I feel sorry for the teachers. I think they have no dignity. They do manual labor, nanny the children, serve the parents like their personal secretaries. They come in early, breaking contract. Western teachers bow to the Thai anthem, and the Thai King No one is expected to swear loyalty to a foreign government in this day and age, but they do it? Secondary teachers had to carry their own classroom furniture over a km and up to their classes in the new building last month... no elevator...up 6 flights of stairs. All of this in plain view of the students. I hope they are being paid 300,000 baht a month. At least they would have an excuse then. Personally, my dignity is not for sale.