Pattaya throws up two of the brightest students in the land - 100% in Maths and English

 

Pictures: Sophon Cable

 

Sophon Cable TV reporting on Facebook said that Pattaya was enjoying the reflected glory of two boys who have managed to get 100% in their respective exams.

 

One is a Thai and one is Filipino and they achieved the perfect scores in tough O-Net tests in the Thai system.

 

The first is "Cho" or Chotiwat Premprasertsuk a M6 pupil at Photisamphan Pithakarn School who got the top score in Maths.

 

 

He said modestly that he just comes from a normal family who insists on hard work at school. He wasn't much into reading outside class but always gave his best at school in lessons.

 

Like many boys he was not that bothered at school in the early years of secondary education. He really got going between M4 and M6 (the last three years of secondary).

 

The other to bring glory to Pattaya was Filipino native Yuri Genesis Kapis a Year 3A student at the international program at Thailand Educational Hub. He got 100% in English in an exam that he said was exacting.

 

He said, too, that his family were strict about education but while phone usage was banned from Monday to Friday weekends were a different matter - he could do as he pleased then.

 

When it came to homework mum was always on hand to help out.

 

But key for him was always doing his best in class - and that meant asking the teacher for help whenever he didn't understand.

 

Source: Sophon Cable

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-04-10

You can get 100% in a maths exam if you get all the answers right, but I never heard of 100% in a language exam.

OK lets see the math exam !

I've just been chatting to a Filipino on the baht bus. His English was better than many of the native speakers I have come accross here. He was on his way to an hotel where he gives English lessons to the staff.

Kid in the top photo looks about 26yrs old :)

Well done boys maths and English great later learn to drive and really impress.

Wasn't there some concern by some parents about bringing up kids in Pattaya in another thread recently.

This is a recommenbation for a couple of the schools.

Before any mean comments arise, congrats to these  kids !!!....I'm sure they speak better English then most of the grouches here (incl. myself) speak Thai.

Edited April 10, 20188 yr by observer90210

Well done boys. 

 

Never much good news in Pattaya.

But hey, it can surprise some times.

Good Job

 

Edited April 10, 20188 yr by stanleycoin

26 minutes ago, observer90210 said:

Before any mean comments arise, congrats to these  kids !!!....I'm sure they speak better English then most of the grouches here (incl. myself) speak Thai.

I don't know "most", and won't guess about the fluency of anyone I haven't met. That being said, good job young men.

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He got 100% in English in an exam that he said was exacting

Did he really say that or did the reporter score around average (25%) on his exam in the past?

 

[Or am i naking a fool out of myself and is this the correct word?]

55 minutes ago, Bob12345 said:

Did he really say that or did the reporter score around average (25%) on his exam in the past?

 

[Or am i naking a fool out of myself and is this the correct word?]

The latter.

1 hour ago, Bob12345 said:

Did he really say that or did the reporter score around average (25%) on his exam in the past?

 

[Or am i naking a fool out of myself and is this the correct word?]

 

Google exacting to know and understand what most schools probably don't teach in the United States. Thank you.

 

Well done lads !

 

Congratulations on fine exam results. You are a credit to yourselves, your Parents and your School.

 

I wish there were more Children such as you guys in Thailand. Good luck to you both in the future.

 

As suggested we'd like to look at the said exams. Sadly we never will.

 

Well done all the same ???

4 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

You can get 100% in a maths exam if you get all the answers right, but I never heard of 100% in a language exam.

It is a written test.... no oral testing..... as such 100% is achievable by a number of students, not just in Pattaya.....

A Thai friend daughter (12 Years old and both parents are Thai) speak fluent English with no accent. It is all a question of education..

Of cause she went to private since her parents are wealthy..

of course no mention of the obvious influence all around them living in the scholarly academic hub of pattaya

1 hour ago, Bob12345 said:

Did he really say that or did the reporter score around average (25%) on his exam in the past?

 

[Or am i naking a fool out of myself and is this the correct word?]

ex·act·ing

iɡˈzaktiNG/

adjective

 

1. making great demands on one's skill, attention, or other resources.

   "living up to such exacting standards"

   synonyms:

   demanding, stringent, testing, challenging, onerous, arduous, laborious, taxing, grueling, punishing, hard, tough More

a written language test has very little to do with real ''conversational ability'',trying to keep up to a native speaker is the challenge...but kudos to the boys and their parents..

5 hours ago, observer90210 said:

Before any mean comments arise, congrats to these  kids !!!....I'm sure they speak better English then most of the grouches here (incl. myself) speak Thai.

Actually I have met , just a few  , UK speakers in Pattaya  who to me  -  were completely unintelligible !

 

Somehow , the bar girls get by making a living and coping with many languages and accents - maybe they should all get a certificate too !

 

7 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

Kid in the top photo looks about 26yrs old :)

That's what i thought, bit like them children that were let into the UK a couple of years back moustache and all of 38 yrs old or thereabouts!

Must add though, well done boys, even rhough one is Filipino,m and in Pattaya too!

Edited April 10, 20188 yr by maxcorrigan
more info

8 hours ago, Stoker58 said:

You can get 100% in a maths exam if you get all the answers right, but I never heard of 100% in a language exam.

I can understand some kid who is native English speaking  getting 100% in an English exam set by a Thai examination board as the standard of English spoken by Thai's is very poor grammar wise, what would make things difficult for most kids is top results would depend on the teachers abilities... 

Well done 

I am surprised a Thai can math without a calculator 

A philipino can English I am not surprised the can speak better English end most of people 

Lots of things get thrown up in Pattaya, usually including diced carrots

22 hours ago, mvdf said:

 

Google exacting to know and understand what most schools probably don't teach in the United States. Thank you.

 

I am not american and not a native english speaker. The world is bigger than the US/UK.

On 4/10/2018 at 11:55 AM, champers said:

I've just been chatting to a Filipino on the baht bus. His English was better than many of the native speakers I have come accross here. He was on his way to an hotel where he gives English lessons to the staff.

Well, they were an American colony and Americans speak a kind of pidgin English

19 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

I am surprised a Thai can math without a calculator

 

But what do you know? GIYF.

 

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30321396

 

 

40 minutes ago, Krataiboy said:

Well, they were an American colony and Americans speak a kind of pidgin English

 

1. Yes. 2. No, most Americans speak Standard English perhaps with a regional but still intelligible accent. Hence most Filipinos, not to mention most non-native English speakers, do speak better English than Brits, most of whom speak some dialect, unable to use Received Pronunciation.

Edited April 11, 20188 yr by JSixpack

On 4/10/2018 at 4:03 PM, wirat69 said:

It is a written test.... no oral testing..... as such 100% is achievable by a number of students, not just in Pattaya.....

 

Achievable but seldom is achieved--which is the point of the OP. Check the average scores not just in Pattaya.