Chiang Mai 437

Teachin the Monks

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November 7th 2009
October 31, 2009 A great sigh of relief was nearly audible as we all finished our week of Practice Teaching. The first day I stood up in front of that class I realized this was something that I could do. 8 Children looked up at me. They had been taken out of their fall vacation in order to get to go to an English class taught by a real live westerner. I was first on the first day. The lesson we ... read more

Asia » Thailand

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more