snoop1130 Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 A school in Thailand’s western province of Kanchanaburi has backed off its plan for kindergarten students to wear military style fatigues once a week, after it came under heavy criticism for unnecessarily increasing the financial burden on parents and for its supposed military indoctrination. The school will, however, still require Grade 3 kindergarteners to undergo territorial defence training, albeit without the uniform. Keep up to date with all things Thailand - Join our daily ASEAN NOW Thailand Newsletter - Click to subscribe The students will also be required to wear a vest featuring flags of ASEAN member countries on top of their student uniforms every Friday and a track suit every Wednesday. Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/thai-school-drops-military-style-uniforms-for-kindergarteners-after-backlash/ -- © Copyright Thai PBS 2022-05-12 - Cigna offers a range of visa-compliant plans that meet the minimum requirement of medical treatment, including COVID-19, up to THB 3m. For more information on all expat health insurance plans click here. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orinoco Posted May 12, 2022 Share Posted May 12, 2022 Good job + 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzaa09 Posted May 12, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 12, 2022 Hmmmm.... I'd be more curious as to where this outrage might be coming from and the general percentage of those crying out. A selected provincial outrage or a growing countrywide trend? Remember the good old days when journalistic news features were extensive and follow ups expected. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post hotchilli Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The school will, however, still require Grade 3 kindergarteners to undergo territorial defence training, albeit without the uniform. Are we due an invasion? 4 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 13 hours ago, zzaa09 said: Remember the good old days when journalistic news features were extensive and follow ups expected. The good old days are gone... no point reminiscing. Polish your boots and get in line. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 13 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The school will, however, still require Grade 3 kindergarteners to undergo territorial defence training, albeit without the uniform. I bet at that age they would be a real help in the defence of Thailand. Utter nutcases 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post spidermike007 Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 It is necessary for society to push back against nonsense. Especially anything related to the extremely toxic military here. Kids should not be influenced by these uniforms, and made to feel as if there is anything to gain by being a part of this creepy organization. 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Misterwhisper Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 20 hours ago, snoop1130 said: The school will, however, still require Grade 3 kindergarteners to undergo territorial defence training So they can later fit in perfectly with those "other" kindergarteners stuck in adult bodies, a.k.a. the Thai Army? 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Excel Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 hours ago, hotchilli said: Are we due an invasion? Apparently the Thai government are trembling at the thought of an unseen enemy crossing the border and releasing billions of vials of human intelligence onto the unsuspecting Thai nation. ???? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Excel said: Apparently the Thai government are trembling at the thought of an unseen enemy crossing the border and releasing billions of vials of human intelligence onto the unsuspecting Thai nation. ???? All they got was a present from China... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burma Bill Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 21 hours ago, snoop1130 said: still require Grade 3 kindergarteners to undergo territorial defence training, as in "Lord of the Flies"????? Edited May 13, 2022 by Burma Bill additional information 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misterwhisper Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 1 hour ago, Excel said: Apparently the Thai government are trembling at the thought of an unseen enemy crossing the border and releasing billions of vials of human intelligence onto the unsuspecting Thai nation. ???? Finally a "biological attack" that everybody should embrace with open arms. Except the Thai government, of course. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzaa09 Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 6 hours ago, spidermike007 said: It is necessary for society to push back against nonsense. Especially anything related to the extremely toxic military here. Kids should not be influenced by these uniforms, and made to feel as if there is anything to gain by being a part of this creepy organization. Such societal rumblings of challenging and questioning the faux and mindless authority [certainly en masse] will be slow to evolve when the greater percentage still feel a romance [to varying degrees] towards traditional patronage. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scorecard Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 (edited) 17 minutes ago, zzaa09 said: Such societal rumblings of challenging and questioning the faux and mindless authority [certainly en masse] will be slow to evolve when the greater percentage still feel a romance [to varying degrees] towards traditional patronage. And while they keep being reminded that at school or in fact in many situations 'you're not allowed to ask questions, that's rude'. Edited May 13, 2022 by scorecard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post billd766 Posted May 13, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted May 13, 2022 11 hours ago, hotchilli said: Are we due an invasion? If the military need the support of grade 3 kindergartners it shows how powerful the Thai military really is. I have no printable words to describe the school director. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maybole Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 I am reminded of George Orwell's novel 1984 where all schoolchildren were required to be members of s paramilitary organisation called "the Spies" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greeneking Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 When the all the pillars of the country say a good citizen must be ripped of their potential to be a fully developed human being it has all gone wrong. Praise the state, praise the army. praise the Buddha and praise the........ missing ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotchilli Posted May 13, 2022 Share Posted May 13, 2022 9 hours ago, billd766 said: If the military need the support of grade 3 kindergartners it shows how powerful the Thai military really is. I have no printable words to describe the school director. The indoctrination must start early to sow the seed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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