Thai Youth Forgetting How To Communicate: Ohec

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Youth forgetting how to communicate: Ohec

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- Young people are having problems with interpersonal skills because instead of having face-to-face conversations, they are talking more via digital means, the Office of Higher Education Commission (Ohec) revealed yesterday.

Ohec deputy secretary general Arporn Kaenwong yesterday voiced concerns about the problem at the third National Student Higher Education Conference in Bangkok. She said if students started spending more time in extracurricular activities, then their interpersonal communication skills would become more effective.

She also highlighted the need for young people to become more fluent in the English language to prepare for an increasingly globalised world.

"After all, the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015 will allow for a free flow of labor and products across the region," she warned.

Teachers should use a key performance indicator to take care of students in terms of study, extracurricular activities as well as morality. This will widen the vista for young people and prepare them for globalization. She said young people should also be taught how to become good leaders who can fix problems and work with each other.

-- The Nation 2012-11- 23

[noitom]

This is tripe.

[FOODLOVER]

IDK <deleted> BRB CUL8TR AFK MRDUCKSCDEDBDWINGS

How does one learn to spell now a days?

[Thai at Heart]

O hec(k) claims the Ohec

[MaxLee]

"Dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER you call yourselves, this is an insult to youth's intelligence....

, I think the problem with you is, that your various old-fashioned and out-dated way of emphasizing and anguishing MORE AND MORE ROTE LEARNING EXAMINATION BARRAGE, is so dam_n BORING AND FRUSTRATING AND SUCH A WASTE OF THE TIME AND ENERGY for the majority of students nation wide, that it is no wonder, that students shut themselves off from Thailand's rigid education system.

When students don't see the benefits in going through those strenuous tests that encourage pure memorizing, why should they WASTE their precious time??

I think the problem starts with you, dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER you may call yourselves, AND THAI EDUCATION MINISTRY, for creating an outdated education system that is a**** boring, too useless and doesn't engage any student into any benefitting activities that will really engage their real abilities.

Why should students waste their time with such boring-a**** crap????

Instead regular and government supported schools are packed with 60-100 students per classroom. And the number might even exceed in years to come, and you have only one teacher, even If it is a farang of whom you expect to take care of this 60-100 student classroom circus spectacle, plus language barrier? What in the freaking world are you expecting, dear OBEC, OHEC????

And besides a lot of those teaching agencies, as I have recently talked to my British friend on the phone, cheat their clueless Farang and rip them off by not paying then fairly, taking advantage of his lack of Thai language and Thai corruption.

Dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELVES, your system simply sucks and is a pain and waste of time for BOTH: STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Oh, yes, and about your English teaching policies: for centuries now, you have encouraged and anguished and tortured millions of Thai students in a subject called "ENGLISH GRAMMAR" in which students created a negative impression towards the language, when each one of them is going through such a grueling battle of grammar rules and multiple choice tests that are not really benefitting their experience level with real foreign people.

And have I forgotten to mention that in a lot of schools and kindergarten institutes, you have brainwashed your Thai teachers in a way that they beat the hell out of the kids for asking questions, just in order to justify authority and saving face???

And on last thing: your blood money corrupted education system serves only for one purpose: to reward the high status rich who can do whatever they want and get away with murder and to intimidate the poor people to lower standards...

Oh happy day...

Oh, yes, dear OBEC, OHEC, "Students didn't forget how to communicate,… they just have absolutely no reason to communicate with socially corrupt people like you, or with any stubborn teachers that even beat the crap out of them...

Edited November 23, 2012 by MaxLee

[asiawatcher]

At least when schools out on the BTS they all have their noses stuck in iPhones playing games or SMS. Silence is golden, now if we can only find a way to dispose of the 'in-you-face' advertising of squawking noise pollution from video screens on trains and on stations. The digital age is upon us without any checks and balances, and conversation when it happens is far more informed than what a teacher teachers. The speed at which kids learn if accelerated by use of digital means, allows those with the capacity to understand to move past the slow learners.

[GazR]

" Yes, No, Ok - Goodbye! "

Unless your one of their crew it's not as though they generally have much worth listening to.

[DocN]

How do you expect students to develope conversation- skills, when a school- day is all about "I talk- you listen, write down and repeat!"?

[CelticBhoy]

I've got two sons who never give me a minute's peace!

I do wonder if folks who report this stuff do any real

research or just make it up for the sake of a story.

(Surely 'Ohec' is a made up name!)

[theajarn]

"Ohec deputy secretary general Arporn Kaenwong...."

Our students (secondary government school EP) study until 4.40 or 5.30 PM. Tell me where you're going to find the time for 'extracurricular activities' you stupid cow.

This is just more crap covering up the fact that the THai education system was never intended to enable students to learn. Having twenty subjects a semester to study... one period of English a week... ten or so periods of love-your-country and other brainwashing stuff. We get it.

[TackyToo]

“She also highlighted the need for young people to become more fluent in the English language to prepare for an increasingly globalised world.”

There is no globalised world here. There is Thailand and (according to rumors of farrangs) some rest of the globe outside the borders, where ever those may be.

[RisqEM]

It will be funny to watch the crash and burn in 2015. They expect to fix 90 years of horrible education in 3 years!!!!! Guess what people.....you're going to see you aren't the center of the universe!

[Payboy]

They aren't very good at digital communication either.

[chiangmaikelly]

Global communication is very important. I think no one can miss the communication that is taking place in the photo below and it is a good example of Thai and American cooperation.

[Bagwan]

Global communication is very important. I think no one can miss the communication that is taking place in the photo below and it is a good example of Thai and American cooperation.

I'd love to see a thread showing this pic and contributors adding their own captions. A pound to a pinch of sh*t that it would be immediately closed down.

[chiangmaikelly]

Global communication is very important. I think no one can miss the communication that is taking place in the photo below and it is a good example of Thai and American cooperation.

I'd love to see a thread showing this pic and contributors adding their own captions. A pound to a pinch of sh*t that it would be immediately closed down.

I think it already was.

[JulesMad]

(Thai) People do not know how to have face-to-face contact anymore

This is happening all over the world, not only in Thailand.

Thanks to FFB (Fukcing FaceBook) and other anti-social media poo

[Arkady]

"After all, the launch of the Asean Economic Community in 2015 will allow for a free flow of labor and products across the region," she warned.

Actually they have just delayed this till 2016 and it only applies to a limited number of professions, such as medicine and accounting. But I agree that Thais will need to improve their English to communicate with Filipino professionals who will come to work in Thailand. Thai professional are not going to be of great interest to employers in other ASEAN countries, other than Thai companies.

Edited November 23, 2012 by Arkady

[Squigy]

Up my way the teachers at the local school (old farts most of them) are attempting to comunicate to me in English as they pass by, so called getting ready for AEC and the influx of Pinot teachers that will eventally replace them.. What a laugh. Most of these Thai teachers will just fade away (to save face) than challenge the influx of Pinoy teachers.. The kids will once again loose out.

[DocN]

(Thai) People do not know how to have face-to-face contact anymore

This is happening all over the world, not only in Thailand.

Thanks to FFB (Fukcing FaceBook) and other anti-social media poo

Yeah and violence is raging because of computer- games and people have wild, unprotected sex, thanks to Ozzy Osbourne!

Man...blaming Facebook and other social media is like blaming Mc Donalds for making you fat!

There is nothing wrong with a Hamburger from time to time...just don't eat it every day!

If you have no one to really educate children, because the parents are too busy amking money and the schools are too effed up to teach kids something sensible, that is what you get!

Blaming Facebook is just another easy way out!

[SgtPepper]

"Dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER you call yourselves, this is an insult to youth's intelligence....

, I think the problem with you is, that your various old-fashioned and out-dated way of emphasizing and anguishing MORE AND MORE ROTE LEARNING EXAMINATION BARRAGE, is so dam_n BORING AND FRUSTRATING AND SUCH A WASTE OF THE TIME AND ENERGY for the majority of students nation wide, that it is no wonder, that students shut themselves off from Thailand's rigid education system.

When students don't see the benefits in going through those strenuous tests that encourage pure memorizing, why should they WASTE their precious time??

I think the problem starts with you, dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER you may call yourselves, AND THAI EDUCATION MINISTRY, for creating an outdated education system that is a**** boring, too useless and doesn't engage any student into any benefitting activities that will really engage their real abilities.

Why should students waste their time with such boring-a**** crap????

Instead regular and government supported schools are packed with 60-100 students per classroom. And the number might even exceed in years to come, and you have only one teacher, even If it is a farang of whom you expect to take care of this 60-100 student classroom circus spectacle, plus language barrier? What in the freaking world are you expecting, dear OBEC, OHEC????

And besides a lot of those teaching agencies, as I have recently talked to my British friend on the phone, cheat their clueless Farang and rip them off by not paying then fairly, taking advantage of his lack of Thai language and Thai corruption.

Dear OBEC, OHEC, WHATEVER YOU CALL YOURSELVES, your system simply sucks and is a pain and waste of time for BOTH: STUDENTS AND TEACHERS

Oh, yes, and about your English teaching policies: for centuries now, you have encouraged and anguished and tortured millions of Thai students in a subject called "ENGLISH GRAMMAR" in which students created a negative impression towards the language, when each one of them is going through such a grueling battle of grammar rules and multiple choice tests that are not really benefitting their experience level with real foreign people.

And have I forgotten to mention that in a lot of schools and kindergarten institutes, you have brainwashed your Thai teachers in a way that they beat the hell out of the kids for asking questions, just in order to justify authority and saving face???

And on last thing: your blood money corrupted education system serves only for one purpose: to reward the high status rich who can do whatever they want and get away with murder and to intimidate the poor people to lower standards...

Oh happy day...

Oh, yes, dear OBEC, OHEC, "Students didn't forget how to communicate,… they just have absolutely no reason to communicate with socially corrupt people like you, or with any stubborn teachers that even beat the crap out of them...

OBEC: Office of Basic Education Commission. OHEC: Office of Higher Education Commission.Why flame?

[asiamaster]

Did they ever know how to communicate?

[chiangmaikelly]

This is tripe.

Actually this is tripe

[chiangmaikelly]

hello mista?...where u come from?...where u go?..u sleep lonely?...solly..me no speak english...okay...bye bye

What movie did that come out of?

[laislica]

This says it all for me

Edited November 23, 2012 by laislica

[khaowong1]

Global communication is very important. I think no one can miss the communication that is taking place in the photo below and it is a good example of Thai and American cooperation.

Is he saying, "I see we're both people of color" "What are you doing later". She's saying, "I went to school with people of color", "what you got in mind?".

[overherebc]

(Thai) People do not know how to have face-to-face contact anymore

This is happening all over the world, not only in Thailand.

Thanks to FFB (Fukcing FaceBook) and other anti-social media poo

Totally agree,

A few nights ago we, our bunch, 4 couples, went to a nice restaurant for eats, booze and conversation. Don't give me a hard time for saying that the wives of the four all have good jobs and went to Uni overseas, any way, we were all sitting, talking, discussing,argueing etc and at the the next few tables almost all the locals were using I phones, I pads etc and sometimes all the people at one table were engrossed in pushing buttons etc. Very little conversation, just pushing stupid buttons of facecrap or whatever it's called.

Amused the sh-t out of me anyway, must be great to take one on a date.

[spermwhale]

This is tripe.

(Thai) People do not know how to have face-to-face contact anymore

This is happening all over the world, not only in Thailand.

Thanks to FFB (Fukcing FaceBook) and other anti-social media poo

And don't forget sms, What's App and all that. Most teens and people in their 20s prefer to text rather than talk in person or on the phone. And yes, it's not just a Thai phenomenon.

[spermwhale]

If I were out on a date with a bird and she was doing that during the conversation, I'd pull the rip cord.

[HHBM]

Their brains are being rewired. It makes you wonder if a long-term power outage would be such a bad thing after all.