Championship Manger: The Teaching in Thailand Edition

Anybody who has played the legendary championship manager or football manager series will know that it's vitally important to keep your players happy in order to ensure good performances.

I have found that the personal status of players in the game are often used by teachers in Thailand too. What do you think?

Common Personal Statuses

• Is excited by the new challenge
• Every teacher goes through this stage in the first month. It is the time when everything is new and exciting.

• Is happy with the conditions at the club currently
• After the first month this stage normally kicks in until there is a problem.

• Is content with the conditions at the club currently
• This is the position most teachers find themselves in neither particularly happy or unhappy in their job.

• Feels he was bought to the club under false pretences
• This is usually seen by teachers who have been assured that their 2 year diploma from Maidstone technical college would be recognised or they thought they could teach legally without a degree.

• Wants to be paid what he deserves
• This is usually when the teacher has been asked to do activities outside of their contract or they've been looking at jobs in China or Korea.

• Is homesick
• This is common in younger teachers who have never really travelled before.

• Struggling to adapt to Thai culture
• This is usually seen after Thai bureaucracy has been witnessed or they have been asked to pass everyone in their class regardless of ability for the first time.

• Feels he need to leave in order to further his career
• This is most common in younger teachers who have ambitions to establish themselves in either in their home country or in a more developed country. 

• Has personal problems with John
• Personal problems between foreign teachers in the staffroom can be common and I'm sure fights have broken out in some schools.

• Has lost faith in his manager
• This is if they had any faith in their head of department in the first place.

Transfer Statuses

• Refused a work permit
• This is usually teachers without a degree who have been granted a non b based on a future work permit application that will never be accepted because they don't have a degree. They need to do a visa run ASAP!

• Currently considering a new contract from the club
• Usually occurs in February or March when they are asking the question should I stay or should I go?

• Has instructed his agent to look for a new club
• The teacher wants to stay in Thailand but wants to change school so they give the agency a ring. The agency will probably be reluctant to help unless you are firm.

• Leaving on a Bosman
• They have decided to head off to pastures new.

• Given a free transfer
• The school has had enough of you and haven't renewed your contract. You might know why or you might be left in the dark.

I would like to see Thailand made available as a playable league in the series so that we can see statuses such as

• On a visa run
• Has chronic diarrhoea
• Is refusing to take part in training camp 
• Believes his agent is stealing money from him
• Is questioning the system