The failure rates for teachers who took exams in their own subjects were about 88 per cent for computer studies, 84 per cent for mathematics, 86 per cent in biology and 71 per cent in physics, the education ministry said.

And almost 95 per cent of about 37,500 secondary school directors did not score a pass mark in English and technology, according to the ministry.

Meet Johnny Bunko. He’s probably a lot like you. He did what everybody – parents, teachers, counselors — told him to do. But now, stuck at a dead-end job, he’s begun to suspect that what he thought he knew is just plain wrong. One bizarre night, Johnny meets Diana, the unlikeliest career advisor he’s ever seen. Part Cameron Diaz, part Barbara Eden, she reveals to Johnny the six essential lessons for thriving in the world of work.

Johnny Bunko is an unusual career guide written in Japanese Manga style by Dan Pink. In a simple and creative way it presents six lessons a young person needs to know to be successful in their work and career.

I’ve pieced together the publicly available images from the book into a slide presentation. The book can be purchased here. You can download the slide presentation here.

You can download this course, and other documents, from here.

Here is an example. You can download all the guides by visiting the link above or my Scribd documents here.

I’ve found that in Thailand, graduates and job-seekers with only a few years experience are often unprepared for interviews because they have not considered how they will respond to the most common interview questions. This slideshow is a good primer for some of these questions and the level of preparation necessary to impress in an interview.