Journal Daengbo's Journal: Why are Thais Poorly Educated? Their Textbooks Suck. 4
From a college-level textbook in the introductory course "Life Skills:"
- Dogs and cats can be said not to be able to think because when we tell them to go to the refrigerator to get us something to eat, they don't understand and don't comply.
- Computers can be said to think because computers can defeat humans in chess, but the computer doesn't really understand what it is doing.
- Therefore, it can be said that only humans and angels can think.
Let's test your understanding using a quiz from the book. Which of the following is true?
- A dog thinks when it puts shoes in the trash because the shoes stink.
- A boy doesn't want to go to school because he doesn't understand the teacher.
- A human defeats a computer in calculations.
- A fish comes to the surface of the water when it is called.
The answers? 2 and 3. 1 and 4 are false because animals don't think.
This isn't some dinky seminary, folks: it's the state open university. Wow. Just
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This textbook was written by a Ph.D. from the University of Indiana. In a required course which is supposed to teach the student how to think logically, the assertions are demonstrably wrong, the logic is poor, and the arguments about articles in the Bangkok Post fail to understand the article's original language properly. The textbook is a failure, yet it's required reading and comprehension of what it teaches is tested.
The Thai education system is broken. Everyone agrees on this fact, including the Thai g