Popular Post webfact Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Picture: Manager Foreign drunk drivers are teaching English to the staff of the Department of Probation on the island of Koh Samui. Probation chief Witthawan Sunthornkhajit said it was part of a fun and useful community service plan. One of the teachers is Mr N (an assumed name) a German who is aged 70 who said he was excited to be able to teach English, a language he is comfortable with. Picture: Manager He said he was not able to do much else and it was good to find a use for his skills. He appeared to be running a 24 hour course as part of his DUI punishment. The staff said that the foreigners were enthusiastic and teaching things like grammar, greetings, conversation and specific legal terms. Thai business media called it a great idea. -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2021-04-05 - Whatever you're going through, the Samaritans are here for you - Follow Thaivisa on LINE for breaking COVID-19 updates 8 1 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jonathan Fairfield Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 *checks to make sure this isn't an April Fools* 10 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PatOngo Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 I think I'd rather pay the fine! 4 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post austhai Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Wonder if they change them to a voluntary visa to make it legal for them to teach. Lol 16 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Forrests Father Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Germans teaching English to Thais? please: Don’t mention the war and don’t let Immigration arrest them for working without permit. 8 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post kotsak Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 11 minutes ago, Forrests Father said: Germans teaching English to Thais? please: Don’t mention the war and don’t let Immigration arrest them for working without permit. A classic.. 4 28 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Are they allowed to sober up first? I'm trying to imagine Thais speaking drunken, slurred English... 3 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 I would rather they were thrown out of the country.............and permanently barred from re-entry. 7 3 18 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post J Town Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Is a Bachelors degree required? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post khunPer Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Good idea to use retired, and other, foreigners to teach the government staff some English. However, it's almost impossible for a retired to volunteer for almost anything without complicated paperwork and/or work permit – perhaps I should begin to drink, before I'm driving...???? 5 1 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Antiparovian Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Deport the <deleted> 5 1 10 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Silencer Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Innovative, retiree friendly, and useful. Win-win. 15 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Antiparovian said: Deport the <deleted> How?...Why?...... are people so tolerant of people who drink and drive???...It beggars belief. Two week old baby killed in London today, not confirmed as drink/drive....but can you begin to imagine what the parents are going through???? Edited April 5, 2021 by Surelynot 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Surelynot Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Silencer said: Innovative, retiree friendly, and useful. Win-win. Get a grip.....they are drink/drivers. 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post mikebike Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Surelynot, they broke a law. Yes there is the potential for ANYONE behind the wheel to kill someone, and nobody is denying that d-ds can kill, but the peeps sent to teach English are not killers, they are traffic-law violators... Is this somehow personal for you? 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badboldie Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 hour ago, J Town said: Is a Bachelors degree required? No because it is voluntary, they only need a monger degree! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ozimoron Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 This is a good idea since it forces offenders to give something back to society. A better idea would be to make them volunteer in some form of unpleasant community service since that would be a deterrent to repeat offending. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebike Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 1 minute ago, ozimoron said: This is a good idea since it forces offenders to give something back to society. A better idea would be to make them volunteer in some form of unpleasant community service since that would be a deterrent to repeat offending. This may be more unpleasant than you think... ???????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post crazykopite Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 Work permit exempt I presume 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surelynot Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, crazykopite said: Work permit exempt I presume Two of them were arrested on the way out and charged.....555 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post 1Gringo Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 if they are British, this would be a huge mistake mostly because the Brits no longer have a grammar. for instance, drink is a noun or a verb. it is NEVER an adjective. 3 1 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETatBKK Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 perhaps they should be more specific and learn a pragmatic language, before the tourists come back ! oh, Chinese, be better watch out ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post prakhonchai nick Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 41 minutes ago, mikebike said: Surelynot, they broke a law. Yes there is the potential for ANYONE behind the wheel to kill someone, and nobody is denying that d-ds can kill, but the peeps sent to teach English are not killers, they are traffic-law violators... Is this somehow personal for you? They broke a serious traffic law, and as such should be deported in my view,. They, we, I, are guests in Thailand and need to obey the laws. Let those caught without seat belts, crash helmets, road tax and the like remain in Thailand and let THEM do the teaching! Some 30 years ago in Pattaya a foreigner was seen swinging a cat around by the tail. He was apprehended and hit by another foreigner. Guess who was deported? The cat swinger is still here!!!!!!!!!!!! 3 1 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasterBaker Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 sanity check required on this fine gentleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PETERTHEEATER Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 A probation officer said "Learning (hic!)to speak zee English (hic) is fun (hic!)" before collapsing..... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 (edited) 34 minutes ago, 1Gringo said: if they are British, this would be a huge mistake mostly because the Brits no longer have a grammar. for instance, drink is a noun or a verb. it is NEVER an adjective. Yes, I know, and the use of i and f at the start of a sentence is 'I' and 'F' ???? Edited April 5, 2021 by RichardColeman 5 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Seems everyone is happy with this idea, so why the negativity? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post SS1 Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 I don't know what's the situation on Samui nowadays, but perhaps if they fixed the taxi mafia problem people would be less inclined to take their own vehicles on nights out. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Satcommlee Posted April 5, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2021 And now these guys are being forced to teach English to The Labour Department after been caught teaching without a work permit. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunpa Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 2 hours ago, Dmaxdan said: Are they allowed to sober up first? I'm trying to imagine Thais speaking drunken, slurred English... Yeah and with a German accent ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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