We are now a week into the new job and although it's early doors we both feel it's the best decision either of us have ever made.
The school is just amazing and every teacher seems to feel the same even 2/3 years into the job.
There really is nothing to dislike about it. (apart from the early start- up at 6am and in work at 7:05- kids to follow at 7:45!)
We have just returned from a great weekend in Ko Samet (about 3 hours from Bangkok) with 20 odd other teachers and it really was a pleasure to get up from work on a Monday morning for once.
The children, although extremely priviliged are simply delightful- friendly and enthusiastic- like a kind of throwback to a 50s boarder from those afternoon black and white films where the actors/kids looked about 30 or perhaps Asian extras from the latest Harry Potter film.
The facilities in the school are wonderful and it really feels good to have some enthuisiasm for the job again. I'm even enjoying marking books as I know it will be appreciated by the children who actually find it a necessity to improve all the time.
The two lessons off a day mean we are planning interesting lessons for once and we are happy to evidence all our planning as we are proud of what we are doing.
I'm off on a three day field trip in a fortnight to the ancient city of Ayutthaya and I'm actually looking forward to spending some time with the Y9 kids!
Would love to put some pics of the school but unfortunately some dodgy sites of live Championship football streaming have put pay to the laptop for a while.
In the meantime here is the official school website with their guided tour- that's me beaming and giving it some English teacher style in the third window on the left...
http://www.sis.edu/bangkok/photo-gallery.php
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Jammy so-and-so's! You must have been secretly trained by the SAS - "Who Dares Wins!" So glad the job is working out for the two of you because until you got there you couldn't say for sure
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