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Tyrellius, on Yesterday, 23:18 , said:

I wouldn't call it a "heavy" workload, I'd call it a "normal" workload.    Normal as compared to teaching jobs in the US or UK, that is.  Yes, international school teachers work hard, but so do certified teachers all over the world.  Honestly, I feel that if people aren't willing to put in the work (and I  don't mean you, OP), then they shouldn't be teachers.  The last thing that any education system needs is more teachers who do a half-assed job and try to get away with doing as little work as possible.

teacher17, on Yesterday, 11:14 , said:

Yes, that can be so annoying. I have found that it works to go out of your way to acknowledge the kids who ARE being appropriate and raising their hands/waiting.  When a student is shouting out for you, you can use that moment to remind him/her to raise their hand, but don't try to quickly answer the question so you can move on.  That will only reinforce the behavior.  If you say, "XXX, you need to raise your hand and wait your turn," then acknowledge a student who is doing that ("I like how YYY is raising her hand quietly.  YYY, what do you want to say?" it is likely that XXX will raise his hand.  Kids learn from imitation, and if they see that doing the expected behavior gets them the attention they want, they'll learn to start doing it.  Or you can say, "XXX, I want to help you, but YYY had her hand raised."  Eventually, once the kids understand your expectations, you can start completely ignoring the kids who are shouting out and acknowledge the ones who are appropriate.

mca, on 2012-05-24 05:23:23, said:

This guy isn't even the hot African guy that most women would fly around the world to hook up with.  He's like the African version of the ugly Thai women I often see walking hand in hand with dorky looking guys around town.  The kind that makes you think, "Seriously?  Of all the beautiful Thai women, you picked HER?"

Baerboxer, on 2012-05-21 22:10:43, said:

I completely agree.  I am a woman, and I can say that the perspective above is certainly not mine.  Bangkoktiger, are you a woman, or are you speculating on how a woman would react to the article?  Either way, I don't agree with a lot of your points.  If you ARE actually a woman, then your statements further contribute to the idea of double standards, and to the "urban myth" of angry, bitter western women.  Way to go.   If you are a man being sarcastic about how women would react, well you too succeeded in making us look a lot crazier than we actually are.  So way to go for you, too.

So many people on this thread have said that it's a double standard that people get angry about male sex tourists, but think that female sex tourists (for lack of a better term) are fine.  The thing is, I don't think most people think it's "fine."  I think that many, many women in western would countries would look down on women who go to Africa or Bali to have sex with the local men, just as they look down on men who come to Thailand for sex.  Lots of men probably would too, just like they already judge guys who bring a Thai girlfriend back home with them.

Obviously just based on this thread, not too many guys in Thailand are saying "Yeah, you go for it, we might as well all have fun."  Instead of supporting the women's rights to engage in sex tourism (just like many fiercely defend their own right to engage in sex tourism) or listing justifications for why it's ok, a lot of guy have taunted the women just as much as men get taunted about Thai women.  I bet some of the same guys who tease these women for "trading up" to African men are the same who brag about "trading up" to Thai women.  Isn't that a double standard too?  Personally, I don't think that anyone, man or woman, should agree with what happens in Thailand but disagree with what happens in Africa.  Or vice versa.  It should be all or nothing....either you support the idea, or you don't.

A poster pointed out that people think that female sex tourism is cool, so suddenly they made a documentary about it.  I don't think they made a documentary about it because people think it's so cool or so normal.  More likely, they made a documentary about it because people in the west think it's bizarre, funny, and weird.  Just like when they try to make documentaries every now and then about the sex trade in Thailand.

Payboy, on 2012-05-21 15:19:29, said:

Yeah.  Why would you want a Vienna sausage when you can have a bratwurst?