Part of my contract is that I give up some time to entertaining the boarders in their free time and also that I run a club.On the club front all staff are expected to run one club a week.We got given a piece of paper within 4 days of arriving in the country to say what we wanted do and what day.Being the organised person that I am I missed the deadline and was living fear of being given chess club or worse.Mike came to my rescue.I am now the assistant at the life...

If you have been following the news you will know that there has been some protesting going on in Bangkok.To be honest it had been happening for about 3 days before we really realised there was even a problem.I saw the news on Monday night and it looked like the whole of Bangkok was awash with rioters. In reality it is like being at my Aunt's in Walthamstow and the riots being in Whitehall. There is no sign of any trouble out here in Huay Kwang / Wangtongrang (de...

Having missed the actual first week of teaching I hit the ground running.I had sent in instruction for my classes, but needed to find out what they had done in reality.Nick was off for the week with Yr12 in Koh Chang (the school's outdoor centre) so no ideas what he had sorted. My week gets off to a flying start with a full day of teaching. For the first time in my teaching career (all 6 years of it) I have support in the classroom.In Year 7, 8 and 9 the ESL ...

It was all going so well, until a Tuesday, had a headache on Tuesday so went to bed as soon as I got home from school, only to wake up in the night with a fever. Now we get extra pay of up to 5 days if we don't take any time of sick, so being the brave soldier I am I got up and made it all the way to reception before everyone else sent me back to bed. By 3pm I had decided I needed a doctor, well I am sure that stomach cramps shouldn't make you pass out. Angela an...

For those of you who are teachers, how does the first day normally go? Well the status in G1 (my classroom) is that there are no maps on the walls (we don't have any); I don't have access to the school email yet and only gained access to the school system last night.I have no class lists, no knowledge of any special needs (although English as a second language would be a good guess) and Year 12 have not made their IB (International Baccalaureate) decisions, so I ...