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Teach our children how to think
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 07/09/2015
» Politics and religion may be taboo conversation subjects, but the subject of education in Thailand is always a great way to get the ball rolling. Everyone has a story to tell and everyone has an opinion to give. Not much of it is positive. The recent announcement by the Office of the Basic Education Commission (Obec) that schools are going to reduce class hours from eight hours a day to six in order to give children time for more extra-curricular activities has caused a lot more concern than praise. I don't think the quantity is going to make any difference, if the quality of teaching is not up to standard and you're not going to get quality teaching in the classroom if you can't pay teachers a reasonable salary. You pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Just to put things into perspective, according to figures from the 2015 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Switzerland is the country with the most well-paid teachers.
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Silk show touches down
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 30/08/2015
» A fashion show dedicated to Thai silk must have provided a pleasant surprise for travellers going through Suvarnabhumi airport, particularly at a time when tourists' nerves are on edge.
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The promise of sunrise
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/12/2014
» There is something magical and mystical about sunrises and sunsets. Perhaps it's the transition from night to day, day to night, the passing of time, the impermanence of life, or of being reborn.
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Driving me up the wall
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 09/06/2014
» The Department of Land Transport has made it a little more difficult to get your driver’s licence. This is good news, as it is supposed to mean that we will be better qualified drivers behind the wheels.
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An apocalyptic state of mind
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 25/11/2013
» I'm in one of those deep, dark places at the moment.
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Sea write awardees given royal reception
B Magazine, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 20/10/2013
» The annual SEA Write Awards marked their 35th anniversary with the gracious presence of Thailand's own literary princess, HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn, as the representative of Her Majesty the Queen.
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AEC spells another English conundrum
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 29/07/2013
» In two years, the Asean Economic Community will be up and running, and we will be looking towards borders than are not only limited to our immediate neighbours - Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Malaysia, but further out as far as the Philippines to the east and Indonesia to the south.
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Conscription blues
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 11/02/2013
» No one has ever done more to romanticise national service than Elvis Presley in G.I. Blues and Tom Cruise in Top Gun. People of a certain mature generation will surely remember Elvis singing Wooden Heart, Pocketful Of Rainbows and Blue Suede Shoes. A khaki uniform never looked so good.
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