u/berrybulk

Hi everyone - I’m having some frustrations at my job and need advice on whether this is a universal experience for foreign teachers in Thailand, or if I may not be doing everything in order to be successful.

I work at a private, all boys school and I do love it. The boys (when we aren’t teaching) are great, the schedule is good, and my boss is generally great.

The only issue I’m having now is with classroom management. I teach P2 and P3, each class having around 40 kids. I luckily have a co-teacher who helps with discipline, but most of the classes are pure chaos. We don’t have many years of experience (only a year each), but most days are very hard. Tbh I feel like a b*tch, because I will give the teacher face often, and discipline by having the students stand up many times throughout the lesson, but I’ve noticed that many students don’t care. They keep talking, keep fighting, etc.

We have chants, prizes for the day/week/semester, smartboards to play games; I feel like we have a lot of resources. But we aren’t cutting it, and I would like to hear others experiences on whether this is a universal experience, or a me thing.

What has worked for you? What hasn’t? I appreciate all of the advice. I don’t want to be that extremely strict teacher, like I have been, but idk what else to do

Hi everyone - I’m having some frustrations at my job and need advice on whether this is a universal experience for foreign teachers in Thailand, or if I may not be doing everything in order to be successful.

I work at a private, all boys school in Thailand and I do love it. The boys (when we aren’t teaching) are great, the schedule is good, and my boss is generally great.

The only issue I’m having now is with classroom management. I teach P2 and P3, each class having around 40 kids. I luckily have a co-teacher who helps with discipline, but most of the classes are pure chaos. We don’t have many years of experience (only a year each), but most days are very hard. Tbh I feel like a b*tch, because I will give the teacher face often, and discipline by having the students stand up many times throughout the lesson, but I’ve noticed that many students don’t care. They keep talking, keep fighting, etc.

We have chants, prizes for the day/week/semester, smartboards to play games; I feel like we have a lot of resources. But we aren’t cutting it, and I would like to hear others experiences on whether this is a universal experience, or a me thing.

What has worked for you? What hasn’t? I appreciate all of the advice. I don’t want to be that extremely strict teacher, like I have been, but idk what else to do.

Hi everyone - I’m having some frustrations at my job and need advice on whether this is a universal experience for foreign teachers in Thailand, or if I may not be doing everything in order to be successful.

I work at a private, all boys school and I do love it. The boys (when we aren’t teaching) are great, the schedule is good, and my boss is generally great.

The only issue I’m having now is with classroom management. I teach P2 and P3, each class having around 40 kids. I luckily have a co-teacher who helps with discipline, but most of the classes are pure chaos. We don’t have many years of experience (only a year each), but most days are very hard. Tbh I feel like a b*tch, because I will give the teacher face often, and discipline by having the students stand up many times throughout the lesson, but I’ve noticed that many students don’t care. They keep talking, keep fighting, etc.

We have chants, prizes for the day/week/semester, smartboards to play games; I feel like we have a lot of resources. But we aren’t cutting it, and I would like to hear others experiences on whether this is a universal experience, or a me thing.

What has worked for you? What hasn’t? I appreciate all of the advice. I don’t want to be that extremely strict teacher, like I have been, but idk what else to do.