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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
I think school uniforms are a good idea. It stops the poor kids from feeling inferior to those who would otherwise wear branded clothes. However, this has nothing to do with hairstyle. Anyone can grow their hair or keep it short, that’s a personal choice that no one could feel discriminated against. The is all to do with early militarisation of the young minds. It’s now got to the stage of custom and practice and hence the older conservative minds enforce it to maintain “standards”. They have forgotten it was introduced for far more sinister reasons than simple discipline. The strange thing in Thailand is that everyone loves a uniform. Any opportunity to wear a uniform and hopefully wearing some medal ribbons and gold braid is even better. Give them a whistle and they are like kids in a sweet shop. -
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News Forum - Snorting urine will not cure sinusitis – official
Nothing new here, urine therapy has been around for quite a while. And like homeopathy, there is no evidence to confirm its effectiveness.- 1
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News Forum - Why kill my sick son? Thai father demands answers
The Thai father of a young man gunned down in a neighbouring junkyard is asking why the owner didn’t just chase him away rather than shoot him. The weekly dive into the backwaters of the kingdom’s crime scene has thrown up another story which exposes the everyday horror of living with mental health problems in rural … The story Why kill my sick son? Thai father demands answers as seen on Thaiger News. Read the full story -
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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
Whilst I'm fully aware of what Thai people where at work etc (i worked in industry for nearly 20 years) I don't think it is a justification of 'uniformity" by any objective criteria - one could argue that the obsession with uniforms and conformity that is first generated in schools is in fact a root of many of Thailand's problems when it comes to such things as democratic processes - this coupled with a sense of maintaining "harmony" is used by successive governments to avoid the democratic process or any g=form of dissent. As for "appropriate" wear when teaching in a class with no aircon and 50 kids, I think Formal casual is far from appropriate - I taught uni/college for several years bear foot and in fisherman pants. -
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News Forum - Thai activists warn that new hair guidelines will allow schools to be more strict
Again with the subjectivity.
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