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Originally Posted by ralphlsasser
There must be someone to motivate that wants to learn. They should get their motivation from their parents. I certainly got my motivation from my parents. I was motivated weather I wanted to be or not. It all falls back to caring, discipline, and being involved. Something a Thai has no clue about. At least what I have seen.
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Aging one has a point. But, he forgot one thing. A Thai doesn't fail and certainly not by a Thai teacher. I failed 4 students last year and was promptly told to come to the office. The principal wanted to see why I failed them. After showing her the semester exams, finals, and daily class participation documentation she told me, "retest them with an easier test". The test were so simple, a complete idiot could pass them. One of the Thai teachers told me, "we never fail anyone". I refused to retest them, so a Thai teacher tested them. I think we all know the results of the test.
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I think the no one fails policy is a little bit of a red herring. No one really gets held back years in the west. However at 16 and 18 students do national tests where they are found out. The problem for me is for education is the cream doesn't rise to the top. Having good english for the lower classes is not going to make you any money. Unless you can buy a job, or get an incredibly lucky break, a lotof the time your intelligenceis not what gets you a job. Even those who do get to study abroad often have to spend10 years of their lifeworking for peanutts to pay back their Graing jai. If exams were mor challenging and opportunities given to poorer students, i'm sure more would be motivated.