Tablets can't teach

I suggest that the basic problem, the place where it itches, is that, to quote Shinawatra University ex-council chairman Olarn Chaipravat, “Students have to memorise textbooks in order to pass exams, but they never learn [how] to think.”

Teaching how to analyse, to welcome questions, and to do away with sacred cows, requires a massive change in the mental outlook of educators and students, from the minister all the way down to kindergarten students, and it might or might not involve using tablets. It costs no money, but will require administrators and teachers to fully apply the teachings of the Lord Buddha, who said, “Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is said in ancient books. Believe nothing just because it is said to be of divine origin. Believe nothing just because someone else believes it. Believe only what you yourself test and judge to be true.”

Minister Chaturon, start with the mindset, not tablets.

Burin Kantabutra

Bangkok