Lusty Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Is world history taught in Thai schools?The reason I ask this is I was watching a film about Hitler the other evening and teeruk had never heard of him!Same same of Napolean,Nelson Mandela etc etc::. I read in a book sometime back that things that happen outside Thailand they are not concerned about.How true is this?Thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 There's a book by Niels Mulder called Thai Images . A large part of it is a discussion of Thai textbooks dealing with social awareness from grade school through college. Bottom line, it is dismal. It is not the least bit surprising that kids can grow up in Thailand and never hear of Hitler. It is not by accident that rich Thais send their kids to school overseas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Hi...am having the same thoughts here. My ten year old Thai son is not aware of some events and people i would have thought he would have known.... Old movies we look at and from general conversation topics as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 [color:"red"] Is world history taught in Thai schools?The reason I ask this is I was watching a film about Hitler the other evening and teeruk had never heard of him!Same same of Napolean,Nelson Mandela etc etc. I read in a book sometime back that things that happen outside Thailand they are not concerned about.How true is this?Thanx [/color] They are taught (the last time I checked) in grade 8-12. If ones quit school before that or the kids before that age, they will not know. However, in my family, the Hitler was told by my father since I was in the 2 grade. World history has never been a big thing with Thai schools, they concentrate more on long Thai history. I am surprised that many kids, especially from up-country cannot read a map when they are already in the mathayom, very sad. I asked a teacher (which I offended him) why becuase I knew that world geography was supposed to be taught. He said that not all schools can teach what is required because the kids are not ready, so an 7th grader in a school cannot be compared with the other who goes to a good school in BKK I find this very disturbing. That school did not even have a world map. :: I went to school until the 10th grade up-country and my knowledge was as equal as the ones who were in School Triam Udom with me in BKK, there is something very wrong in the school system. I cannot write/talk about this without getting angry, sorry. Jasmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasmine Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 [color:"red"]My ten year old Thai son is not aware of some events and people i would have thought he would have known.... [/color] He would not have been taught world history in school yet at that age. Hopefully he was taught and he could remember the Thai history. Jasmine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lazyphil Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 My Mrs admits as I do that school was boring, that said shes reads alot now and knows about Stalin, NATO, Ho Chi Min, Hitler, Napolean, Berlin Wall, all the continents and others, some she said she learnt in school in bkk and some in later life. bgs also get to talk to people from around the world and gleen stuff!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saiphon Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 There are a lot of kids here in the UK who have never heard of anyone from before the last decade. It's not just in LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Hi, "there is something very wrong in the school system." Unfortunately I have to agree Having some experience with kids learning (or more accurately *not* learning) up-country I can only conclude that the education there is abysmal. One could almost be inclined to think that maybe they are kept poor and ignorant on purpose. I also just found out that kids need only 40/100 to pass, which I think is a fucking joke. At least that is what my wife's son mentioned (the 40/100 to pass). Maybe different in other school? Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nervous_Dog Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Just walked past a wall map with my nephew aged 9, and the baby, now 2 1/2, He couldn' point out Thailand, Australia, Canada, or anywhere on the map. Kid got all of them, including New Zealand Bit of a worry DOG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted October 9, 2004 Report Share Posted October 9, 2004 Hi, "Bit of a worry" Yeah, sounds like your daughter already outsmarts you Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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