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Thai children shortchanged
News, Published on 06/09/2013
» Is it true that the quality of Thai education is the worst among Asean countries? Pavich Thongroj, adviser to the education minister plunged the country into gloom earlier this week when he said Thailand's education ranks last after Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei Darussalam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.
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Technological leaps create losers too
News, Published on 06/09/2013
» History is littered with technologies that were once hailed as the next big thing. That can be annoying for consumers when they realise that, say, the quadrophonic stereo they purchased was a waste of money. But when companies bet on the wrong technologies, the consequences can be devastating for them.
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Learning how to fail
News, Published on 06/09/2013
» A new World Economic Forum (WEF) survey ranks Thailand 8th out of 10 Southeast Asian countries in terms of education quality, despite relatively high spending, (BP, Sept 4). I don't care much for rankings. Neither do I care how much rote learning can be crammed in their brains, nor do I give credence to college or university degrees.
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Thailand's divide running deep and wide
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 06/09/2013
» The latest gauge of Thailand's divisiveness transpired last Monday with a misnamed event titled "Uniting for the Future: Learning from Each Other's Experiences". Its outcome was almost predictably discouraging.
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Investing in family farmers will help feed the world
News, Published on 06/09/2013
» Right now, 870 million people in the world are hungry. In Thailand alone, an estimated five million people do not get enough to eat. Thailand, along with 37 other countries, surpassed the UN Millennium Development Goal of halving its 1990 hunger rate three years ahead of the 2015 deadline, and the UN reports that many other countries are on track to do the same by 2015. But before the world gives itself a collective pat on the back, it's important to realise nearly one in eight people are still hungry.
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Drugs and children don't mix
Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 06/09/2013
» Children are our future. But if some children in some schools choose to take painkillers together with soft drinks because they are told by some older students that combining the two will create drug-like effects, our future might not be as good as we anticipate.
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Driving me (dough)nuts!
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/09/2013
» In the latest incident of "Thailand Offends People Yet Again", the local Dunkin' Donuts franchise has recently come under harsh criticism. No, it isn't because they came out with a nasty pla ra-flavoured pastry, nor is it because customers were feeling cheated that their doughnuts had a hole in it (hardy har har).
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Think you know what's happening in the world around you?
Guru, Sumati Sivasiamphai, Published on 06/09/2013
» Well, Guru doesn't and we need your help! See if you can answer these amazingly difficult questions and win yourself the joy of being right!
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Why pay them pensions?
Veera Prateepchaikul, Published on 06/09/2013
» A life-long pension of 15,000 baht a month for former lawmakers may not seem a huge amount of money these days, but the handout begs a big question: is it justifiable to continue paying these politicians, who are already better off than most people in this country.
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