News Forum - Thailand’s Grade 5 textbook sparks outcry over alleged malnutrition endorsement

[Thaiger]

Critics have misinterpreted the content of a Thai-language textbook for Grade 5 pupils, following allegations that it appeared to condone malnutrition among young children, according to the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC). OBEC’s secretary-general, Amporn Pinasa, asserted that the criticised chapter, found in the Pasa Patee textbook used by fifth-graders, is actually a …

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[Fanta]

49 minutes ago, Thaiger said:

At the orphanage, they learn that about 20 people share a simple meal, consisting of stir-fried water spinach and half a boiled egg to enjoy with a plate of rice and fish sauce. Although the meal is meagre, the children consume their food without complaint

There are 146 places in Thailand that eat the same meal every day but they don’t get half an egg or the fish sauce. Perhaps the critics should complain about the real problem of the slop being fed to the 300,000+ inmates in their country’s prisons before taking issue with an imaginary scenario in a book. 

[Highlandman]

What outrages me the most is not what the book says, but what I see in this photo: young children forced to wear a mask while in school. This is child abuse. 

[Marc26]

7 hours ago, Highlandman said:

What outrages me the most is not what the book says, but what I see in this photo: young children forced to wear a mask while in school. This is child abuse. 

They absolutely do not care........only old white guys care about Thai kids wearing a mask

The kids don't care, not one bit