MicahJohn

Tag: culture

  • Story Time

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    Tonight after dinner I sat and listened to about 2 hours worth of stories from the guard where I live. I learned a ton! Some of it was really sad, some of it was strange, most of it was just fun to listen to. A lot of it seems too personal to share with the…

  • นั่งดี ๆ

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    Today I and several students were working around a few tables. The director of the EP program came in and spoke very strongly to one of the students saying “นั่งดี ๆ” (sit carefully). The student addressed was sitting on the table. I, the teacher, was sitting on a chair. This student was sitting higher than…

  • Front Porch Classroom

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    The conversation tonight on the front porch of room 10 was very instructive this evening. I learned some of the culture of laundry. The traditional Thai way to sort laundry is male-female. To sort by colors is a foreign thing. Thai would never hang pants to dry above the height of their head. Thai hang…

  • Birthday

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    I’ve now been to about three Thai birthday dinners. A little cultural twist: the birthday boy/girl pays AND no one gives them any presents (apparently gifts are sometimes given, but not at the dinners I’ve attended).

  • Wai Kruu Day

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    If you happen to be an American teacher in Thailand, odds are you’ll be at least a little weirded out by Wai Kruu Day. Today I with the rest of homeroom teachers for M3 (grade 9) were put on a stage. The students sat cross legged on the floor in front of us. They sat by…