Thai teachers pierce lips of 36 kids over gum mischief

[prakhonchai nick]

If I were one of the parents I would personally press charges if the Police failed to do so.  Wouldn't be first time!

[Bobydog]

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

One has to wonder how widespread this sort of rogue, sadistic punishment is within the Thai education system.

 

And where do teachers learn about this type of punishment?

 

 

Excellent question!!

[brianthainess]

12 minutes ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Prosecute for 36 counts of assault and aggravated battery on a child. They need some prison time for this nonsense.

Not just assault but child Physical abuse. As ordained by the late king.

[hotchilli]

3 hours ago, 2baht said:

Neanderthals!

Neanderthals had skills .... these are devoid of any and should never be in a classroom ever again.

[mikeymike100]

3 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

One has to wonder how widespread this sort of rogue, sadistic punishment is within the Thai education system.

 

And where do teachers learn about this type of punishment?

 

 

In the jungle, where they come from perhaps?

[animatic]

I determined early that, if I could afford it, my child would never be subjected to the idiotically cruel corporal-punishments and rote-learning of Thailand Public Education. 
 

This is yet another example why that money for private school was well worth it. Not to mention, the ability to ‘think out of the box’, and not be locked into a kow-tow mentality.

No regrets!

[Chongalulu]

2 hours ago, bbko said:

If this happened to my son, I'd have a hard time not finding a way to retaliate.

You could head on down to the school and give them some lip,eh?

[prakhonchai nick]

The parents of the 36 children should group together and pay the 2 sacked teachers a "visit" in their homes!

[Udom]

3 hours ago, bbko said:

And how do you know the feelings of the "majority of Thai people" when it comes to someone assaulting their children?

By living here and NOT closing eyes and mind like many seem to do...

[ravip]

The teacher cant be in her/his normal senses. 

No one normal can do such things.

[Sig]

52 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

 

The article says the police will press charges, but I have never, ever heard of that actually happening when a teacher commits violence against a child.

Not only have I not heard of that actually happening, I've heard the opposite, where the teacher's colleagues come out in their defense, even in sexual abuse type stuff! I can't even fathom how this kind of thing continues to happen without some serious violence being done by a parent! Violence is so pervasive here as a method of solving conflict, but when it comes to harm to children, it seems to just get a pass.
COMPLETELY mind-boggling! I would think it would be the opposite. Even criminals often mete out justice to child molesters in prisons, but here, "professional" colleagues come out in the deviants' defense or sometimes parents or "guardians" are heard making excuses for the perp.
Beyond my ability to grasp....

[Spock]

2 hours ago, bbko said:

And how do you know the feelings of the "majority of Thai people" when it comes to someone assaulting their children?

They don't generally take action against teachers. I think that is very well known. In the west, everyone of the 35 parents would have taken action, whereas only one in this instance went to the police. Speaks for itself.

[ravip]

3 hours ago, Dmaxdan said:

Because they majority of Thai people only care about money, they won't demand justice for their kids. They will just see it a an opportunity for financial compensation.

Because they majority of Thai people only care about money

 

Did you do a survey or a study to make a statement like this. Most of the Thai people I associate with treat their children with great love and respect - they wouldn't tolerate child abuse at any cost!

 

Or you are describing the Thais you associate with - but please don't generalise.

[Sig]

35 minutes ago, prakhonchai nick said:

The parents of the 36 children should group together and pay the 2 sacked teachers a "visit" in their homes!

I think it'd be better if it were done in public. Maybe on the school grounds with mandatory attendance of all teachers in that school district. Public corporal punishment, streamed live, would be a very good solution IMO. Of course, blacklisting them nationwide afterward too.

[brianthainess]

I guess the teacher will claim a mental health issue, if not she should, put her in an asylum for a few weeks. Then banned from going anywhere near kids ever again. she is some sicko.

[Cat Boy]

When society, government and private business regard teachers with such a low social status, and the education of children is merely indoctrination, discipline and subservience, or psychologically termed learning hopelessness, as former PM General Pryut phrased it, "Students should be taught to think inside the box, not outside of it", such miscreants as these teachers will continue to to infest that most noble profession and permanently scar the innocents in generations to come 

[Celsius]

so much outrage.

 

Nothing will be done.

[riclag]

World wide phenomenon!

Sick Teachers  subjecting young Children to their sick whims!

It seems lately , its one thing or another, in the news .

 

imop

[prakhonchai nick]

If some 70 parents fail to do something about this extreme cruelty, then it just shows what a sick society Thailand really is, and how inadequate so many Thais really are!

[Drumbuie]

Corporal punishment was only made illegal in UK schools 1986, and that only because of a 1982 ruling by the ECHR. Poland outlawed corporal punishment in schools in 1783. Make of that what you will, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to get up on that high horse... 

[PB172111]

5 hours ago, Lantern said:

I reckon all those 36 kids should give that so called teacher a dammed good flogging.

So, fight violence with violence? I wouldn’t recommend that to adults, let alone children.

[sambum]

"Reacting promptly, the school director suspended both teachers from their duties after their admission of guilt."

 

Does suspending them mean that after a period of time they can be reinstated?

What's wrong with actually SACKING them on the spot, and handing them over to the police to be charged with assault?

 

Brutal behaviour that deserves the harshest punishment!

 

 

[newbee2022]

How can you get such an idea of rage in your head??

Sicko😵‍💫

[sambum]

4 hours ago, worgeordie said:

They should not be anywhere near kids , they are just sadistic b@ stards , 

problem is they will be back at their jobs after it cools down ...

 

regards worgeordie

 

Yes, as I pointed out - why were they not sacked on the spot? Instead of which, "suspension"!

 

(P.S. From Google - "Sus·pen·sion" Oxford Languages definition:- "the temporary prevention of something from continuing or being in force or effect.")

[jesimps]

Our teachers had carte blanche to do some fairly sadistic things to us if we offended them in the smallest way. That was some 70 ish years ago. That's about the amount of time this country is probably behind mine in terms of development. Now the kids rule the roost in my country and I suppose the same will happen here in the future.

I have to say though that this particular case seems to be particularly devilish in its nature and makes me wonder what goes on inside this teacher's head.

[Confuscious]

6 hours ago, bamnutsak said:

One has to wonder how widespread this sort of rogue, sadistic punishment is within the Thai education system.

 

VERY widespread, and this will not change soon.

The kids will be forced to take the blame and everything will be forgotten (after paying the BIB a filled brown envelop).
Sad, but true.

I know a 12 years old kid who was hit with a can by the teacher several times on his back.
His parents pressed charges against the school.
But after an "Interrogation" the boy admitted to have  teased the teacher and refused to lesten to the teacher.

The teacher offered a "Wai" and everything was back to normal.

The education system in Thailand is rotten to the core and only a complete haul can change that.

[prakhonchai nick]

1 hour ago, Drumbuie said:

Corporal punishment was only made illegal in UK schools 1986, and that only because of a 1982 ruling by the ECHR. Poland outlawed corporal punishment in schools in 1783. Make of that what you will, but I wouldn't be in a hurry to get up on that high horse... 

I would not consider piercing the lips of 36 very young children to be corporal punishment . This was sadistic cruelty.

[newnative]

Yet another example of the poor quality of teachers.

[JeffersLos]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

using a safety pin to pierce the inner lips of every child in the primary 3 class

 

How did she not pass the Police Interrogation Unit's entrance exam? 

[Peterphuket]

No words  for this, but teachers like that could well have indulged their lust in the former concentration camps.
Unbelievable perverts!!

I am convinced that those children are damaged for the rest of their lives.