why do you think the quality of life in the powerful countries like the USA, Canada, the UK, Australia, and so on, is much higher on a scale than that in our little country? the country most people aren’t even sure whether to categorized as ‘developed’ or ‘developing’..
today, i learned that American military does not allow a person with criminal record to join the army, except for those who were granted moral waiver.
well, in Thailand, some of those who joined the army did so to get any sort of income.. to buy drugs.
since at young age, the people of these highly developed countries were taught to love, and be loyal to their nation. how is that any different from us? isn’t it in our national anthem that we make children sing every morning in school? yes.. we do teach our children that, and when we were children ourselves, we were taught that very same thing. ask our parents, grandparents, and ask our children, they might even give you the exact same answer as to what was taught at what age. we do not attempt to find new methods in teaching. we do not attempt to move forward. we move alright, but we’re stomping around in the same spot, if not at all backwards. sure, our educational system is more intense. sure, we have lower drop out rates of students in high school and lower. sure, we make children go to school, put on uniforms, follow strict rules.
but why are we still where we are today, with years long protests and daily body counts from gun violence caused by the hands of our own people?
this is probably a heavy topic to tackle. i started to blog, only to compare a few things on my own notes about how differently things are handled between the USA, and my tiny little homeland, and here i am blabbering on. but i have a point.
it is in my belief that even though we Thais push ourselves possibly much harder than the North Americans, we also limit our own potential in the process. you have to admit, we’ve got some serious weird thinking going on..
think: Mrs. Ra-Beab-Rath condemning actresses, models and singers and even beauty pageant contestants for wearing anything other than turtlenecks and sweatpants.
think: A-NET/O-NET exams that confuses not only the students but also everyone else who had heard about the damn things.
think: lack of enforcement on the transportation laws, or any other categories of laws, for that matter! i mean, i’m gonna have to live with speed limit, but it’s better than death rates of drunk-driving idiots’ victims.
think: bribery and what it brought us to today, the national chaos that no longer stays within the three southern border provinces but has invaded the most sacred and government-centered parts of our capital city. i know enough to say that they are of different causes and reasons, but it is the same idea and lack of principals that had caused and had cost us lives and reputations.
with these things in mind, can you comprehend why our children don’t believe in the development of the nation? why they don’t ‘love’ and be ‘loyal’ and want to fight for our country like American soldiers would? because WE ourselves and those who had taught us beforehand, don’t even truly believe it.
people are now ‘bleeding’ IN Thailand, but not FOR Thailand.
as much as i love the land that i call ‘home’, and as much as i love and am loyal to His Majesty the King, i have yet to gain back faith in our country. because right now, i don’t believe it. i don’t believe that with everything that’s going on, our country is developing.
Posted on March 22, 2010
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