[DownloadMan]

Damn, I always knew that the Texans that live in the pan handle [west Texas] were not the sharpest knives in the drawer, but I didn't realize that they really needed special ed teachers.
Wouldn't it just be easier for them to move back to OKLA.?

[Markdogas]

If you read my last post you will know why I am telling you about myself.
I am a special education teacher. I live in the Texas Panhandle and this is my first year teaching. I am working on my master's as an educational diagnostician major. Right now I am teaching at the elementary grade level and love it! I am in my mid forties, married and have two children. I live on a farm in the middle of no where. I started college right after high school but landed a very good job so I put it off for awhile (about 17 years!) I moved to the Panhandle in 1990, had kids, then decided at the age of 40 to go back. It has taken me almost 6 years, but I graduated with honors, magna cum laude, found a job, and I am still going on for the master's, why I do not know, I just found college so interesting and fun.
As I said in my last post, I am trying to do research on Thai culture but I have not taken this internet course seriously and am now scrambling to get some things caught up. I thought I could recruit the help of those who are experts in Thai culture and that is why I chose this forum.
If you would like to help I would appreciate it. If you want me to pay you for it, sorry, did you not read that I was a first year teacher?
Later,
TrueBlueTexan

[DownloadMan]

Check this link and look over the albums, PM me if I can be of help.
http://public.fotki.com/KevinN/

[venediene]

I need to complete 14 hours of activities. There are seven activities. I will list them here:
Religion
Family and social life
Traditions
Economy
Arts
Politics
and one of my choice, I chose Education
If anyone would be interested in helping me I would really appreciate it.
I will post a new thread introducing myself so that you know a little about me before committing to anything.Thanks in advance.
True Blue Texan

Ahhhhhhh You need to complete it in 14 hours ...nearly finish ???

I think root of Thai cultural, specially of arts,traditions and Family and social life is comes from the believe and faith in Buddhism religion. I'm currently on my working time now. So! I can help you by noted here some links for Thai Arts subject..


Arts :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_art
http://sunsite.au.ac.th/thailand/Thai_Arts/
http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/art/...am/default.htm

[Markdogas]

Hello everyone,

I stumbled upon this forum while researching Thai culture. I am currently taking a graduate course called multicultural education in which I have to research an unfamiliar culture. I chose Thai because a family member married a Thai and I know nothing about him or his culture, except that he is an extremely talented welder and sweet guy. I need some information about Thai people and there are just some things I would prefer not to ask my cousin's husband. I am hoping someone in this forum would be willing to devote some time to answering some questions, sending some photos, or directing me to reliable internet sources that can provide me with information. I need to complete 14 hours of activities. There are seven activities. I will list them here:
Religion
Family and social life
Traditions
Economy
Arts
Politics
and one of my choice, I chose Education
If anyone would be interested in helping me I would really appreciate it.
I will post a new thread introducing myself so that you know a little about me before committing to anything.
Thanks in advance.
True Blue Texan

[mortgrhhh]

Damn, I always knew that the Texans that live in the pan handle [west Texas] were not the sharpest knives in the drawer, but I didn't realize that they really needed special ed teachers.
Wouldn't it just be easier for them to move back to OKLA.?

If y'all don't love Texas, then actually the joke is on you!

[klnbgqr]

Also check out http://www.swp.in.th for daily thai school blogs.

[DownloadMan]

Never lived in west Texas,, How long did y'all live there??
Nice over around Brazoria tho..

[new-nickname-zanovo]

I can try to help I'm Australian, but I lived in Thailand......

[kylsq0Ln]

Welcome True Blue Texan, It sounds like a good thing to research.

FiP has supplied you with some "primary sources". You'll find some other primary sources on blog sites like www.thai-blogs.com (mostly ex-pats and vistors) and www.thailandlife.com (experiences of a Thai teenager).

I would think that that a couple of good books would give you the best start on the basics of Religion, Family and social life, Traditions, Economy, Arts, Politics, Education, but it depends what sort of library you have access to.

It seems to me that you have a long list for 14 hours. Perhaps you might want to narrow it down a little bit and look in detail at some issues that you find particularly interesting. An issue that I think is interesting is to what extent cultural issues like religion, etc, influence the way students learn. The stereotype is that Asian students respect authority too much and so don't "think for themeselves". I have little experience with Thai students, but that stereotype doesn't apply to the high-achieving Chinese students that I have known (as long as you don't mistake a certain amount of deference for lack of thinking ). It does apply to the low achievers of both Chinese and Western origin..

Thailand has a very strong Buddhist culture (unlike modern China...). In principle this should lead to people who are more free-thinking than a society based on Christianity, since it is supposed to be a path of inquiry, rather than blind faith:

When you know for yourselves that, 'These qualities are skillful; these qualities are blameless; these qualities are praised by the wise; these qualities, when adopted and carried out, lead to welfare and to happiness' — then you should enter and remain in them."
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/a...henticity.html

Of course, the theory and the practice are two different things...