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Govt vetoes idea to send violent kids to the South

Published: 8/09/2010 at 12:00 AM
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The cabinet has shot down an Education Ministry suggestion to discipline violent students by sending them to the troubled South to do community work.

Deputy government spokesman Marut Massayavanich told a post-cabinet news conference yesterday the government had no such plan.

He said the idea of sending violent students to the southern provinces to do community work was not included in the ministry's proposals to deal with teenage violence that were presented to the cabinet.

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macmundi

Discussion 13 : 08/09/2010 at 03:04 PM13
At least we have Mr. Wanlop. The south needs good people there to set good examples. Maybe these troubled kids need discipline, which the military might be able to help, but the idea of sending mixed up kids to a mixed up place is not the solution.
Brian

Discussion 12 : 08/09/2010 at 01:50 PM12
"all these students have picked this up this from their predecessors" Disc. #10

Correct. Even the best Thai educational institutions have some "terrible" traditions. Hazing, outlawed long ago in the West is practiced with vigour and often malice at every Thai college and university. First year students are abused mentally, and often physically by seniors, and out of mortal fear will show a senior student more respect than a professor. They in turn do the same when they become seniors.

The Thai education systems is in truth, a top-down culture of abuse which particularly manifests its ugliness at the tech schools.
Wombat

Discussion 11 : 08/09/2010 at 11:52 AM11
With this lot running the Education Ministry is there any hope for Thai students?
Spock

Discussion 10 : 08/09/2010 at 11:00 AM10
Please note, this is not random school violence.
The senseless fighting between technical schools(on normal schools here, violence is far less common) in Bangkok has a strong tradition dating back many decades. Ask any Thai and they will confirm that even in their grandfatherâ€™s days technical school students were fighting each other and, much like today, all these students have picked this up this from their predecessors. So the problem lies with this terrible "tradition".
Time for Change

Discussion 9 : 08/09/2010 at 10:56 AM9
New Leaders Please, discussion #3. I totally agree with your comments. First to be changed is the Minister of Education and his senior staff. If they cannot solve this simple problem and let this go on and on forever, it is wasting of our tax money to put them in charge and sitting on their butts and doing nothing and only orovide excuses and silly ideas.

Anyway, the root of the problem lies in PM Abhisit's Government for not doing much and doing other non important issues in the country.
ricefieldtv

Discussion 8 : 08/09/2010 at 10:46 AM8
Mr Wanlop does not agree with increase penalities for the hardcore teens and students. There is a saying, "spare the rod and spoil the child". This has already happened that lead to the continued violence from these students.

Rehabiliation is good, but does the authority knows how to go about doing this? The "mai pen lai" attitude will set in and defeat the whole purpose.

Punish the hardcore student and teens as an adult, then rehabilate then until they learn the right ways to live in society.

I am glad PM Abhisit Government is taking serious view and steps to curb this student violence instead of the Minister of Education's silly idea of sending the hardcore student to the South. The Education Minister's idea is like sending the problem away to the South instead of solving this serious problem on home ground. Getting the army involved to educate these students is also a bad idea.
moonoi

Discussion 7 : 08/09/2010 at 10:28 AM7
what's the real message for "the south" in sending underaged crime offenderders for community work? It implicates that "the north" thinks that "the south" so low, so unimportant that we send our lowest, most unusefull kids to train on YOU. those brats are just good enough for YOU. 'nuff said.
Hypocrisy

Discussion 6 : 08/09/2010 at 09:55 AM6
The people down South must really love this government, plenty of cheap hotels there now!
Bang Bang Mancini

Discussion 5 : 08/09/2010 at 09:43 AM5
Brilliant! Send young alpha-male-wannabes with a propensity for violence and a love of firearms and internecine vendetta to a location where random killing and maiming are daily occurrences, and the security forces have little or no real control or motivation.

That will teach these young thugs several short, sharp lessons: like how to make, plant and detonate an effective IED, where to buy a 'piece', how to spot an UC infiltrator, etc., etc.

And I'm sure the long-suffering citizens of the Deep South must be overjoyed to learn that their home is considered, at best, as a penal colony by the powers that be.

The Education Ministry might also like to reflect on the fact that some British criminals refer to doing a prison stretch as "going to university" - and that they are not referring to their gaining a sociology degree.
Somboon

Discussion 4 : 08/09/2010 at 09:21 AM4
How can teenagers have a creative way when there are no role models to look up to? Look at our leaders; they are just pure bad even the PM himself along with his cabinet (Suthep, Korn, Industry Minister Chaiwuti Bannawat, Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat, etc.

They are real models for Thai youths. Chaiyo, Chaiyo, and Chaiyo!

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