Netizens decry school Mothers’ Day activities

[snoop1130]

Netizens decry school Mothers’ Day activities

By The Nation

 

 

As National Mothers’ Day draws near, schools across the country have been staging events for students to express their gratitude towards their mums.

 

However, what happens to children whose mothers cannot show up for the events? 

 

The other day, a set of images went viral on the Internet showing a primary school student sitting on the floor, paying respect to an empty chair. Seated in most of the other chairs in the hall were the mums of her classmates. 

 

Many Netizens posted comments of sympathy, with some saying the youngster must have felt distressed and hurt by her mother’s absence. They also criticised schools for organising such activities, because instead of fostering stronger family ties, they said these events might just sour relationships and hurt children. 

 

A Facebook user vented his frustration, saying: “I hate such activities … Have you ever thought about children who don’t have a mother? Back in my schooldays, I always had to hide myself on such days.”

 

Meanwhile, some Netizens said the girl in the widely-circulated images might not have really felt abandoned, because up close she seemed to be on a video call with someone, who might have been her mother. 

 

National Mothers’ Day is marked on August 12 – Her Majesty Queen Sirikit’s birthday. Her Majesty will be celebrating her 86th birthday this year. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30351909

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-8-10

[Somtamnication]

Pathetic. Even Wai Kru Day is a complete farce. Study, not prostrate!

[MrPatrickThai]

38 minutes ago, Somtamnication said:

Pathetic. Even Wai Kru Day is a complete farce. Study, not prostrate!

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

[Bluespunk]

4 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

While I may not agree with the poster, why are they not allowed to criticise an event?

Edited August 10, 2018 by Bluespunk

[Bluespunk]

8 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

because up close she seemed to be on a video call with someone, who might have been her mother. 

Technology saves the day. 

[kannot]

Total crap as usual, children have no choice in their birth yet they MUST be thankful to their parents. Im sure many of those kids parents never gave it a second thought when they were banging away.

[kannot]

5 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

Yeah brainwashing subservience!! Feel sorry for your kids

[kannot]

1 hour ago, Bluespunk said:

While I may not agree with the poster, why are they not allowed to criticise an event?

Because the Thai Borg says so

[Samui Bodoh]

I am with the Netizens on this one.

 

Why does a Mother's day event take place at school? It is 2018 and there are many, many Mothers who have a job; requiring them to take time off work because the school wants to take time away from learning seems stupid to me.

 

And, for those kids whose Mothers can't make it to the school, there is needless humiliation.

 

Celebrate Mother's day at home; you know, where Mom is?

 

Idiots.

 

 

Edited August 10, 2018 by Samui Bodoh
Lack of coffee

[kannot]

10 minutes ago, Samui Bodoh said:

I am with the Netizens on this one.

 

Why does a Mother's day event take place at school? It is 2018 and there are many, many Mothers who have a job; requiring them to take time off work because the school wants to take time away from learning seems stupid to me.

 

And, for those kids whose Mothers can't make it to the school, there is needless humiliation.

 

Celebrate Mother's day at home; you know, where Mom is?

 

Idiots.

 

 

Because their idea of "Mothers day" is not really about  "Mother" its about the "ultimate Mother" and subservience..Knowing  your  place

[sanemax]

19 minutes ago, kannot said:

Total crap as usual, children have no choice in their birth yet they MUST be thankful to their parents. Im sure many of those kids parents never gave it a second thought when they were banging away.

Strange thing to say .

Considering what their Parents were thinking about whilst they were copulating. most odd

[faraday]

3 minutes ago, kannot said:

Because their idea of "Mothers day" is not really about  "Mother" its about the "ultimate Mother" and subservience..Knowing  your  place

Unless 'Mother' refers to, & pays homage to, the 'Mother of creation'.

 

Being a religious man, such as yourself, I thought you'd know that....

 

?

 

[jouec]

I'm a single Dad, and I just don't take my daughter in for these sort of days.

In fact when she was in her previous school, they told me I couldn't take her in on Mother's Day!

That was a horrendous private school though, full of Army & Police kids. 

The hatred for luk kreungs was palpable as the kids had been brainwashed by their families

[SABloke]

6 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

Because these activities, like so many others, are more about image than substance. If the activity was about mothers then kids without mothers present would not be forced to wai empty chairs, or in some cases have a stand

-in mother played by the nearest at hnmd woman - usually a teacher at the school.? I've got nothing against mothers' day activities at school, but I along with my family and friends (99% who are Thai) decry the wai/graap ceremony forced on the kids.

[Sonhia]

Yet another excuse for wasting educational time by making more money for the cash strapped indebted teachers, with Mercs  BMs,  lands, businesses, houses, designer labels...

 

 

 

 

[Lunchbob]

School is not the place for this.

[kwak250]

At my sons school all children who's mother was not attending were at a seperate area playing sports for the day .

I did go to a fathers day event at the school once and was given the microphone and asked to talk to about 2000 people .

Never went again.

[kannot]

4 hours ago, faraday said:

Unless 'Mother' refers to, & pays homage to, the 'Mother of creation'.

 

Being a religious man, such as yourself, I thought you'd know that....

 

?

 

Oi you cant offend my non religion like that.......?

[overherebc]

3 hours ago, Sonhia said:

Yet another excuse for wasting educational time by making more money for the cash strapped indebted teachers, with Mercs  BMs,  lands, businesses, houses, designer labels...

 

 

 

 

And massive debts.

[MaxYakov]

4 hours ago, jouec said:

I'm a single Dad, and I just don't take my daughter in for these sort of days.

In fact when she was in her previous school, they told me I couldn't take her in on Mother's Day!

That was a horrendous private school though, full of Army & Police kids. 

The hatred for luk kreungs was palpable as the kids had been brainwashed by their families

Are you sure? Maybe so, but also maybe the kids quickly get "brainwashed" the opposite direction (or lose their school indoctrination):

 

Wiki entry for Luk kreung:

 

"In more recent generations, luk khrueng have become accepted and even highly embraced by society, and many luk khrueng have carved out a prominent role in the entertainment industry in which their often-fluent English and their Caucasian features (such as fair skin, larger or colored eyes and tall physique), which are deemed attractive in Thai culture, have proved to be advantageous. Much of the Thai population finds luk khrueng highly attractive because of these features, and within teenage culture, they are also extremely popular.^[6]"

 

Note: The citation [6] for the quotations was a book published in 2001 dealing with "mixed-heritage Asian-Americans".

See also[edit]

• List of luk khrueng people
• Bui doi

[Wilsonandson]

The holiday is observed on Aug. 12 to mark the birthday of the revered Queen Sirikit. Ceremonies and parades celebrate the dual intentions of the holiday, with jasmine the go-to gift.

[Menyang]

12 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

please enlighten us to those positive qualities

[DrTuner]

I've gone to more of these dog and pony shows I care to count over the years. Complete waste of time, but gotta enforce that good old sakdina.

[Jonmarleesco]

8 hours ago, kannot said:

Total crap as usual, children have no choice in their birth yet they MUST be thankful to their parents. Im sure many of those kids parents never gave it a second thought when they were banging away.

So, had you had a choice ... you wouldn't be here. Is that right?

[Thingamabob]

15 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

These ceremonies are ridiculous. No value whatsoever.

[Orton Rd]

Symptomatic of the fuedal hierarchical social system, grovel grovel, know your place and be gratefull. Pathetic, backward and oppressive.

[duanebigsby]

I've taught at 4 different schools here, not one had a Mother's Day ceremony.

The only thing done was let the kids make cards for their moms during one class.

 

[djayz]

16 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

Pleas tell us what positive qualities waiing, prostrating and groveling have taught your children. 

 

It's absolutely revolting in this day and age. 

 

 

 

[jak2002003]

27 minutes ago, djayz said:

Pleas tell us what positive qualities waiing, prostrating and groveling have taught your children. 

 

It's absolutely revolting in this day and age. 

 

 

 

They don't teach 'groveling'.

 

Waiing, and prostrating is just the same is us farangs bowing our heads, shakig hands etc.

 

It teaches the children respect.  Also to acknowledge and show politeness to somebody (something some kids back home don't do as they are too moody or busy on their phone).

 

Its part of Thai society and culture.

 

Teaches children to be calm and control their emotions and think about things for a moment, rather then running about, screaming and throwing tantrums and doing as they wish with no parental or authority control.

 

You might like you kids do as they please, run about and ignore people who speak to them and not engage in conversation with an adult speaking to them... that is your choice. 

 

 

[DM07]

17 hours ago, MrPatrickThai said:

Do you have any children who have been in Thai schools?

 

I've had 4 and these ceremonies taught them a lot of positive qualities.

 

How you even get away with criticizing the event, baffles me.

Please enlighten me: what positive qualities were these?