We can all contribute to good education

But is education really confined to formal education in the classrooms? 

@loudidea posted on Twitter: When you see the comparison of education quality in Asean like this, [the government] did not plan to improve, but is making it worse by having students recite poems and keep good deed records.

He was referring to the PM’s idea of having students recite the 12 national core values so they can remember them.

Many people disagree with this, saying that moral cultivation important for society.

@kafaak Thailand’s educational system is full of problems. It’s so explicit. Foreign research results also showed this, but the educational authorities refuse to accept this. 

After the authorities shut down the seminar at Thammasat University on the fall of dictatorship in other countries, Nopporn Wong-Anan posted that Thai universities appear to have been banned from discussing politics. 

On the other hand, Yale University’s campus in Singapore announced that it would show the banned film “To Singapore With Love” with the dean of the Yale-NUS (National University of Singapore which got the highest rank among Asian universities at 22nd place) saying academic freedom and discussion are bedrock principles for the college. 

At the same event, Sujane Kan posted his thanks to Mark Zuckerberg as he can learn more and faster on Facebook than from TV. 

After all, the media and the Internet are huge sources of knowledge with its many areas of learning. 

Meanwhile, other campaigns have followed on social media from the Ice Bucket Challenge. Popular campaigns right now include the introduction of 10 or 15 books that “stay with” Facebook users. By sharing these lists, people can learn more about what titles are worth reading.

Likewise, the campaign for film lists is also well accepted. Meanwhile, the “20 Facts About Me” campaign has been spread so that friends know more about each other. 

While social media can provide education through informal discussion, it must also be kept in mind that these media outlets are major sources of rumours. Luckily, if a person cares enough they may find the sources of information and knowledge, as well as evidences of what happened before having a thought for their own. YouTube is also a good source of videos as evidence of events or people’s speeches.

Every coin has two sides. 

@Ryn_writes posted that many media outlets, which also use social media, publicised the names and pictures of criminal victims even before their families learn about their fates. Doing so was a violation of privacy and should be stopped. 

“How would you feel if it was about your family and you learn the bad news from Twitter?” 

Meanwhile, other Twitter users also discussed Thai media violation of people’s rights by publishing the names of suspects before people are formally charged. 

Pacharapapon Poomprapan and some journalists started a campaign to stop the recording and sharing of violent videos. 

Please help change our society. Start with easy measures. Don’t promote these things by forwarding or sharing them. 

When you see these clips, what good do you get from them? (They make me feel depressed.) 

Internet users should realise that they are part of real life education. With an intention to make society better, all should learn to be both good teachers and good students at the same time.