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It isclear that the Thai government will not change any article of the constitution. The army, elite and the ones in charge will never accept the risk of losing power

4 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Don't drive drunk, don't drive without a helmet, don't speed and make sure you have the appropriate licence...not too hard to understand...if you can't at least do this, you have no right to complain whatsoever 

Than the police has a lot of to do as many Thais every day without being fined, but if a foreigner does it it is payment time

What is fair treatment? If you behave normal nothing is the matter. But no helmet wearing, as an example, is being fined more for foreigners than Thai. No driverslicense same. That is not fair and equal. Same for vaping which is forbidden, but is even done by policeoffers too. Same law, ssme rules but same punishments is not always the same for netizens and foreigners

2 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

Pain the backside law. When I am shopping for my groceries, it is idiotic that I cannot purchase a bottle of wine at 3 pm.  If there is a concern that young people are drinking, then  age check them when they purchase.

Even impossible at Makro that is in fact a wholesale shop for other shops... But common sense is in Thailand not available

Implement what you want, but as long as police officers, Government officials, teachers, military and many more are vaping how can you ever enforce this rule.. Much easier is to control it and make it more expensive and just like alcohol a minimum age 

In Thailand there are many outdated laws,  and this is one of them.. So called to protect kids from consuming alcohol, but what is the effect of it?? Normally students are in school but after 11.00 to 1400 they have a lunchbreak, but than alcohol is available to buy. Reason is easy... There are many parties with lunches and monks for weddings etc and than people must be able to drink, and after 17.00 the students go home and can buy if they want as there is no restriction anymore... So still my question what is the use of this stupid law, that only affects tourist and adults. And drunk driving starts often already after the party at 11.00 as they can drink. Solve it easily. Don't sell alcohol  to people younger than 21 and by doubt ask for a id card... All problems solved., as those who living in Thailand and want to drink will get their alcohol anyway, but complaining that tourists stay away is normal with this kind of law.. Going to Spain ], Greece, or wherever and it 15.00 everybody can buy a beer, as here in the heat of Thailand it is not possible and not everybody is alcohol addicted

22 minutes ago, digger70 said:

That goes the Other way as well .

How can a  English Teacher communicate with Thai students if that Teacher Can't Speak Thai to Explain things .

Ok he can speak proper English But that is it.

That  is  My biggest argument  

My partner came to my country and had to learn Dutch.. However my partner only could speak Thai, not English or another language.. But after a few months he could speak read and write Dutch, much more even than Thai students know about English after 6 years in primary school. But my partner was motivated to learn and in my country there is no "no way to fail law".. If you don't learn or something you fail. How can a Thai teacher teach English if she/he is not able to speak with me in English??? The best way to learn a language is only use that language...Even Thai teachers could improve...

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

I have a Thai friend who runs an English school near me. He was taught in the US and came back and opened the school. He asked me to talk to some of his students because I'm a native English speaker with no accent, which is the easiest way for the students to learn proper English. He hires other English speakers from a few countries to teach his students, but he wants them to only speak English while they are there, which is a good idea as the students need to work harder to learn, and it has shown in his students as many speak English very well.

 

Thai students are supposed to have English taught in their schools but it's very poor. My daughter who is 8 speaks better English than her English teacher and I'm the only one she learns from as her mom is too dense and non caring to try and help her with her English so she has it easier when we move to the US.

 

The school owner knows all about other schools as he visits many of them throughout the calendar year all over this area, and sometimes to other provinces to give 2-3 day seminars, where his teachers go and have classes throughout the time they are there to help them in a kind of crash course. I went with them a number of times and in all ages and you can see that some children can speak pretty well and some almost nothing, which shows some children want to learn and some couldn't give a dam.

 

Thailand should push for easier ways for English teachers to teach so they could help the children, which gives them a better chance for a higher paying job. The Thai teachers here, at least the ones I've seen or heard about, aren't too swift as English teachers, sometimes just handing out papers for the children to copy. They can write many words but don't know what they mean so it's useless.

Indeed... English camps are all in Thai except the papers..

Another unnecessary victim of the unawareness of Thai people caused by lack of no enforcement of any law by the RTP, teachings at school, responsibility of parents and in this case temples. The "mai pen rai" attitude as I always call it is damaging the country more and more year after year..I see kids in my soi and neighbourhood too driving and they learn to drive incorrectly and what you learn incorrectly is very difficult to change  

51 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

The problem is that there are too many unqualified foreign teachers.

An unqualified teacher can sometimes better than a qualified teacher... All Thai teachers are qualified, but their teachings are terrible. How can you learn to speak English if the teacher even can't.. That will motivate students...

The problem is to find in the MInistry of Education, Kurusapha, as many foreign teachers don't get a permission anymore to teach. That means a lot of paperwork more for schools and the labour departments refuse or reject the work permits.. All due to too strict regulations. Goal of the previous Government is to keep foreign teachers from teaching in Thailand, as they could open the eyes of the students.  On the other hand the Thai English Education is more than terrible. Happily I am retired, but the young English teachers in the school were I was teaching avoided me because they could not speak with me and a vice director was even a Master in English and could not talk to me too. Just to mention... I was wondering how she became a Master .. No wonder you don't see many foreign teachers anymore in schools. 

Besides that the always pass system make the students lazy to learn and are not willing to work or do anything. Even Thai English teachers I spoke in the past are wondering why many students after 6 years still can't count from 1 to 20 and many don't even can't answer the basic questions as How old are you, What is your name... No wonder 

And for fully qualified appropriate requirements nobody comes here to work for 35k a month in normal schools..Their qualifications are much more worth. Surely compared with the low education of the Thai English teachers