Be like Richard: Manage Expectations and Adjust to Realities When Teaching in Bangkok, Thailand
After arriving in Bangkok for the first time a year ago, I carried a bag of assumptions stemming from travel blogs, YouTube videos, and word of mouth. I knew that there would be an intense adjustment period and possibly some culture shock, but what I experienced during my first week of teaching was quite different […]
Be like Hannah: Reflecting on My First 6 Months of Teaching & Living in Thailand
It has been said that when the fear of staying the same outweighs the fear of change, that is when we change. This was the position I found myself in as I decided to pack my life into two suitcases and boarded my one-way flight to Thailand in October of 2023. I was twenty-two and […]
