56 minutes ago, RMK54 said:

You teach, you do not touch! This is someone's child and their responsibility, not the teacher's.

 

That is a stupid comment.

 

 

What if your child was having an epileptic fit.........just leave them there 'untouched'?

 

 

There is still excuse for the haircuts which are in breach of the law and should be punished accordingly..........and not with a wai and 2,000 Baht.

Still, better than their classmates shooting them with submachineguns. 

Perhaps the students should band together and form a "teacher disciplinary council"? 

 

Sometimes adults in a position of authority are out of control, and they need to be accountable for their actions. 

22 hours ago, webfact said:

The controversial incident occurred on orientation day

 

Why do Thais need orientation when they are already . . .  Oh, never mind.

 

9 hours ago, brewsterbudgen said:

Fortunately Thailand is moving on.  My son's school has just informed us that scout uniforms are no longer compulsory, just a scarf/toggle.  No required haircuts either.  It's progress.

I often had to laugh at the skinny or well fed , long and the short, boys in their scout uniforms. It’s ok on  small kids but not teenagers .  I didn’t know it was school policy.

On 5/14/2025 at 6:20 AM, thesetat said:

The school my kids go to demand my sons hair makes him look like a soldier. He is only 4 years old. Even this year they made us cut his hair again. Luckily the same school allows my daughters to keep their hair length. 

The ruling about haircuts was changed, True. but they left the final decision to individual school about how they wanted to keep their policy on this. Leaving the door open for such actions. I think it is the schools right to have their own dress code. What i disagree with is that they used teachers to physically force these kids into a haircut, 

They should have sent the kids home and told not to return until they met the schools standards. This would have given the kids and parents a choice to use a beauty salon to make them look nice, Or find another school that had different standards. 

Attacking the kids in this way and forcing them to sit down and be humiliated is a form of abuse. The parents should demand action against the school. 

I think if it was my kid, I would be going to the school and demanding to witness the director doing this to the school teachers who I am sure have pretty long hair in front of all the students and peers. 

An effective protest would be to send your daughter to school with the same haircut required of your son. With daughter's permission, of course; I bet this can be a fund activist effort for your family!

16 hours ago, smew said:

BRAVO TEACHER.. TEACH SOME  DISCIPLINE AND RESPECT 

nonsense.   this is just a primitive way of "Control" 

Why bother issuing a directive if at the end of the day..... it's at the teachers discretion!

5 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

nonsense.   this is just a primitive way of "Control" 

in the long run teaches respect of authorities.. it is missing in Thai society 

14 hours ago, Packer said:

Still, better than their classmates shooting them with submachineguns. 

Where do they do that in Thailand?

1 hour ago, billd766 said:

Where do they do that in Thailand?

 

Exactly 😉