Report Thailand Waves Goodbye to Costly Scout Uniforms, Eases Parent Woes

[wwest5829]

5 hours ago, Emdog said:

When I was a boy..... scouts were totally optional, something you had to seek out, not mandatory by any means. This was in USA. I did cub scouts, but didn't go for boy scouts... whole structure seemed a tad too Nazi for my taste

Certainly has changed over the years. I was involved from age 7 through 64 1/2. We Boomers were all involved. You actually were the exception if you were not in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts during my public school days in the US at least in Southern New Jersey. I had a very good run with many fond memories. I take your point about the military origins, the heavy post WW Ii equipment largesse and for some … a definitely right wing emphasis. Ha! I figured that is why they needed my internationalized, more liberal outlook. One of the roles I retired from was my Western Kentucky Council’s International Representative. It tied in nicely with my Sister Zcities work and my teaching role.

[wwest5829]

2 hours ago, Hardcastle P said:

They all have uniforms for school  but not 3 I grant you .isn't a uniform to make all kids equal ,not allowing those with money to look better in designer cloths. 

I don't understand why kids need 3 when I was in the Cubs and Scouts in the uk we only had one uniform it did for all occasion even High Church parade once a month. 

This certainly is not the teaching of the world wide scout association. Plus it's a catholic order not a Buddhist one so I guess Thailand can make it's own rules as it cannot be recognised buy the world scout organisation as defined  by Baden Powell .

You might confuse folks referring to Scouting being a catholic order (meaning universal) rather than a Buddhist one. I do not think the World Scout Organization deals with national Scout uniform requirements. I noted only the International Scout Symbol on Scout uniforms with whom I came into contact.

[wwest5829]

1 hour ago, khunPer said:

 

Girls are not scouts, they are called "guides", so "boy scouts" is correct...

Varies with countries. USA Girl Scouts. uSA Boy Scouts of America are now Scouting as we had long ago included girls in the programs aimed at older students. 

[foureyes10]

Baden-Powell knew that the British Army would need skilled "scouts" in the future, his experience in war had shown a desperate need! A militaristic patriotic organisation seemed to fit the bill! The Thai government knew what they needed and knew the young people needed the discipline! The ideals of the Boy Scout movement install good morals and an understanding of ethical behaviour, it's not the kids that fail to pass on the message...it's the teachers! 

[roo860]

Always seemed a bit dodgy to me with a title like that.🤔😆

[UserC923]

5 minutes ago, roo860 said:

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Are you aware of the real purpose behind Thai scouting?

 

[dinsdale]

Good. Now get rid of the whole thing in schools. 

[dinsdale]

51 minutes ago, UserC923 said:

 

Are you aware of the real purpose behind Thai scouting?

 

Military recruitment.

[Will B Good]

5 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Thank the lord, watching a neighbouring overweight 50+ male teacher dressed as a scout going to school in the mornings will no longer scare the mire out of me.

 

Albert Hitchcock was asked what was the scariest thing he's every witnessed........he said he was driving through a Bavarian village and saw a priest walking into the local church with a choir boy.

[spidermike007]

They sure do have an obsession with uniforms. Government officials looking like some sort of defense officials and such, with the 35 baht worth of ribbons. It is downright weird.

[kickstart]

In the wife's family the scouts, and guilds uniform are nearly all second hand, passed down through the family, most are in good nick as they are only used for one day a week, more than once I have heard about the high costs of the uniform.

More than one girl in the family has used a secondhand school skirt at some time in their education. 

One thing I can just remember as a scout, back in the sixties the old Baden Powell hats, still used here.

[FruitPudding]

I just got my kid's new scouts uniform. It was about 600 baht.

 

The last one lasted a couple of years and she had a fair growth spurt. This one might last three years as I expect her growth to be a bit less now.

 

When I lived in a poor village, I saw how much the so-called parents spent on beer, cigarettes, lao kao, lottery, and gambling - probably 30,000+ a year on booze and cigs alone - while utterly neglecting their kids' needs. 

 

Now, they can save a few hundred baht on the uniform to drink, smoke, or gamble with. Then, send their daughters to Pattaya. 

 

It ain't gonna help. It's just a big w@nk.