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The Cases of:    "What to Teach"

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Kit wanted his students to ask questions and challange what they heard and said, even what he said.

Students were active and talkative in his classes, and often talked about them at home.

A number of parents complained that their children questioned what they told them instead of showing them respect.

They said the teacher should be teaching the same answers they taught their kids and follow Thai custom.
The parents filed a complaint with the head of the school and the village to replace Kit.

They said: "What our kids need is answers to pass the national entrance exams so they can go to university and get a good job, not a lot of questions."

Kit answered that the world is changing and kids need to find out for themselves what these changes mean, so they can adapt.

The parents said it was foreigners causing the changes and they didn't need to follow them.



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