@Abhishek *****

dude relax. He picked apart the sentence to prove a point. I'm a native English teacher, and I had plenty of "brown" co-teachers at my old school here in Thailand over the years. Sure, every now and then someone would raise an eyebrow and make an inappropriate comment and that they don't LOOK like an American, but they smile and say their parents are of Indian descent and that was it. The reason why no one questioned it from there, was their accent and usage. They were clearly an American native speaker, and that's what the school and parents really cared about in the end- they wanted their kids to talk like a native speaker, not with an accent and in a way that sounded native.

I worked with a lot of Filipina teachers at another school that had an awesome command of English grammatically, and they were amazing teachers. But there was an accent to how they spoke (one that I actually love, personally 🥰) and now and then vocabulary/pronunciation would be used that just didn't really fit right. My supervisor literally told me my focus should be on "smoothing out" any accent issues or "abnormal" usage that their former students might have picked up (cringe). 😑

I'm just letting you know, from my own experiences, what the fuss was about when it came to native vs non native teachers. You can be brown and get hired as a native speaker, no prob- the thing they might take more issue with is about accent/usage, more so than the color of your skin (though I know some of my friends had to get past a little more judgement first, for not "looking" native, at first).

@Paul *******

Mine don't have collars or microchips

No, you get nothing.

I was on a massive billboard for a bird sanctuary and Chacoengsao, with a bunch of parrots all over me. I'd paid to take the photo, but then they used it for their billboards 😆 definitely didnt get paid, but got a good handful of photos sent to me of someone standing in front of the billboard grabbing my boobs, so at least there was that 🤷🏼‍♀️

@Paul *******

I'd swap lives with my cats any day

Anyone had experience with Kota Bharu?

@Bob *********

someone's got your account with them then 😆

@Kevin *********

dang I was hoping you knew something I didn't know and I was gunna learn a trick 😅😆

@Keith ******

disagreeing with you and giving you advice isn't being a dick. It's ok to disagree. I'm very aware of the recent crackdown and who it affects

@Keith ******

you been trying at the same Krung Thai branch over and over or somethin? Go to Bangkok bank and K bank. Act and dress respectable, and get a bank account. It's not hard.

@Keith ******

that's if you wanna open on tourist visa or visa exempt. If you have a long stay visa, it's pretty straight forward with proof of residence letter from immigration. No agent needed