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Vivien Krepp,
Australia
I have been teaching pre-employment skills to school leavers
with an intellectual disability for nearly 20 years. I saw
this project as an opportunity to change direction. I have a
TESOL certificate from Sydney, Australia but I thought this
project would help me to get work in Thailand. I have been
Thailand as a tourist & have enjoyed the culture, the people &
the beautiful country.
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 Jared
Boune, USA
I want to travel and work and live abroad. I plan to teach in
the future and TESOL certification opens many doors abroad.
The 6 months commitment to the course was also attractive.
This should be great for classroom experience and should let
me know if a teaching career is for me. I have done a fair
amount of travelling and leaving abroad and most travelers
speak highly of Thailand Its beaches, culture and religion all
fascinate me and I am very interesting in learning as much as
I can about it while meeting new friends from around the
globe. |
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 Colin
Scobett, Australia
Recommended by friend who has done this course. Beautiful
country + people |
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 Bryan
Lirette, Texas
Looks like good experience. Beach, Jungle, Many Thai fun
adventure. |
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 Michael
C Reed, USA
I choose this project because I have passion for teaching and
travelling. I have also wish to experience other countries.I
choose Thailand because I heard Thai culture is very welcoming
and accepting. Also it was very cheap for me and its very
beautiful. |
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 Masselis
Damien, USA
The path to my dream of life makes me travel a lot, and
eventually live in Thailand for a few years. Teaching is the
best way to integrate local life and be useful to the country.
So here I am. I have been travelling here from the month last
year, made a lot of friends, love the country, its culture,
its easy going life, its people ,its food. |
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 Hans
Van Houten, USA
My future plan is to become a teacher in USA. And what better
way to prepare for that than get experience teaching. I also
wanted to travel and learn about a different culture. I
researched Thailand and everything I came across was positive
information. I have had friends travel to Thailand and they
loved it, so that had a large impact on my choice to come to
Thailand.
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 Joseph
L. CrawFord, USA
I love to teach and have a passion to travel. Also this
location was great for its weather and surrounding countries.
My church, in the USA has 14 orphanages in Thailand and
Cambodia in which I plan to visit and volunteer. |
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 Kali
Nicholson, England
For the location and for the purpose of travelling and living
abroad. Learning about a new culture. The culture being so
different from my own and the weather ! |
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 Adam
Gabriele, USA
I choose TESOL because it had a shorter commitment than most
programs and it offered placement in several countries that I
am interested in visiting. I choose Thailand because I knew
that it was the most developed of the South Asian countries.
Having never been to this part of the world I figured the
culture shock would be less extreme. Also I am a student of
history and always been fascinated with the Ayutthaya epoch. |
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 Kris
Stallworthy, England
My long term plans are to become a qualified teacher in the
UK. This project suited my time scale and previous projects
were reviewed well on the internet. I see this as a great
opportunity to get teaching practice and a good feel for the
profession. I have visited Thailand on several occasions and
really like it here. The opportunity to spend a longer period
of time in the country and to really appreciate the culture
was impossible to turn down. |
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 Katie
Chisholm, USA
I had been working in corporate America in New York city and
wanted to exit that world to try teaching. I had always loved
travelling and wanted to get into ESL education. This project
allowed me to coordinate teaching and travelling, thus I am
here. I had always wanted to travel to South East Asia and had
heard wonderful things about Thailand and Thai people. This
program allowed me to travel to Thailand and be introduced to
the Thai culture which I am very excited about. |
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Joshua Campbell, USA
I am a recent college graduate with desire to make teaching a
career. I have experience teaching children creative writing
and enjoyed thoroughly. Travelling is a strong passion of mine
since childhood and the ATI course seems the ideal choice in
combining my profession with my passion. I choose Thailand
because South East Asia is an area I never been to. New
experience are always enjoyable and I welcome them. Thai
people are known for hospitality and the country as well as
culture are known to exotic, especially for an American. |
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 Rachel
Lackey, USA
The short time commitment was a perfect fit for my life at the
time and it seemed so different from other programs. I am
interested in Asian culture and love the food, the religion
and cultural aspects involved with teaching overseas. |
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 Genevieve
Ennis, USA
I have always have a heart for children and have worked with
inner city children in California for over 4 years. I
graduated in May and soon after moved to South Korea to teach.
I released that I enjoy working with under privileged children
and also children that have grown up in different environments
than I am accustomed. I am excited to begin teaching. I
backpacked around Thailand and South Asia in 2007 and fell in
love with Thailand and its people. I came here a month prior
to the program to volunteer with a Thai NGO in Chain Mai and
have enjoyed my time here thus far. |
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 Richard
Wahl, Finland
I have worked as substitute teacher before, and I also want to
work abroad. So I found this project at goabroad.com and it
felt like an good choice for me. This is my third time in
Thailand. I love the culture and people. I also want to learn
the Thai language. |
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 Stephen
Juneau, USA
I thought this would be good way to gain additional experience
as teacher. I have been a substitute for 4 years. I enjoyed it
and I am ready to try something new. I was drawn to Thailand
for several reasons. Good opportunities to teach English. Low
cost of living and intensive medical care. I also choose
Thailand for its exotic culture and history. |
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 Myriam
Cyr, Canada
For this experience for living and working abroad. I really
like to travel and discover new things. I also think that this
program is good one. Thailand is such a nice country. It is
easy to get used here. There is a lot of foreigners. It is
also a good experience to learn about a new culture. |
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 John
E Delcerlino Jr. ,USA
I choose this project because it was in a reasonable price
range , a reputable program and the timing fit my schedule. I
have always been interested in Thai culture, especially its
cuisine and spiritual practices and beliefs i.e Buddhahism. |
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 Jeremy
Wright, USA
Gateway to combine work and travel. While belonging submitted
in local culture. Love the tropics. |
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 Robert
Corral, UK
I wanted to travel to Thailand and I was impressed by the
package that was offered by the ATI. Particularly the offer of
working following the course. The Thai culture and food
appealed to me. Also I have many friends who have travelled
through Thailand and recommended it to me. |
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 Lara
Shimotsu, USA
I choose this project because I have always wanted to teach in
another country. I have recently been travelling around the
world and found this program to be the perfect opportunity to
work and travel at the same time. I enjoy helping others and
being able to teach is a fulfilling way of making my
difference in the world. I have always wanted to come to
Thailand. The beaches are beautiful, the Thai people are
amazing and friendly, and the food is delicious. I enjoy
absorbing new cultures and Thailand is a beautiful new country
that I can appreciate. |
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 Chapman
Parker, USA
Based on both affordability and location the special Thai
Project was without equal. Everyone that I talked to who have
been here talked about the beauty of the Geography and
kindness of the people. |
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 Ilya
Reeves, USA
I choose this project because after doing some research on the
internet I learned that it fit my needs very well. I desired a
specific time frame. Location and ease of placement for the
first position. I have lived in the region on and off for the
last five years and continuously for last two years. I have
spent significant amount of time in Thailand for both business
and vacation and I am really fond of Thailand. |
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 Orlagh
Mc Hugh, Ireland
I choose this program because it had the TEFL course and the
job placement in one. Staff were also very quick to respond to
me which was different with other programs. I checked out the
price was relatively cheap compared to other programs. I
choose Thailand because I heard it was an extremely beautiful
country. I visited many parts of US and Europe but have never
been to Asia. I wanted to experience a different culture to
home and meet these wonderful people.
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 Aislinn
Vigil, USA
I chose this project because I just graduated from college and
I have always been interested in teaching. This seemed like a
good opportunity to get some experience teaching and also see
some of the world and travel. I also have a few family members
that have done programs like this have really enjoyed them. So
it seemed like a good choice. I choose Thailand because I have
been here twice before and I really enjoyed it. It is a
beautiful country. I love the culture and would love to spend
an extended amount of time here. |
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 Rachel
Bartle, USA
I wanted a chance to see what it would be like to teach
English in foreign country. Also I love to travel & figure
this program would be a great opportunity to do both travel
and work. I choose Thailand because I have always wanted to go
and heard the country is beautiful and the people warm and
welcoming. Also I was in China last year and loved Asia so I
wanted to explore another Asian country. |
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Alexandria (
Ally ) Muller, USA
A great opportunity to see the world. A nice way stay on the
roads and get to know a place intimately. Thai food. Just
Kidding. I heard it was the land of smiles, my favorite
activity & am interested in Thai culture.
Exploring surrounding parts of South East Asia.
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