[P9CCd35R]

Well...this is a question open for debate.

Is there anyone experience in elaborating how a thai girl react to circumstances in relation to financial difficulty?

Though there may be some who yearns to find someone who is able to support them financially, some may not be as lucky.

They generally do not like to ú¡Ç¹ (Rop-Guan) their family or friends.

How would they approach it otherwise?

[prehighaltitudesjj]

My opnion is - we needs - -> Hard working for money + Saving money + Spend money in the smart ways.

[RagonaCon]

I am currently facing some financial difficulties myself. I want a BMW series 7 and a 35 million baht house in The Crystal and I do not enough for the downpayments. So what do I do? I downgrade to a Japanese car say like Toyota Camry and a 8 million baht house with only 2 parking space and 3 bed rooms and I dine in restaurants only on weekends instead of everyday. Poor me. I am not one of those lucky ones.

[cefunonge]

My opnion is - we needs - -> Hard working for money + Saving money + Spend money in the smart ways.

Great advice Anatta - you would make someone a good wife or g/f

[prehighaltitudesjj]

Nah just for add anymore opinion...More over than keeping " Hard working for money + Saving money + Spend money in the smart ways ", We may also need to understanding of how to live our enough life ?.


By the way for everylady..there's the funny said in Thai between my closefriends group that " ÁÕÊÒÁÕÃÇ ªèÇÂàÃÒä´é " (( haha it's so funny ....but might true ))

[NutChusty]

If you earn $1 a day or earn 10 thousand dollars a day, if your personal consumption is more than your income, your going to get your self in financial strife. Financial strife occurs due to poor financial management, it's got nothing to do with how much you earn. Personally I could live off scavenging threw garbage bins for food and sleeping under shop awnings if I had no money, so there are no excuses. The biggest problems are coursed by schools spending to much time on teaching people irrelevant things like Geography over personal financial management.

[P9CCd35R]

Somehow, I can relate and agree that the probable issue arises from educational framework which seeks to educate in many areas other than emphasis on financial planning.

Is it the said truth that within a Thai family, the daughter is/are always given the least in areas of education and decision of autonomy?

[ergyuu]

Is it the said truth that within a Thai family, the daughter is/are always given the least in areas of education and decision of autonomy?

That is an old-fashioned view of women in Thailand. Things have changed over the years and you have professional women in all walks of life from parliament to head of industries. You seem to have a poor view of Thai women. Maybe you are meeting them in the wrong circles. Most women I know are intelligent and fully capable of looking after themselves. Many of them are actually running the show and their families couldn't survive without them. I cannot wait until we have a female prime minister and then we will see some fireworks.

[themsrsdude]

Somehow, I can relate and agree that the probable issue arises from educational framework which seeks to educate in many areas other than emphasis on financial planning.

Are u referring to the credit crunch?

[prehighaltitudesjj]

Uhmm ! At present , In Thailand, I think approximately 87 percent of children attend primary school. And the primary education by goverment schools is compulsory and free of charge. Apart of that , we also having the debt education fund for poor students who need to continuing their university or higher education....And all of these are also for Thai girls.

[Emunsesoxmete]

that 87% is still painfully low if Thailand wants to give its children a better future. many are still away due to poverty or unresolved refugee status, what future do these millions have?

[prehighaltitudesjj]

About 87% , this is just the approximate percentage by myself . As I couldn’t said that all of children in my country all got their nice chance to receive a good education. By I had the chance to keep in touch with some foundation's workers who have the responsibility in work to improved quality of life, rights and equality of poor and disadvantaged communities,to determine suitable solutions and participate in development activities in the areas. Apart of HIV and AIDS affect children,there still have many homeless Thai children, hill tribes and refugee children which continue to suffer human rights here ( Also there’re lots of them that getting help by Thai government and some Thailand and international charity organizations and foundations).

And yes, personally ! I'd also really like to see the children all over the world, especially in third countries are all getting the nice chance for themselves better.

[NutChusty]

About 87% , this is just the approximate percentage by myself .

Possibly not quite this low but even so, if 78% have an education and just 13% never go to school, what's the problem, there's got to be some one to dig the ditches, so when you find every one has an education, know one will lower them selves to do the bottom lowest paid jobs, at least this way, there are people who are happy to dig the ditches.

[Emunsesoxmete]

but even the ditch-diggers should be able to read and write Thai, and count, don't you think Paul? no matter what they do in the future, all kids should have at least 6 years of education. especially that the law stipulates 9 if I am not mistaken!

[RagonaCon]

but even the ditch-diggers should be able to read and write Thai, and count, don't you think Paul? no matter what they do in the future, all kids should have at least 6 years of education. especially that the law stipulates 9 if I am not mistaken!

You'll be amazingly surprise at how most of these "ditch-diggers" speak better english than the average University graduates.

[Emunsesoxmete]

speaking English is nice, but please don't try to say that it is too much to expect that the state provides 9 years of free and compulsory education for all. or let's just settle for 6, to be realistic. please don't tell me that's too much!

[RagonaCon]

speaking English is nice, but please don't try to say that it is too much to expect that the state provides 9 years of free and compulsory education for all. or let's just settle for 6, to be realistic. please don't tell me that's too much!

No its not. My understanding is that education is free in Thailand.Any Thai who wishes to learn should be able to find grants or help EASILY. Its just that some of these families are so poor, they needed the extra helping hands to help find money. But of cos, personally I feel its no excuse for these families to not send their kids to school and force them to work at young age.

[Trissinas]

On the two latest comments, i'll agree with both Betti and Bucky.

6 years of education really is the most realistic. In the rural areas there are primary schools everywhere in the form of 'temple schools', and so there ought to be no excuse whatsoever for rural folk not to send their kids to school.
One of the biggest problem for poor rural folk (and their excuse too) is managing to send their kids to secondary school, as unlike primary schools they can often be miles away from home. Often, unless the kid has someone to stay with nearer the school, they have a huge problem actually getting to the school. Yet though, even if the school is say 20km and a 90 minute journey away that is no different than for many kids in Bangkok.


Bucky mentions that education is free in Thailand and yes it really is if you are super-poor. For those whose parents have at least a bit of spending prowess they'll have to pay for extra special tuition within the school such as learning computer, English with a native teacher and going on camp. In my last school this run at a huge 2,000baht a term!

Ok, i was being a bit sarcastic there about the price. But going on from what Bucky wrote many poorer parents will grab at any excuse not to send their kid to school and instead to hawk flowers and chewing gum to the likes of foreign tourists. Often, their excuse is that they don't have the money to pay the likes of 2,000baht a term! Yet, however, dad always seems to have enough money to swig whiskey every night, mum always seems to have enough money to but endless lottery tickets, auntie always has enough to play cards and grannie always has enough to pay donations to the local temple so securing a better life after death.

Unfortunately, many rural folk dont realize the importance of education, and living for today like many do, they'd rather their daughter go work in a factory for pittance (send mosta money home though) or even better meet a rich generous foreign guy.
http://www.thai-blogs.com/index.php/...nderful?blog=8

[Emunsesoxmete]

I agree Steve and thank you for putting it so eloquently
I'd like to add that it is not only the parents but also the relevant authorities who should be responsible. of course parents are more than happy to find an excuse for not sending their kids to school if they know they can get away with it! in most developed countries they would be prosecuted and the children would end up in care if neglect went on too long, and I agree with this approach.

[RayFairhurst]

Unfortunately, many rural folk dont realize the importance of education, and living for today like many do, they'd rather their daughter go work in a factory for pittance (send mosta money home though) or even better meet a rich generous foreign guy.

The latter route seems easier to attain since many rich farang guys do not mind marrying uneducated girls, which may be an interesting topic of study.