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GUARDIANSHIP INTERVIEW

PING ( Guardian Melbourne )

Being a Guardian for Thai students in Melbourne is an honour to have your challenging things for Thai students is speaking English. Being unable to communicate with
trust to take care of your children. I will definitely do my best. We have been gaining Host family, Homestay carer, teachers and friends can lead to an unhappy life abroad. I
experience in taking care of international students for 10 years. They all are different would like to adjust their way of thinking first to make sure they are open-minded, brave
and have different characteristics. I would adapt to them rather than making them and confident, then they would be able to speak English confidently.
adapt themselves to me so that the students would trust and be open-minded when Being Guardian is a challenging job, however I do enjoy supporting and helping
they are having a hard time or when they need advice. They would feel that we are these students in living abroad, learning and gaining wonderful experiences. Mostly, we
their siblings, their family, and their mother. Moreover, we pay a lot of attention to study would have the students participating in school activities with friends especially in sports and
matters. We communicate with counselors, teachers, participate in parent-teacher clubs to let them make friends with Australians, learn Australian culture, develop thinking
conferences and inform students’ parents of their academic report immediately. Are skills and be able to speak with an native English accent. When they get to spend time
there any challenges in my job? The answer is definitely yes. For example, when children together, they would drop by my restaurant and hang out in town with other Thai people.
cannot adapt themselves into a new culture, school, and friends. From our experience, It is really easy and convenient to reach out to me via LINE. I will reply back as soon as
we must pay close attention and communicate with teachers and sometimes we need possible in order to not miss any important issues. I also closely cooperate with CETA Thailand.
action plans with teachers to help them in learning and adapting because sometimes, If you have further questions or need any help, CETA has a professional team to support you.
there may be some misunderstanding between teachers and the students. One of the

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