[EDLING:209] Teaching in Thailand on a tourist visa

[Francis M. Hult]

ABS-CBN Interactive

Teaching in Thailand on a tourist visa

Fed up with his job as an overworked English teacher at a private school in the 
Philippines, 39-year-old "Danny Abad" (not his real name) packed his bags and 
opted to teach at an all-boys' boarding school offering an intensive program 
for selected students in Bangkok, Thailand.

Armed only with a tourist visa and his teaching skills, Danny uprooted himself 
and left his job at the Catholic school in Mandaluyong City, earning in the 
process a monthly salary of 45,000 Baht (P62,100) compared to his former 
monthly wage of only P15,000.

Danny said he was lucky. “I was a walk-in applicant [at] an (employment) agency 
here in Bangkok.” 

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