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School's not out for summer
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 27/04/2015
» A few decades ago, after-school tutoring was just for children who really needed it — those failing classes and not keeping up with their peers. Summer holidays were spent relaxing at home, helping parents with chores, or doing other non-academic activities.
Trends on Thai turf
Muse, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/02/2015
» Summer is in the air. Actually, for Thailand, summer never really leaves the air, but that’s not the point. We are talking about season in a chronological sense here.
Fair play for all
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 02/10/2014
» It is always quite sad to see evidence that those with disabilities are not afforded the same amount of importance as other members of society.
For want of a better word
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 15/04/2014
» ‘My friend called me a retard. I am going to jump off the building, so I can die and come back in the next life as an ordinary person,” a 14-year-old autistic student told his teacher, quite matter-of-factly. He was not challenging his teacher. He was not trying to get his friend into trouble. He was just saying what he thought out loud, not even aware of how shocking his words were.
The art of retracting the ‘R’-word
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 21/03/2014
» Today is World Down Syndrome Day. To mark the occasion, The Rainbow Room Foundation, Thailand’s first special needs awareness centre, in collaboration with Art Connection, Museum Siam and Autism Awareness Thailand, has organised a campaign against the use of the word “retard”, which is deemed demeaning and discriminating.
Under pressure
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 16/12/2013
» What school a person goes to seems to be somewhat of a trademark that is stamped on a person for life, especially in Thailand. People will always ask about it, and when you apply for a job, your school's name plays a role in depicting how qualified you are. To a certain extent, it also speaks of your financial status and how smart you are.
On the font line
Life, Napamon Roongwitoo, Published on 22/07/2013
» Steve Jobs was often quoted as crediting his success to a seemingly irrelevant source: a course on calligraphy that he took as an undergraduate at Reed College, where Jobs enrolled in 1972, then after six months dropped out.