Rayong: Schoolkids pitch in to help clear up muddy water that flooded their school

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Sanook Thai Caption: Scooping out muddy water

 

Sanook reported from Ban Chang in Rayong on Thailand's eastern seaboard where severe flooding following hours of torrential rain left many areas inundated.

 

One such place was a property that is very used to flooding in the area, the Wat Ban Chang School.

 

After the rain came the mud and a big clear up operation involving teachers and students before other helpers got involved. Many buildings including the canteen and Year 6 classrooms were under 30 cms of water. 

 

Other flooding happened at markets and community shopping areas in the town. 

 

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[Bert got kinky]

 

It's ridiculous that in this day and age school children are being used for jobs like this, when everyone knows that they are better suited to concreting golf courses.

 

Edited September 13, 2022 by Bert got kinky

[AsianAtHeart]

19 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said:

 

It's ridiculous that in this day and age school children are being used for jobs like this, when everyone knows that they are better suited to concreting golf courses.

 

Good to see that students learn practical skills again.  I suspect at least a few of them must be mulling the possibilities for flood prevention, and thinking of ways to avoid this cleanup work next time.  Maybe in the future, when the students have become school directors, they will have sensible ideas for how to mitigate these problems--best considered before building a school, of course.  Drainage and elevation should be simple places to start.  Sandbagging might work for a school that is already built--provided they are placed before the floods arrive.  It would be hard to imagine that the students walk away from this experience without learning something.

Edited September 13, 2022 by AsianAtHeart

[Gottfrid]

What is sad to see, it that they are, the year 2022, using buckets and floor sweeping equipment. Sadly, the schools are not equipped with a small pump for fixing this kind of problems. But Mr. Meechai and the goons at the top can have million-baht salaries for destroying the country. 

[Chassa]

I believe it is normal for Thai kids to clean their school, there are no cleaners as such.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, Chassa said:

I believe it is normal for Thai kids to clean their school, there are no cleaners as such.

Some schools do have cleaners, usually the more profitable ones.

But I don't have an issue with the students cleaning classrooms as they do in Japan..

it instills a sense of pride in their surroundings and in fact stops them from dirtying it.

[Raybangkok]

Not much chance of cleaning up here yet.