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MY TWO SATANGS

Published: 19/11/2011 at 03:31 AM
Newspaper section: News

In a week filled with news of a 100-million-baht boost for Thai education provided by independent businessmen and of tablet PCs resurfacing to eat up 1.6 billion baht of 2012's budget and make our schools look progressive, now is the perfect time to talk about the utter failure of our education system.

From compulsory education to compulsory vacation: With no classes to attend, this girl passes the time frolicking in floodwaters around a temple which has been turned into a temporary shelter, in the capital’s Don Muang district.

Okay, so I could probably talk about that for days. Let me be a little more specific. Let's talk about the utter failure of our education system in relation to the flood.

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: Writer: Arglit Boonyai; Position: Multimedia Editor

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bangmodken
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Discussion 2 : 19/11/2011 at 06:13 PM2
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A very good article,khun Arglit ! And D1,khun Aussie John is spot on. A fine example of the negative consequences of rote learning is the Isaan red shirts who,without any questions,follows an elitist to death despite the fact that he couldn't care less for them than any other elitist.
Some people might be confused by my comment,trying to spin it into a negative sentiment against Isaan,but it's nothing like that.I am simply saying that Isaan is the least educationally developed part of Thailand and the criminal fugitive and his co-conspirators are taking full advantage of that and it would be self-destructive for him if education was improved in that part of the country.Therefore,PTP will change nothing Isaan,educationally or otherwise.
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Discussion 1 : 19/11/2011 at 04:54 AM1
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If the quality of a country's standards were judged on the quality of the country's education system Thailand would unfortunately fail.Yet this is the way its been for decades, fixing it would mean a total overhaul of Thai social norms concerning thinking and asking questions. Who in the country will tackle this very issue...rote learning is an archaic system of learning that pumps out robots not free thinkers...just how the elites like it.
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