"Likay" mum seeks justice for son assaulted by English teacher

[webfact]

"Likay" mum seeks justice for son assaulted by English teacher

 

Picture: Daily News

 

SUPHANBURI: -- A well known mother who is a Likay performer took her ten year old son to the police yesterday after she said he was hit by an English teacher at school.

 

Matsaya Ratanakun, 31, who tours all over Thailand with the Thiwaporn Ngamwilai troupe of performers, said that her son First was usually left in the care of her parents.

 

She came back on Friday and her son said he had been hit on the buttocks by a teacher called Charnchai because he had not handed in his homework.

 

Next day when the bruises showed she decided to post the pictures of her son's behind on Facebook.

 

A Thai language teacher messaged her to ask her to take the pictures down as the teacher concerned was denying he did it.

 

This enraged the mother further so she decided to go to police.

 

Police took their own pictures of the boy's rear before sending him to hospital for a check.

 

They have contacted the director of the school in Pho Phraya sub-district of Suphanburi and will be interviewing the teacher involved to get to the bottom of the matter.

 

Source: Daily News

 

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[Just1Voice]

They seriously need to make striking a child a felony offense.  This happens far too often, many times going unreported, and that needs to stop.  My adopted son is a school teacher, and when I talked to him about this in the past, he said that any teacher who hits a child should be stripped of their teaching credentials and go to prison for no less than a year. 

 

[rkidlad]

6 minutes ago, webfact said:

Police took their own pictures of the boy's rear before sending him to hospital for a check

And now, for some bizarre reason,  the same pictures are there for everyone to see. Could have just told us about it. Really didn't need the pics. We believe you.

 

As for the teacher who hit the kid, it's not okay to hit adults but apparently it seems acceptable to hit kids. Go figure. 

[DLang]

Nothing serious - like actual charges of assault or child abuse - will happen.

 

 

The Thai police simply don't charge teachers when they physically assault and abuse young child in their 'care'.

 

 

Just part of the backward, medieval culture Thais stick to with all their might and ignorance. 

 

[Eric Loh]

What ever happened to those old school punishment like flying feather duster, ruler knuckle tap, stand in the corner or outside and the rubber band snap. No reason enough to out your hands to any part of the student anatomy. 

[z42]

Just dreadful, if you can't educate without using battery to make even the simplest of points, then you shouldn't be allowed anywhere near a classroom.

As the only thing Thais truly fear is a large monetary sanction, the only solution is striking teachers off and removing all monetary perks if they use violence against students

Edited September 4, 2017 by z42

[4MyEgo]

Ass-ault, time for the government to step in and warn every principal and every teacher, that ass-ault on any student will be met with immediate dismissal and criminal charges filed, and if the principal knew of it and failed to take the necessary required action, i.e. dismiss the teacher and report the matter to the police and appropriate government department, they should also be dismissed, no cover ups, nuff said ! 

Edited September 4, 2017 by 4MyEgo

[kingkenny]

They have contacted the director of the school in Pho Phraya sub-district of Suphanburi and will be interviewing the teacher involved to get to the bottom of the matter.

 

Seems the police do have a sense of humour.

 

 

[wildewillie89]

The problem is if they go hard on the teachers, then not many teachers would be left in the country. Of course, going hard is what we think is the right thing to do, but it would result in schools being closed. Probably needs to be a complete shift in culture/education - and then if teachers go against that then termination should occur. So rather than the schools taking the teachers for useless 3 or 4 day 'study' trips to the beach costing millions of baht, just have a educational seminar regarding this issue. Obviously must incorporate the police, as in Thai, public servants are all on the same level. So a police member is seen as almost like a colleague to a teacher. 
 

The other problem is the older generation controlling the culture of the schools. A young teacher fresh out of university started at my workplace not long ago. You could tell she was a hardworking individual who would not lay a hand on any students. However, seeing as every single other teacher does hit the kids, then it didn't take long for her almost to be forced into doing it herself. Almost like she would be looked down on if she didn't. Not many Thai have the strong will to stand up for things, especially if they are not officials yet as their job is generally not guaranteed. 

Sadly, it is also entrenched in the students minds. If a student misbehaves the rest of the class will tell you to hit them. Better just to take away part of their lunch time. Hitting is 5 seconds of pain, a lunch time is an hour of listening to all your friends have fun. But that would require some sort of effort on the teacher's part. We can all dream. I would suggest having a battle plan in place and a talk to the director if your kids are about to start school though.

[Essecola]

Nothing will happen. 

[geriatrickid]

30 minutes ago, rkidlad said:

And now, for some bizarre reason,  the same pictures are there for everyone to see. Could have just told us about it. Really didn't need the pics. We believe you.

 

As for the teacher who hit the kid, it's not okay to hit adults but apparently it seems acceptable to hit kids. Go figure. 

The pictures are necessary. I kid you not, but past threads on similar events have been dismissed outright by multiple members with excuses such as;

- Spare the rod, spoil the child formats;

- It probably was nothing

- Thai kids deserve beatings.

 

Some people need to see the  results of child abuse to  get it through their ignorant skulls that inflicting a beating on child is wrong and leaves lasting physical and emotional wounds. 

 

This teacher needs to be found and charged with physical assault upon a child and sent to prison if convicted. 

[jak2002003]

Nothing will happen.  It seems normal for teachers, parents, family to physically abuse their kids here.  

 

Children are lower down in the social ranking than even a filthy street dog by the look of it... because if someone kicks a vicious dog that is trying to bit them, then that is serious cruelty and the person will be named, shamed and punished, but if someone hits, injures a child in their care NOTHING happens.... all to do with loosing face I suppose. 

[darksidedog]

The teacher should consider himself extremely fortunate that the father hasn't been down to the school with a few of his mates. Many of the locals seem to enjoy a six on one kicking, and while not justice per se, it might have an impact on reducing this sort of thing in the future once word gets round. The authorities certainly don't appear to be doing much to rein it in.

[DLang]

4 minutes ago, darksidedog said:

the father

Probably buggered off before he was born. 

[chowny77]

To be honest the teacher should have talked with the parents about their kids behaviour and then leave it up to the parents to issue what they seemed fit as a punishment, rather than doing it themselves. There is a very thin line between corrective punishment and out right sadistic punishment. I know I was thrashed as a child when I was bad but it made me understand right and wrong. Looking today at this generation, they get away with murder and complain if they get shouted at, let alone if someone would take a belt to them.

 

[Brigante7]

"And will be interviewing the teacher involved to get to the bottom of the matter:

 

Sorry but I had to laugh at that, but on a serious note, smacking a child so that a mark is left is wrong, nothing wrong with a short sharp shock but not leaving bruise's.

 

 

 

Btigante7

[wildewillie89]

33 minutes ago, chowny77 said:

To be honest the teacher should have talked with the parents about their kids behaviour and then leave it up to the parents to issue what they seemed fit as a punishment, rather than doing it themselves. There is a very thin line between corrective punishment and out right sadistic punishment. I know I was thrashed as a child when I was bad but it made me understand right and wrong. Looking today at this generation, they get away with murder and complain if they get shouted at, let alone if someone would take a belt to them.

 

If physical punishment was effective, then this story wouldn't have made the news in the first place, as in theory the kid should not have misbehaved.  

[BangkokReady]

5 hours ago, Just1Voice said:

They seriously need to make striking a child a felony offense.

They would first need to create a society where something being against the law is a deterrent to people.

[way2muchcoffee]

Right, wrong, or indifferent.   Corporal punishment is the norm in Thai schools, regardless of any law in place.   It is condoned by teachers, school administrators, police, and just about every parent.   Throughout the world there are a wide variety of beliefs and practices with regard to punishment of children.  It is the right of each country to determine a position that is consistent with tradition and cultural values.  It is not my place to judge.

[overherebc]

Not sure if it still happens but in some units in the British Army young new fresh officers were sometimes put in the guardroom for a day and night and treated as a normal squaddie, except for the 'Sir' at the end of every order to let them experience it.

How about something similar for teachers who advocate using a cane on a child? 

3 strokes on the backside so they are aware of the pain and humiliation it causes a child.

A slap on the ear from your dad is a whole different ballgame if you've done something wrong or stupid because you probably deserve it and it's usually not in front of all your friends.

[Bluespunk]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

They have contacted the director of the school in Pho Phraya sub-district of Suphanburi and will be interviewing the teacher involved to get to the bottom of the matter.

For pity's sake. 

 

Violence disguised as discipline should be taken more seriously than this. 

Edited September 4, 2017 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

5 hours ago, kingkenny said:

They have contacted the director of the school in Pho Phraya sub-district of Suphanburi and will be interviewing the teacher involved to get to the bottom of the matter.

 

Seems the police do have a sense of humour.

 

 

Really?

 

Not seeing it, myself. 

 

Edited September 4, 2017 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

12 minutes ago, way2muchcoffee said:

Right, wrong, or indifferent.   Corporal punishment is the norm in Thai schools, regardless of any law in place.   It is condoned by teachers, school administrators, police, and just about every parent.   Throughout the world there are a wide variety of beliefs and practices with regard to punishment of children.  It is the right of each country to determine a position that is consistent with tradition and cultural values.  It is not my place to judge.

As a teacher, it is mine and I do. 

 

Whoever is is responsible for this, has no place in a school. 

[phantomfiddler]

Let,s be a little more precise here ! The son was not assaulted by an English teacher, but by a Thai teacher of the English language :)

[Confuscious]

I don't understand this forum.

The teacher has denied to have beaten the boy.
And it is not proved yet that she/he was the one who did it.

Yet, ALL the answers from TV members are condemning the teacher and want her/him to be punished.

Too many Sherlock Holmes here and to much time on their hands.

Lucky if the teacher will not sue TV for Libel.

[USPatriot]

If that was my kid the teachers English would be perfect and sound like this.

 

No don't please stop, help me someone.

[bendejo]

What about all the grief the kid is now going through, being teased by his classmates for seeing a picture of his booty in the news?  That's punishment in itself.

 

 

[ericthai]

16 hours ago, Eric Loh said:

What ever happened to those old school punishment like flying feather duster, ruler knuckle tap, stand in the corner or outside and the rubber band snap. No reason enough to out your hands to any part of the student anatomy. 

when I was in school it was a good paddle on the butt, however you had to be sent to the principles office for him/her to do the paddling and then a phone call to mom or dad.. I must admit I got a few in my days.

[IAMHERE]

Kids and women seem to be Thai societies punching bags. 

[theguyfromanotherforum]

16 hours ago, way2muchcoffee said:

Right, wrong, or indifferent.   Corporal punishment is the norm in Thai schools, regardless of any law in place.   It is condoned by teachers, school administrators, police, and just about every parent.   Throughout the world there are a wide variety of beliefs and practices with regard to punishment of children.  It is the right of each country to determine a position that is consistent with tradition and cultural values.  It is not my place to judge.

 

So, if I was teaching English here it would be perfectly fine for me to smack your kid silly.