PURELY PERSONAL REASONS

WHY THAILAND’S

EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

SUCK LIKE HELL

MATUMIT SOMBUNJAROEN

V1.0

2015/07/28

PERSONAL INTRODUCTION

I received Education from Thailand, Japan, UK, USA, and Australia

So, at the very least, from a Global Stand Point,

I know what kind of Education is SUCK Like Hell

THAILAND’S STATUS

To Summarize things at a glance,

Thailand’s Education Ranking is amongst Regional Worsts

INTERNALLY,

Local Firms are self aware of the Abomination

And Some even Black Listed

Graduates from Certain Universities

MORE OVER,

HOWEVER

MORE OVER, In this Slide,

I will explain why this is not due to

Educational Institute’s Faults

But Rather,

The Poor Design of Social Functions and

Educational System as a Whole

THE THINGS THAT I WILL EXPLAIN

1. How Education work in General

2. The Stuffs that didn’t work right in Thailand

MORE OVER,

How Education

Work in General

LET’S START WITH HOW LEARNING WORK

Input Absorption

Input – Listening Observation, Experiments, etc

Absorption –

The Period that it take for an individual to understand the Inputs

Learning come in 2 Major Phases,

DEPENDING ON FIELD OF STUDY,

Top Student

Average

Each Individuals have different Absorption Ratio

Well, this is easy

…Please give me a Month

THE THING IS,

Top Student

Average

95

…56… Teacher

Well Done!!!

You’re a good example

for everyone!!

Seriously?

Can’t you even try harder?

Absorption Ratio affect Short Term performance,

And it is used to measured Grades and IQ

MORE OVER,

However!Unlike what many people choose to judge,

There is nothing Wrong with

Having Low Grades or IQ

HERE’S THE REASON

Emotion Control

Compassion

Out of Field Learning

Grades and IQ

do not measure other Factors

That might be needed

to specific profession

6Yrs in College

10Yrs in College

Both trying

To become

A Doctor

For an Experience-based Profession,

As long as one do not give up,

Even a Person with Low Absorption

Ratio can become one eventually

A CERTAIN QUOTE TO SUPPORT CLAIM

Dr Somchai Sombunjaroen

Co-Founder of Thailand’s

National Cancer Research Institute

“If you want to be a Doctor,

You have to fight with books.

You don’t have to be

a Top Student just to do that!”

MORE OVER, BTW,

Don’t bother to google

where I got the quote from,

He said it every time

in Relative Meetings

MORE OVER,What Grades and IQ actually measured,

Do you understand

Things that were taught to you

AND

Is whether or not

your answer is acceptable

to the person who graded you

AN OBJECTIVE QUESTION

5 + 8 x 2 = ?The Answer is 21

<= This is the one absolute Correct Answer

However, if you weren’t taught [Order of Operation]

You might answer 26 and get it wrong,

not due to being incompetence,

but because you simply do not know about it

CULTURAL BASED QUESTION

What is the Real Name of

Emperor Tang Taizhong?The Answer is Li Shimin

If you are not a Chinese or study Chinese History,

Would giving out wrong answer for this

make you an incompetent?

A SUBJECTIVE QUESTION

Can Buddhist Monk get Marry?

There is actually no absolute Answer for this

Depending on various factors,

such as Sub-Sects and Regions,

It can be either True or False, or even Both

A REALLY STUPID SUBJECTIVE QUESTION

This came from a true story

The teacher got scolded

By the Headmaster later though

Kindergartenchild

KindergartenTeacher

Draw an Apple

Apple is Red!

I’ll give you an F

ALSO,

Top Class Companies like Google don’t care

About your Educational Background

MORE OVER,So, the Thing that matter most is not the Grade,

But whether or not

you have the Skills and Traits

Necessary to the specific Task

MORE OVER,

Let start describing on

what is wrong

with Thailand

THIS IS HOW CHILD EDUCATION WORK

Child Teenager Young Adult

Physical and Mental Development

Morales and ResponsibilityFundamental

Academic

Fundamental

Specialty

Kindergarten PrimarySecondary

Junior High

Advance

Specialty

College

THIS IS HOW THAILAND IS

Child

TEACH THEM EVERYTHING

Kindergarten PrimarySecondary

Junior HighCollege

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THAI COLLEGE

Morale and

Responsibility

Fundamental

Academic

Fundamental

Specialty

Advanced

Specialty

Instead of spending times study Advanced Specialty,

Students still have to learn things that

other countries did in Primary to High School

Year1 Year2 Year2 Year4

MORE OVER,

Also, this is a decree made by

Ministry of Education,

As such,

University cannot oppose it

MORE OVER,

Let’s talk about

Teacher Quality

MORE OVER,Let me make one thing clear,

There are Good and Bad Teachers

Regardless of Nationality,

And I regard Some Teachers in Thailand

as being the World’s Finest

THIS IS A JOB OF A TEACHER

Teach, Consults,Stuffs that have

direct contact with Students

ResearchStuffs to teach

THIS IS A JOB OF A THAI TEACHER

Teach,

ConsultsResearch

Writing Reports

To satisfy

Grading Committee

HERE IS WHAT HAPPENED

Gov Need to measure

Education Level

Grading Committee

Formed

Grading Committee

Pushed all responsibility to Teachers

Teachers

has no time to do

Teaching or ResearchGrading Committeecant do it by themselves

MORE OVER,Seriously,

Not even a Howard Professor

Can become a Good Teacher

Under this condition

MORE OVER,

Let’s talk about

Curriculum and

Homework

GOOD EXAMPLE NO.1

Finland has one of the best Education System in the world,

And there is no Homework nor Subject

GOOD EXAMPLE NO.2

Sudbury-Model Schools do not even have Curriculum,

And yet, they have a really high College Admission rate

THIS IS HOW THAILAND IS

Average

…56…

Teacher

I’ll give you moreHomework

This, on top of an over-average long-hours

School Curriculum Times

It’s

SummerOK, here’s a Homework

Don’t

Get itThis Homework

Will solve your problem

THIS IS THE REASON WHY THIS IS BAD

Knowledge Absorption Process

Take place after a Rest from the Subject

Without both Short Term and Long Term Rest,

Mental Strains will shutdown the Absorption

Absorption

HERE IS A DIAGRAM

Exercise RestPhysical

Recovery

Became

Stronger

Study Rest AbsorptionBecame

Smarter

ExerciseMore

Exercise

Physical

Strain

Became

Weaker

StudyMore

Study

Mental

Strain

Became

Dumber

It’s the same thing when you cant solve a problem,

But suddenly figured out a solution

when quitting for the day or trying to go to sleep

To Programmers out there,

MORE OVER,

Let’s talk about

Bad Guardianship

A CONTINUAL FROM THIS

As such, it is also common that what Student study,

Is determined by their Parent or Guardian, even in College

Child

Kindergarten PrimarySecondary

Junior HighCollege

Even when entering College,

Students in Thailand are treated as being a Child

A COMMON SCENARIO

Me? Average Grade,

I’ll just do drawing from

Junior High

What is this nonsense?

You wont find a Job,

You must Study Engineering!!!

I want to be

An Artist!!!

But I don’t want to be

An Engineer!

Fine, but after you gotAn Engineering Degree,

Then you are free to do as you want

A DIAGRAM

Normal Study

Study just to Graduate

Start on

Specialized Study

Kindergarten PrimarySecondary

Junior High

Advance

Study

College

THE RESULT

Graduate with Good Grade

But cannot compete with others

Has to quit Dream

Graduate with average Grade

But became famous in the industry

HERE’S THE REASON

Success in a Profession,

Is determined by how young the person start

and the time spent on the topic

Skills = [Absorption Rate x Time]

Limit 0 => Talent LimitWhere Talent Limit is a variable dependent on how young the person Start

ALSO

Having an Engineering Degree,

Do not guarantee that the person will be

success in the profession

Scientific Professions require more than

Just Good Grades to be success

MORE OVER,

To all the Parent out there,

Are you sure that your Goodwill is

the best thing for your child?

MORE OVER,

Finally,

a Final Word

When will the “Adults” learned that

people do not seek Education

as a Selling Point in Entertainment!?

Seriously,

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