A 15-year-old schoolboy is awaiting surgery, to treat serious muscle inflammation at the back of his left knee, after he was allegedly forced, by his teacher, to stand and sit 200 times for missing class at a school in Lao Kwan district of Kanchanaburi province.

 

The boy’s mother has demanded 150,000 baht in compensation from the teacher and school, to help cover the medical costs and loss of income while tending to her son.

 

The woman said that she was told by her son on July 23rd that he had pain in his left knee, after the punishment. She said she applied ointment to the affected are and gave him antiseptic medication, but the pain did not subside after a week and she decided to take him to a doctor, who diagnosed serious muscle inflammation and infection, which require minor surgery.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/schoolboy-needs-surgery-after-being-forced-by-teacher-to-stand-and-sit-200-times/

 

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If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

9 minutes ago, Dmaxdan said:

If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

We must turn the other cheek.  If retaliation the only way possible, then we must attack and bomb Russia.  Then they bomb us, and it never ends......Every wrong will be met with a wrong and it will go exponential.    

 

Of course, this is not my country and I never understand the behavior, laws, or anything.......If I was really shocked, I would leave.

 

This will keep happening over and over and over and over and over....

 

maybe the media is reporting 1% of all bad actions.   maybe 0.0001%

Some things are being blowed up.....Students are good , teachers are bad... why not more about the boys behavior?? How many times warned?? Why did the teacher give this punishment??  too less information. Believe me students are real assho... sometimes and some even always

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by ikke1959

Antisceptics???

I fully agree the teacher should pay, then get sacked after payment is made.

A long time ago my cousin, she was about 8 or 9 at the time was continually refused permission by the teacher to go to the toilet. She eventually wet herself. Sent home to change and my grandfather was there. He picked up her wet underwear, walked to the school and slapped the teacher with them.

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by overherebc

13 minutes ago, ikke1959 said:

Some things are being blowed up.....Students are good , teachers are bad... why not more about the boys behavior?? How many times warned?? Why did the teacher give this punishment??  too less information. Believe me students are real assho... sometimes and some even always

The teacher gave him this punishment for being late to class. It is a proven fact that physical punishment does not improve learning outcomes and that should be a teachers main concern. Punishing a student for attending a class late is the worst thing any teacher can do as the punishment, especiallu in this case probably distracted the whole class from learning and wasted many teaching and learning minutes as the teacher oversaw and focused on the delivery of the punishment. 

 

A better response would have been for the student to return at the end of the day and complete or catch up on any missed learning and thereby improve learning outcomes - which is a teachers job. 

And demanded 150,000 baht.

.. .....thainess 

5 minutes ago, Nsp64 said:

And demanded 150,000 baht.

.. .....thainess 

Yes, should be 300,000 baht.

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

Exactly. And then fire the s.o.b. and make sure he can never work as a teacher again, not anywhere.

3 hours ago, jonclark said:

It is a proven fact that physical punishment does not improve learning

So  if a kid  puts  his  hand in a fire he wont learn anything?

1 hour ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

So  if a kid  puts  his  hand in a fire he wont learn anything?

A child will learn fire hurts.

 

But  I think there is a clear difference between a self directed action such as you have described. And a physical punishment imposed on a child by an adult. 

 

 

I'd question the doctor who gave the diagnosis.

I'm not saying that teacher was correct but this story just doesn't add up

3 hours ago, Nsp64 said:

And demanded 150,000 baht.

.. .....thainess 

That is to cover the cost of medical bills and other expenses 

The whole system is rotten to the core. 

Not speaking to the punishment issue but I question the need for surgery for muscle inflammation. Infection also questionable. Sure it probably is inflamed but surgery is pretty serious for inflammation. 200 timesto sit  and stand is hardly severe exercise, especially for an active teen 

7 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

I think what we really should e worried about is an eduction system that in this day and age allows teachers who think like this to stay in a job. Thinking like them and trying to mete out the same punishment is just as bad.

1 hour ago, SidJames said:

I'd question the doctor who gave the diagnosis.

I'm not saying that teacher was correct but this story just doesn't add up

An amateur Sherlock? You have no ideaof te medical details - he may even have had a diagnosed or undiagnosed pre-existing condition. You have no idea of the physical condition of the child - regardless of which corporal punishment is cruel and archaic.

7 minutes ago, Dan O said:

Not speaking to the punishment issue but I question the need for surgery for muscle inflammation. Infection also questionable. Sure it probably is inflamed but surgery is pretty serious for inflammation. 200 timesto sit  and stand is hardly severe exercise, especially for an active teen 

The synovium, is connective tissue that lines the inside of the joint capsule. it's a joint capsule, or articular capsule. It is a bubble-like structure that surrounds joints such as the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, knee, foot and ankle. If inflamed it can be removed by surgery.

7 hours ago, jonclark said:

The teacher gave him this punishment for being late to class. It is a proven fact that physical punishment does not improve learning outcomes and that should be a teachers main concern. Punishing a student for attending a class late is the worst thing any teacher can do as the punishment, especiallu in this case probably distracted the whole class from learning and wasted many teaching and learning minutes as the teacher oversaw and focused on the delivery of the punishment. 

 

A better response would have been for the student to return at the end of the day and complete or catch up on any missed learning and thereby improve learning outcomes - which is a teachers job. 

physical punishment is only accepted in Thailand as I wrote before. Other things not... no sweeping schoolyards, no keep student in the class and not coming back or even write rules...believe me. I was 20 years a teacher here

Edited August 30, 20223 yr by ikke1959

35 minutes ago, Thunglom said:

The synovium, is connective tissue that lines the inside of the joint capsule. it's a joint capsule, or articular capsule. It is a bubble-like structure that surrounds joints such as the shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand, knee, foot and ankle. If inflamed it can be removed by surgery.

Or treated with medication. As I said I would question the need for surgery as the first line of treatment.  Not saying there is no issue just the quick jump to surgery. Without more detail no one knows the true issue with your suggestion only a possibility. 

Kid would get millions for this abuse in the USA

When i was at school we had to do cross country running, i used to ache after it, would that be considered as 'torture' / 'child abuse'?

 

Should i have claimed for compensation?

 

Madness if you ask me

 

2 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

When i was at school we had to do cross country running, i used to ache after it, would that be considered as 'torture' / 'child abuse'?

 

Should i have claimed for compensation?

 

Madness if you ask me

 

No, that wouldn't be  considered to be torture or Child abuse and you shouldn't have claimed compensation 

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

No, that wouldn't be  considered to be torture or Child abuse and you shouldn't have claimed compensation 

Ok, thanks for clearing that up, thought i might be in for a few quid....damn!

9 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

Why?

 

That would be the tail wagging the dog if that happened.

11 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Some things are being blowed up.....Students are good , teachers are bad... why not more about the boys behavior?? How many times warned?? Why did the teacher give this punishment??  too less information. Believe me students are real assho... sometimes and some even always

Punishment??  You mean Torture don't you??       Peace

3 hours ago, proton said:

Kid would get millions for this abuse in the USA

More likely.........the kid would tell him to go <deleted> up a rope, or come back with a gun and shoot him, then get Millions with no jail time. 

12 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

If true then the teacher should be made to suffer the same punishment.

It won't make the knee heal.

 

 

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

physical punishment is only accepted in Thailand as I wrote before. Other things not... no sweeping schoolyards, no keep student in the class and not coming back or even write rules...believe me. I was 20 years a teacher here

Likewise a teacher here for over 20 years and I disagree with everything you have written about what is accepted or not. 

I kind of get the feeling kids must be really unhealthy these days if they get sick after standing and sitting 200 times. Maybe circuit training should be added to the children's gym regime !