In a few weeks my son is due to start school here in Thailand. I’m dreading it. In a previous article I vented my fears…
Yesterday I gave a talk at Mahidol University. The subject was my book Dead Drunk and my experiences with alcohol addiction. The opportunity to repeat…
I haven’t got around to writing another episode of Why Does the Foreign Teacher Always Smell Like Peppermint, but here is something in the meantime.…
The foreign teachers in Thailand have a poor reputation. In some ways this negative image is underserved, but there is no doubt that bad teachers…
My lack of any natural teaching ability wasn’t my only worry; there was also the issue of working illegally. While Thai immigration law was a…
My first day as a teacher could be best described as a disaster from start to finish. I’d made up my mind that there wasn’t…