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A little bit manic.
I am leaving on Saturday and I am not getting a leaving party from my school, as they would normally do, because everybody is busy with exams and a multitude of other jobs. Having seen what a show Thai people … Continue reading
Posted in Living with Locals, Teaching English, Thailand, The Karen
Tagged Culture, Hilltribes, Karen, Thailand, Travel
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Family Life
Whilst I cannot claim to be any kind of expert on Thai or Karen life, it did not take much time here to realise that there are some profound differences between family life here and that in the UK. For … Continue reading
Posted in Living with Locals, The Karen
Tagged Culture, family, Hilltribes, Karen, Mountains, Thailand, Travel
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A Collection of Conversations
Conversation 1: It was not late, but it felt it. It was a few weeks ago and the nights were still drawing in quickly and thickly. Nuan and I were drinking Lao Kow (“White Whisky”) on the porch outside. One … Continue reading
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Tagged Conversation, Culture, Hilltribes, Karen, Language, Thailand, Travel
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Celebrating in Style
Like a new house, it is Thai tradition to celebrate a new building of any kind. My Matteyum is opening to a further three year groups from May this year, the start of the new academic year, and as such … Continue reading
Posted in Southeast Asia, Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged celebration, Culture, English, Karen, Living in the mountains, new, photos, school, south east asia, teaching, TEFL, Thai, tradition, Travel
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Matteyum
Thai school is different to English schools in a thousand ways. This is the first of three blog posts I will write about each of the schools I am in. Matteyum is the equivalent of secondary school. The matteyum I … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged Adventure, Culture, English, Hilltribes, Karen, school, south east asia, Southeast Asia, teaching, Thai, Thailand, Travel
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The walk to school.
Last night I went with Cru Aew and her daughter, Boh Beng, on a spontaneous visit to Mae Sariang. Cru Aew works in Maela Suksa Pretom (primary) and speaks very good English. She used to be the English teacher in Matteyum. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventure, Culture, Karen, Living in the mountains, Mountains, Thailand, Travel
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A Weekend in Khun Yuam
I have just returned from a weekend in Khun Yuam. It was just what I needed. Back at the beginning of January, before I had left for my village, I met an American who had married a Karen lady 30 … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching English, Thailand
Tagged Adventure, camp, Culture, English, Karen, Living in the mountains, Mountains, No amenities, teaching, TEFL, TESL, Thailand, Travel
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