Thailand's Pavilion at Osaka Expo Faces Backlash for Missing Futuristic Mark

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4 hours ago, kuzmabruk said:

SomTam.  The last great Thai invention, claimed by all neighboring countries as theirs.  

Could be the small hi-tech item like a pager which gives the exam taker coded answers to the police entrance (and more) exam questions. 

 

Perhaps before that the exam guide books available at book shops near universities which quoted the mid-term / end of term exam questions for last 5 (?) years.

 

The problem was that someone (not really familiar with the subject) had written an answer in the 'guide book' to each question but many of the answers were wrong. 

 

This stopped after many unis put a number in the corner of the front page of the exam questions pages and kept records of the number on the exam paper handed out to each exam taker.

 

On leaving the room a proctor insisted on each student handing in the exam paper and cross checked it against a list. Thus preventing book shops waiting outside of exam rooms and paying students to buy the exam papers. 

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10 hours ago, spidermike007 said:

Thailand does have some very creative and innovative youth

 

Do you have any examples?

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9 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

What's wrong about not being futuristic?

 

The theme of the event was the future.  It's great that Thailand is successful at marketing their cultural traditions to the world, but that doesn't quite gel with an event based on ideas about the future.

 

9 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

Thai people often value "present time", a lot more than any "unforeseen" future.

 

Thai people might "live in the moment", but that doesn't mean that there shouldn't be some that are looking to innovate and bring about positive change.

 

9 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

And the Future doesn't always look so bright.

 

True, things are exactly looking very positive in Thailand at the moment, but that's all the more reason to want to change.  If that isn't being done, then that's another issue.  Once that we (and probably most Thais) can't really do much about.

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30 minutes ago, scorecard said:

This stopped after many unis put a number in the corner of the front page of the exam questions pages and kept records of the number on the exam paper handed out to each exam taker.

 

On leaving the room a proctor insisted on each student handing in the exam paper and cross checked it against a list. Thus preventing book shops waiting outside of exam rooms and paying students to buy the exam papers. 

 

Are you saying that, prior to this, the invigilators weren't able to stop the students from stealing exam papers?

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7 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Are you saying that, prior to this, the invigilators weren't able to stop the students from stealing exam papers?

 

They didn't try, the students just walked out with the exam paper.