Leave the Mozart lovers alone

The dispute over the name-calling of a bachelor degree in music between a respectable musical guru and the bureaucrats in the guise of the Higher Education Commission exemplifies Thailand's fondness for nit-picking by making a mountain out of a molehill.

What's wrong with calling it a bachelor of music over one mouthful of bachelor of arts in music management? If the graduates know Mozart as the greatest composer in the world, then they deserve that music degree. People devoting four years of study on such a subject have my admiration for doing something one is fond of rather than for money-making.

Why doesn't this commission concentrate on the issue of the country's shortage of skilled engineers rather than focus on things that do not matter?

My salute to Dean Sukree Charoensuk for his passion towards music and being hurtful enough to resign and also to his students for supporting him by not keeping silent.

Songdej Praditsmanont

Bangkok