Famous Thai school plunged into new abuse scandal

[JeffersLos]

4 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

At one Sarasas Samut Prakan last year, sadly concert cancelled this year

 

Is that them being led away to H-Block Punishment Chamber? 

[Dumbastheycome]

6 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Thw president of these schools said this. How can the teachers be expected to have a healthy attitude, when the director is a half man, without any willingness to take any responsibility?

 

“We don’t need more meetings,” Piboon said. “I’m afraid it will end up like the red shirts today. What’re they cheering about? They’re not showing courtesy. They’re not willing to fix it.”

 

“They just want to win,” he went on. “Please give the school an opportunity to address it. We come in peace and I would like to apologize to the parents.”

 

You have failed both the parents and the students, repeatedly. 

 

Is it that hard to find a decent school here? I would transfer my kid in a nanosecond. They don't deserve the patronage. 

And of  course if it had  not eventuated in the exposure of events there would have been no incentive at all  to "address the problem " !

[Scott]

2 hours ago, Bredbury Blue said:

 

Some readers may not have picked up that Sarasas schools are bi-lingual schools, they are very popular amongst Thais to give their kids a good grounding in English. Lessons are held in English, and in Thai.

 

My lads who go to another Sarasas school tell me being smacked/hit by teachers isn't uncommon but it's the female Thai teachers to be wary of.

That's true.   In my 25+ years in education, I saw a lot of discipline, but it was almost always the Thai staff.  Foreign teachers were advised to keep their hands off the kids.  Parents were much more willing to accept physical punishment from a Thai teacher than having a foreigner discipline their child.  

If students were misbehaving, foreign teachers were told to get a Thai teacher to come and deal with it. 

When I started in Thailand, caning was still permitted and most teachers had a nice stick handy and were quick to use it.   If I walked around the classroom carrying a ruler, the students were much more focused on the ruler than on what I was saying.  

[connda]

Why does the abuse keep happening?

Because the government allows it to keep happening.
Two tiered justice.

[connda]

On 12/26/2020 at 2:19 PM, Thaiwrath said:

Absolute disgrace.

As the police have been notified, let's hope some charges are brought against him, although, unfortunately, I doubt it.

Haven't you noticed?
Incident after incident after incident happens.
The owner tells the authorities and clients to ***** themselves.
The authorities do nothing but issue hot air.

Then?  Wash rinse repeat. 

Why parents don't pull their kids out is a mystery to me other than perhaps these kids parents want an abusive authority figure to abuse their children to instill a fear of authority in them. 

Me?  Tape my child's mouth shut with tape?
When I show up?  Use your imagination. 
"You'd never do anything!"
Trust me - yes I would.  So I can't understand the Thai parents who leave their children in a school with a track record of abuse.