The Benefits of Thai Students

One of the many wonderful things about being a teacher in Thailand is that you are greatly respected.  The students are very kind to you, respect you, and want to do nice things for you.  Even the parents are very generous.  There hasn't been one class I've taught there that hasn't included a person wanting to do something with me outside of the classroom.  I'm always asked to go to eat, or shopping, or just hanging out with them.  It's a fun concept, and I wish America was more like this.  

One of my tutorials is going to be going to America next year as a foreign exchange student.  It's a very exciting concept!  She was really eager to learn from me and I felt like I could put my 

2 cents in because she'd want to hear what I'd have to say about America!  I really hope that we meet up next year, how awesome would that be??

Her name is Au.  Anyways, her family was super nice to me, and they really wanted to take me out to eat after her sessions, which were only a 20 hour minimum, which was the required hours with an English teacher for the exchange program.  The weekend after I finished teaching her, her family took Leah and I out to eat.  It was very fun.  We drove to their house, ate dinner with their family, and laughed a lot.  It was a very exciting evening and very enjoyable.  

I really hope to see this girl in America.  I think that would be such an awesome experience, and I think it would be a good treat for the both of us.