Living in Isaan ... Traditional, Old Fashioned ... or stuck in the Past?

doubt that the parents of the drowned child would have been compensated if it wasn't for the fact that it was a Government institution and perhaps the poor child should have been under supervision. In the rear of my premises I have a large pond, during the hot season the village kids used to regularly swim in it. One day a neighbours daughter, aged about 14 broke all the unwritten rules and went for a dip on her own. somehow she drowned, poor girl. I was overseas at the time and didn't hear about it until a few months later when I came to visit.

There was never any suggestion of compensation, despite the fact that the pond was owned by the wife of a farang. Perhaps the only 'good' thing that came out of it (if you can call it that) is that the pond is now considered to be haunted and the kids no longer use it as a swimming pool.

Edited by SlyAnimal - Fixed quote

I'd say the compensation was more in lieu of a negligence lawsuit, rather than something done out of compassion. Although the director might have imposed it on the teachers under the justification of compassion for the family, but it would have been more about avoiding legal problems, bad publicity and forced resignations/transfers.