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Jailbird hippo
Oped, Postbag, Published on 26/09/2024
» Re: "Let's give a hip hippo hooray for soft power!" (Opinion, Sept 25).
Isan farmer's tale
Postbag, Published on 25/09/2024
» Re: "Bangkok's Chula Uni relocates launch of book critical of military off-campus", (Online, Sept 23).
Leadership problem?
Oped, Postbag, Published on 15/06/2023
» Re: "PM wants swift action on 'Patani State' probe", (BP, June 13).
Handling the purse
News, Postbag, Published on 24/05/2023
» Re: "MFP needs solid team", (Editorial, May 22).
Rise above the folly
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/03/2023
» Re: "Foreigners flee Thai stocks", (Business, March 2).
Think different
Oped, Postbag, Published on 09/02/2022
» Re: "In pursuit of academic freedom," (Life, Feb 7).
Listen to outsiders
Oped, Postbag, Published on 02/12/2021
» Re: "Still an outsider," (BP, Nov 30). I beg to disagree with Khun Millie Tan, who says that a non-Thai should not comment on our politics despite that person's having a Thai wife and lived here for 18 years -- unless he has Thai citizenship and can protest and argue like a Thai.
Precious forests
Oped, Postbag, Published on 22/09/2021
» Re: "NEB backs EIA on river diversion" (BP, Sept 16).
Democracy fizzer
News, Postbag, Published on 20/09/2021
» Re: "Coup anniversary fizzer", (BP, Sept 19).
A silly syllabus
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/11/2020
» Former Education Minister Somsak Prissananantakul favours providing students with a better understanding of history (BP, Nov 3), so long as a process known as chamra prawattisat be undertaken, in which academics with differing opinions come together to agree on a standard interpretation. This proposal sums up much of what is wrong with Thai education, and perhaps Thai culture as well. Why have a standard interpretation of history? So it can be crammed down students' throats for later regurgitation on command? History is like a photograph. It captures events from a specific angle, with a specific depth of field, and perhaps through various filters. Why not expose students to multiple interpretations and let them, through discussion, identify the biases in each and, in the process, develop critical thinking skills?