Turns out many students from my school, and a few from my classes, live in my guesthouse. Because many students live far away, and their parents are wealthy, they opted to live in the guesthouse, where there are no rules, rather than in the dormitories, where there are rules. The thing is, myself and another teacher live in the guesthouse at the moment, and while the other teacher is very quiet and reserved, I am not. I got on one boys case the other day in class about slamming doors and running back and forth between rooms and since then, the house has been very quiet. Maybe I should stay here so they get some adult supervision.
The supervisors for the Dorms are any Thai single teacher. If you are single and Thai, you can either live with your family, or live in the dorms and take care of the students. Those are your only options.
I had planned on starting my work in Bangkok on this coming 4-day weekend. Going to take some interviews and work at Nightlight, creating some relationships with the workers in the red light district, as well as working with the rehabilitated victims. However, as it is the queen’s birthday that weekend, she has declared it a national holiday, which means every thing is closed, that includes Nightlight. If you stay open, regardless of your operation, it is considered disrespectful to the royal family, punishable by hard labor and prison. I’m hoping this doesn’t apply to hotels and restaurants, because I need to eat. I will have to wait til my next long weekend to go there. This weekend will be busy, with orphanage outreach in Nakhon and a debate seminar a few students of mine are enrolled in at the university. Apparently I am their coach since I have political science background and teach literature.
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