Educational Testing

Educational Testing in Thailand is used to evaluate not only for the students but also the standards of each schools. The government, by reason of, wants schools in Thailand have the same average so they use this test to urge the school that has a lower level than the others. However, it has many problems, for example, lack of teacher, instrument, education system, etc.

Recently problem is about Admission Test which replaced The Entrance exam. Government used Admission Test because they believe that entrance exam can’t measure the real ability of students. Students just go to take special tutor courses for the exams but they don’t pay attention to the other subject that useless for their examination. Due to the education system in Thailand teach students to study just for an exam, they can remember all of text in the books but if you asked them to analyze what author think or what the advantage for this topic is, they can’t answer because in the text it doesn’t have answer for these questions.

Consequently, government thinks that they should use GPA to make the students pay more attention in the class. I think it success because of my experience, in the past most of my friends didn’t care about the arts and physical education. Sometimes they skipped the class to read mathematics, science, etc. but when the government has created Admission Test, all of my friends come to join the class and found that it has many advantage from these subjects which they didn’t heed before.

However, Admission Test still has some point that makes the problem with the students so the government should repair and make it better as far as they can for all students and the education system of Thailand.

Human being

Human being is the state of existing. Human is one type of animals, but it has some specific things that can separate human from the other animal.

Firstly, human has a critical thinking that can help them to analyze & synthesize the information they received. It because of their frontal brain that bigger and more complex than the other animal. For example, in many businesses, they have strategic planning which is very complicated because they must plan the strategy complexly to gain competitive advantages.

Second, human can’t live alone because Human is social beings so they must communicate each others all the time. Although some animal such as cows, buffaloes, etc. can communicate each others too, they aren’t social beings because they don’t have joint life activities. These animals just consume in the same area not share their food at all.

Third, human invent their tools for purpose of living. Many people said that chimps also use tools too so does it have human being? The answer is “no” because they just imitate human. For instant, human invent vehicle, clothes, computer, etc. while those chimps don’t.

We are all human which have influence on the other animals so we should use our power in the right way. Don’t try to harass the other living things by reason of they are also our world-fellow. If you do it, you are just a man not a human being!

P.S. I’ve read the article about a human being & a man. It’s very interesting. This is a part of this article. It may be have some benefits for you.

“A Human Being or A Man?
A human being we are 'cause of high morals
Just like a peacock so precious 'cause of its feathers
A heart so dirty can be just a man
What a pity you happen to be born!
A heart so clean so bright so calm
If you have all so be called a human being
Should you do right, speak right all the time
Delighted you'll be night or day always
A heart so evil, so dark, so restless
The one possessing it so be called a Satan
Should you do wrong, speak wrong, full of worries
Do all things just for yourself, Help! it's a sin.
Think it over if you don't want to go to hell
Correct yourself before it's too late
Lift up your heart to Dhamma before you die
Then you'll fulfill your life at the end:”