Every aspect of applying for jobs in Thailand would warrant a huge lawsuit back home.
The first eight questions on EVERY single school's application:
1) Name ___________
2) Male___ Female___
3) Age____
4) Height_____ Weight _____
5) Religion _________
6) Nationality _______ Race______ * Please attach color photo
7) Single___ Married ____
8) Do you have any physical disabilities? ____
As I mentioned before, if you're anything other than white, you're apparently NOT going to get an English teaching job anywhere in this country. The majority of job postings flat out say "only white candidates are welcome to apply." Some postings go as far as to list an acceptable weight range. As for religion, we've heard that the right answer is "Christian" but I still can't bring myself to write it!! Nelly tried but she didn't know the spelling.
Last week we applied to a placement agency with tons of open teaching positions. Brandon, Josh and Nelly all received job offers and I got an e-mail asking if I was Asian and if not, to please send additional color photos. Oh my god. I got the job once they saw my round eyes but I think I'm still to mortified to accept. And yesterday we met a hiring manager that told Brandon and Josh that only women are eligible to be Kindergarten teachers at his school. Hmmm
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This is all nut-so town! I can't believe they asked you for another photo!! Why do they care that all the teachers are "white"? What is the reason behind that?
ReplyDelete...because if you're Asian or Hispanic, you couldn't possibly be a native English speaker. And if you're black.... well, they just hate black people here.
ReplyDeleteSometimes I MISS PORTLAND SOOOOO BAD!!! Ahhhh!!!