Every year since 2020 has seen months of delays and indecision with distance-learning ultimately winning out. With COVID-19 falling farther into the past, the one known fact in 2023 is that all of the government schools will begin classes on 15 May. It is just the contracts between the staffing agencies and the schools themselves … Continue reading Teaching Thailand #3: On Starting a New School Year
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Daily Phuket #70: 08 August 2021 – Sunday Sunset
I spent most of the day working on lesson plans for the upcoming week of school and only ventured outside briefly to pick up a bit of dinner at 7-Eleven. I still need to finish flashcard sets for three class levels (P1, P2, and P4) which I can do tomorrow between classes as well as … Continue reading Daily Phuket #70: 08 August 2021 – Sunday Sunset
Daily Phuket #69: 07 August 2021 – Bubble Tea Café
Today was the first sunny Saturday in quite a long while. I spent most of it holed-up at home. In the morning, I added some more new music onto my new computer. There were plenty of great studio releases in July by the likes of Blues Traveler, Los Lobos, Son Volt, David Crosby, Jackson Browne, … Continue reading Daily Phuket #69: 07 August 2021 – Bubble Tea Café
Daily Phuket #59: 4 July 2021 – Full-Time Teaching
First of all, Happy Independence Day to my family and friends back in the United States of America. I had planned to do a bit more for the Fourth of July this year but a rainy day and buggy computer set me way behind on my task list. I have decided to not attend the … Continue reading Daily Phuket #59: 4 July 2021 – Full-Time Teaching
Mark Joseph Jochim 