7) What is a typical day like for you teaching in Thailand?
Normally I’d have to be in the school prior to 9am when the school would start. The whole school would go outside for the national anthem and the whole school, children and adults would stand while this plays. Then I’d be teaching between the hours of 9am and 4pm. Normally with a twenty minute morning break and a one hour lunch break. Typically, I’d teach anything between two – five hours of those days. Teachers in Thailand would normally find they are teaching up to twenty hours per week. The non-class contact time would be used for either marking and/or planning. Typically I’d be able to leave the school at 4pm as I would have all my planning and corrections done which is another major difference to teaching in the UK.