough to last me for a few piss ups and then it's off to another school.

BTW, my score was A) 7 B) 14 and C) 1.

Guess that means I understand the reality of being a TEFL teacher, eh?

jimbo · 22nd July 2008, 10:27

How many times did you leave before the end of your contract?

Who includes those on their CV??

Slim Chance · 22nd July 2008, 11:45

Your professional development plans are:-
a. Thai culture refresher courses annually, thai language course and doing my MEd at Ramkamheng part time.
b. Considering PostGrad course at a Western Institute (by distance) but need to determine cost vs benefits.
c. Hopefully I will be able to afford a new pair of shoes and shirt before the end of term.

bet · 22nd July 2008, 12:02

^

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Originally Posted by Slim Chance

c. Hopefully I will be able to afford a new pair of shoes

Or at least have them re-soled

Roc · 22nd July 2008, 12:07

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Originally Posted by Slim Chance

Thai culture refresher courses

Which bar can I do one of those in?

kikiat · 22nd July 2008, 13:38

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Originally Posted by MisterStretch

23) Look at your teaching CV. How many times did you leave before the end of your contract?
A) You have completed every contract, no matter how painful.
B) Once or twice. You didn't fancy going to prison for murdering a school administrator.
C) Finish?!?! I only make enough to last me for a few piss ups and then it's off to another school.

BTW, my score was A) 7 B) 14 and C) 1.

Guess that means I understand the reality of being a TEFL teacher, eh?

1 How white are you?

A) Completely
B) Sort of
C) Not at all

Score A) 500 B) 50 C) 0

2 Are you handsome?

A) Brad pitt has got nothing on me
B) Average
C) I'm butt ugly

Score A) 500 B) 50 C) 0

These should be the first questions, and after question 2 you could write a little caption saying : "beyond this point is doesn't really matter what you answer we've pretty much made up our minds already"

Saint Michael · 23rd July 2008, 09:45

Let's see my score was:

A) 5
B) 10
C) 2

and 4 questions that did not apply to me

Do I get the 100,000 baht a month job?

MisterStretch · 23rd July 2008, 09:52

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Originally Posted by jimbo

Who includes those on their CV??

You know, you're pretty funny

for a white guy.

Saint Michael · 23rd July 2008, 16:42

Hey I'm 1/4 pork and cheese.

LeedsLeedsLeeds · 23rd July 2008, 19:58

^You must know a lot about tomatoes then.

LDMA · 24th July 2008, 01:12

It's 8:00am, on a Monday morning and you are working in a government Matayom.
Are you...

a) Standing to attention as the anthem is being played, clutching your 55 prepared worksheets.
b) Posting on Ajarn Forum in the staffroom desparately thinking of activities to do with period 1's M3 delinquent class.
c) Lying in bed hungover.

It's Friday 14:00 and you're still a teacher in a government Matayom.

Are you...

a) Planning next weeks classes and forming an orderly queue at the copy printing room.
b) Forming an orderly queue at the sign-out book desk/thumb print scanner.
c) On your 5th Chang.

Your typical lesson plan consists of

a) Warmer, main activity, filler.
b) Couple of games in which you hope some of them might reluctantly mutter some Angrit.
c) Hangman, a word search and a thorough examination of the Post's sports pages.

wanghunghigh · 26th July 2008, 20:10

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Originally Posted by kikiat

Are you handsome?

That's a loaded question! Who can determine such a thing... well, my boss, obviously. After interviewing the new Math teacher and being told by a very well qualified mathematician (who was leaving) not to hire the chap, my boss (being Thai) did the exact opposite. Later on, in a full staff meeting, he recalled this story to us and finished with, and I quote, "I hired him because he is handsome". 500 points for our (completely inept) Math teacher!

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Originally Posted by LDMA

It's 8:00am, on a Monday morning and you are working in a government Matayom. Are you... a) Standing to attention as the anthem is being played, clutching your 55 prepared worksheets. b) Posting on Ajarn Forum in the staffroom desparately thinking of activities to do with period 1's M3 delinquent class. c) Lying in bed hungover.

C

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Originally Posted by LDMA

It's Friday 14:00 and you're still a teacher in a government Matayom. Are you... a) Planning next weeks classes and forming an orderly queue at the copy printing room. b) Forming an orderly queue at the sign-out book desk/thumb print scanner. c) On your 5th Chang.

C (but make that a different brand, please)

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Originally Posted by LDMA

Your typical lesson plan consists of a) Warmer, main activity, filler. b) Couple of games in which you hope some of them might reluctantly mutter some Angrit. c) Hangman, a word search and a thorough examination of the Post's sports pages.

C

Ramalamadingdong · 28th July 2008, 00:27

Khun Porntip, the mother of Dek Chai "Folk" in Pratom 4 E.P., comes up to you, at 3:30 on a Friday. She says "Teacher David, I am going to Pattaya this weekend, with two of my girlfriends. Would you like to come with us?" She is VERY hot and you hear rumours that she needs it from somebody! (TOTAL M.I.L.F.!!)
Do You:
A) Look around, make sure no one else notices, tell her you'll meet her at The Tesco Lotus on Bangna 110 at
6 o'clock, go to Pattaya and shag her and her two friends rotten, not paying anything, then give little Dek
Chai Folk an "A" for the year. (10 points, only because you give her kid the "A".)
B) Tell her you couldn't possibly because it is "improper and highly irregular", then run away sniveling, hiding
your astonishment and incredulity behind all of the Science books you are hugging to your chest.(10
points, you are a Thai administrators' dream!)
C) Tell her you'll think about it and ask her for her phone number. (7 points)
D) Ask her if you can bring Simon, that alcoholic, horny, Canadian, ex Red Wings Goalie, who is now a Maths
teacher along, because he's "strong like bull!" and give her a playful, light pat on the bum. (3 points)