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14 hours ago, cyril sneer said:

I hope i'm given an ipad and deodrant when i'm fighting for my life

Well they won’t want you going on the internet and kicking up a stink 

On 1/18/2020 at 8:45 PM, sirineou said:

I am not sure if taking a girl out of thailand is like taking a fish out of water is correct. We know several thai couple and as far as I can tell they all seem to thrive. for two of the couples the wife males more money than the Husband, One is a Hairdresser for the Hair cuttery and makes crazy money, the other got a job a seamstress at a parachute factory, and now runs the whole place, wants my wife to go work there, This little Thai  girl jumps out of planes!!! They are required to jump out of the plane with their product, I guess you do a real good job if you are required to use it on yourself LOL

Point made, Give Thai people a chance and they excel.  But that's not good for for me, I love Thailand , I want to be there.

   

Anecdotal evidence is no substitute for reality. The majority of wives taken to the west don’t have great qualifications or where they do they are not relevant to a decent job and their written English is poor due to the education system.Most will be doing menial work. I saw none in uk that had done anything special. The only exception was my stepdaughter whom I brought to UK at 9 and ended up with a good economics degree and subsequent job in commerce. 

Let’s paraphrase this for you.

"We still haven’t a clue so this is a convenient smoke screen for a dumb Thai population to give the impression of progress."

1 hour ago, kiwikeith said:

As someone posted there are good schools.

The problem is you have to pay for them and most Thais can not afford to send there kids there.

There is only a small amount of room at the top and  the elite get all those jobs.

The elite are happy to have a poor standard of education at the low end income working people, as they don't need pressure on their own.

Saying that, they will pounce on children who are genius level and provide them with scholarships and jobs.

 

It is similar world wide with many coming out of university with law degrees and end up working in supermarkets as no room at the top for them unless they are connected.

Very sad world we have these days.

A little pessimistic- if you have a good relevant degree you will be very sought after . My UK educated Thai stepdaughter with a 1st in economics and her English partner (1st in Chemistry) took one interview each to land their respective jobs in the City of their choice so they could live together.

The more highly educated population you have will similarly generate business and work to match. Singapore is a great example.

Thailand’s lowly and worsening position in the PISA educational tables which measures 15 year olds are a depressing glimpse into the future along with googling IQ by country. 

"Productivity isn’t everything but in the end it’s almost everything ".

54 minutes ago, saengd said:

But simple arithmetic rules

There’s their problem,right there ???? 

Another official with an ill thought through,unrealistic top of the head pronouncement reinforcing my theory of the THICK Gene.

This sounds like a smoke screen to disguise the embarrassment that they haven’t really got a clue.

14 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

He must have some size legs !! 

20cm would have been right through mine ????

These figures were supplied by TAT with their usual 'mark up'.

They could sell ONE of Prawit's watches to fund the reward...unless his 'friend' wants them back.

4 hours ago, Don Mega said:

Whats a Can ?

Like one of those stupid comically large exhausts moronic Thais fit to trucks...but the opposite effect! ???? 

Get any Re entry permit you require at the same session with the IO when extending your visa . They last the same amount of time and put any old dates on the application form,they are irrelevant.

Luckily in the end they’ll all see the funny side realising it was all just a big joke...

20 hours ago, Bullie said:

Tech industry in Thailand is being relocated elsewhere for lack of skilled technicians, and an appalling lack of English skills.

As to the number of graduates churned out by Thai Universities: me thinks it is the wrong question to ask. What is the QUALITY of graduates would be a more appropriate question. Here again, English-speaking and understanding skills (the lingua franca of the world) are sadly missing.

 

What with the dwindling number of tourists, and all the other navel staring qualities the Thai posses, I would say they are rapidly progressing towards the exit, instead of aspiring to even BE a middle income zone (top 5 percent of pop. excluded).

Succinct, to which I would add look at Thailand’s lowly and worsening position in the PISA educational tables fir a glimpse of the future....and the average IQ.

16 minutes ago, Dionigi said:

even the average Thai knows to buy low and sell high. Plus they can show off how wealthy they are.

Sophisticated investors cannot say for certain when it’s high or low unless with hindsight- the average Thai knows far less. 

More to do with dressing up like a tawdry Xmas tree when in reality theyve got little else. Empty vessels make most noise.

20 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

I'll sacrifice showering alone and shower with a sexy Thai lady if it will help in the drought relief effort

At least that may end your own 'personal drought ' ???? 

34 minutes ago, Hoppyone said:

At least he came outside fully clothed

Came inside too...

"having a massage at the time"

So the story had a happy ending and Big Joke saw the funny side ?

14 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

The Thai's are slowly starting to get the message, they need a democratic government free of any military involvements, suffice to say, it backfired Prayut, I reckon you will be out before they year is out and the constitution will be changed in due course, rightfully so, well, I can hope.

That 43% say they’re not bothered about the dissolution of a legitimate serious opposition party shows just how backward their understanding is.

Anyway that’s just bickering..  ????