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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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Bonsai trees and sake — a revelation
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 24/11/2014
» It's nearly the end of the year, and I constantly bemoan the passing of time. There is so much to do, and so little time to do it in.
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Setting the scene for summer
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 17/03/2014
» When the golden shower trees and the yellow and pink trumpet trees start to flower profusely, you know summer is coming in Thailand. They can be considered the Thai version of Japan’s cherry blossoms, the only difference being that there is nowhere in Bangkok where they grow together in a floral landscape worthy of selfie indulgence.
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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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The pursuit of happiness
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 15/07/2013
» 'Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." The United States Declaration of Independence states that these are the "unalienable rights" that all human beings have been given by their creator.
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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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Torture in the name of beauty
Life, Usnisa Sukhsvasti, Published on 01/10/2012
» What is the world coming to? This sentence can only be uttered by those who have racked up sufficient mileage on their timeline to have seen changes that always seem for the worse.
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