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- Mon Dec 02, 2013 12:57 am
- Forum: Education
- Topic: webster University
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8503
Re: webster University
I'm planning a visit to Webster within the next two weeks to determine whether or not I might wish to be a student there. I will be in HH from Dec 18-21 2013, and would like to speak with any students, current or past, who live off-campus. I'll buy the bevs if you're willing to talk candidly. I'll p...
- Fri Jul 26, 2013 1:22 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: TAT to woo 'romantic' Britons
- Replies: 1
- Views: 474
Re: TAT to woo 'romantic' Britons
Is that a Bangkok taxi they just exited (far right) and the driver collecting his supplemental fare?
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 6:49 pm
- Forum: Speaking Thai
- Topic: Distance between different languages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14363
Re: Distance between different languages
Yes I read most of it, and I get it. But the paper also addresses how languages/cultures are related and others are dissimilar and how language might have a bearing on that relationship. Your points are valid.
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:47 pm
- Forum: Speaking Thai
- Topic: Distance between different languages
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14363
Re: Distance between different languages
Good stuff Bamboo Grove. I find this topic interesting and generally agree with the study, though admittedly didn't read it all. Certainly, geography plays a role in how close languages are to each other. I imagine before many European languages were exported, they were probably much more closely re...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 5:15 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
- Replies: 100
- Views: 11733
Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Somchai, Nanyang was only correcting your English, but you didn't get it, did you? Correcting my English? Shall we have a look? I said: They're not pleased at their school's choice of second-language study. Meaning they are not pleased -- they continue to be displeased. The school's decision in the...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:31 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
- Replies: 100
- Views: 11733
Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
Does it hurt being corrected publicly like that? I'm sorry, perhaps I should have sent you a private message. Honestly, I didn't mean to ridicule you despite your condescending tone. (I'll pm you with a comprehensive explanation of present and past tense.) OK? Friends? *** Interesting notion that Th...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 4:17 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
- Replies: 100
- Views: 11733
Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
My parents studied Latin in the 50s. They're not pleased at their school's choice of second-language study. Can I assume that you meant to say, "They were not pleased with their school's choice of a second language?" No you may not. They continue to be displeased (present tense) at their ...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 3:32 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
- Replies: 100
- Views: 11733
Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
If I was Thai, I'd send my kids to learn Chinese, any variant. It's a growing language from the world's second largest economy with a billion speakers on Thailand's doorstep. I don't see how ASEAN increases the need for English speakers. I attribute the hype to farangs trying to inflate their self-e...
- Mon Jul 01, 2013 12:22 am
- Forum: Education
- Topic: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
- Replies: 100
- Views: 11733
Re: Local Thais have no interest in learning English
I often hear that ASEAN (2016 AEC) is going to increase the need for and usefulness of English speakers in Thailand.
Why is that? Is English going to become the default language?
Why is that? Is English going to become the default language?
- Mon Jun 24, 2013 7:32 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Chinese tourists (and their habits) surge into Thailand
- Replies: 286
- Views: 95427
Re: Chinese tourists (and their habits) surge into Thailand
I was sitting in my truck today at the wet market waiting for my wife to pop in and buy chilis. It took the typical 40 minutes. As I sat there, three old Thai bitties strolled past. Two of them threw a lung simultaneously into the ka-tunk ka-tunk concrete drains. I started laughing. Five seconds lat...
- Thu Jun 20, 2013 2:49 pm
- Forum: News
- Topic: Caught on video: Firearm assault on foreigner in Phuket
- Replies: 14
- Views: 1662
Re: Caught on video: Firearm assault on foreigner in Phuket
The Thai offered 10,000 baht for that thrashing? lol
He's wimpy, stupid AND cheap.
Land of Snarls.
He's wimpy, stupid AND cheap.
Land of Snarls.
- Tue Jun 18, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: webster University
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8503
Re: webster University
Some rather grim reading...
Sounds more like a prison than a bastion of higher education.

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 10:33 pm
- Forum: Education
- Topic: webster University
- Replies: 32
- Views: 8503
Re: webster University
I am also considering attending Webster University Hua Hin. I am currently finishing a bachelor's degree (online) and wish to attend a traditional university. I have a generous sponsor who will pay all books and tuition and provide a monthly housing benefit. Webster has the academic major I'm intere...