Can anyone realistically teach English? 8th May 2002 In God’s eyes everyone is equal. Unfortunately God isn’t responsible for the hiring of teachers in Thailand – mere fallible mortals are and therefore some people are… Read More »Divine Right – The Nation
It’s time to buy flowers again 30th April 2002 Around a year ago I wrote a column about a graduation ceremony at Chula that I was privileged enough to be dragged out of bed at… Read More »Graduation Day 2 – The Nation
Life in the Bus Lane – Words from AJARN 23 April 2002 (The column had written couldn’t be published as it had upset someone important at the newspaper. So this was a last minute space… Read More »Greatest Hits Compilation
Life in the fast lane revisited 16 April 2002 Let’s face it the Bangkok Post is stuffing The Nation when it comes to wearing it’s heart on it’s sleeve and doing something for ‘the kids’™.… Read More »We Care Alot
In front of the idiot lantern 9 April 2002 Weekday mornings during the primary school summer holidays used to be spent watching the type of TV show that’s sorely lacking in Thailand. From 9 till… Read More »TV Times
It’s awards season 2 April 2002 Taking inspiration from a combination of the USA’s Daytime TV award shows, and the need for recognition for some of Bangkok’s finest, the Ajarnies have been born. (Don’t hold… Read More »The Ajarnies
A sure sign of quality The very mention of this, ahem, quality standard brightens up the eyes of garden centre and pet store owners throughout Bangkok. If a school or college is considering buying or… Read More »ISO 9002
Loosely to do with education I suppose More from the land where the purveyors of lame excuses appear to get their inspiration from the weird and wonderful world of “Ripley’s Believe it or not”. First… Read More »Excuses, excuses
Living the vida loca I’ve noticed a few teachers mentioning a bit of an ‘us and them’ divide developing between language schools ruling class and the proletariat. In an effort to lay these fears to… Read More »Life’s Been Good to Me
Looking for jobs in the concrete jungle “Stop all the clocks, cut of the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring out the coffin,… Read More »Manic Depression