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[snoopy]

On the 6th of June 2010, more news was reported on the incident of the library of the Mahidol Wittayanusorn School being burnt down. The arsonist had turned himself in. His name was Ko (pseudonym), a 16 year old student studying in the 11th grade of the same school. He had confessed, stating that he had acted alone in the burning of the library in the middle of the night because he didn’t want to go to school due to the immense pressure the school had laid upon him. He wanted to take a break from school but didn’t know how to tell his parents so he decided to burn down the library to force close the school down for renovation.

While he was setting the fire, nobody was around to witness the incident so the fire spread and burnt down the whole building. It was heavily damaged. He felt ashamed so he contacted the principle of the school before turning himself in.

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[solar cell]

I have heard this news before. As I know Mahidol Wittayanusorn is one of a few specialised science high schools in Thailand, where students can start their medical degree right out of high school. So I think there is high competition in this school that make him to think he was pressured from his teachers constantly.

My opinion, a school should add extracurricular activity or recreation for the students. The students will relax from stressed lesson.

 

[CoFFeBreaK]

Renown as the best science high school in Thailand, this school seems to have highly competitive and stressful learning atmosphere. As a result, many jump into conclusion that this might be the cause of the tragic incident.

However, we could not exclude the pressure from the society and their families. Most high school children are programmed (like robots..what's a pity!) to get high scores in entrance examination in order to have a seat in a prestige university. Moreover, in this case, his parents cannot deny their responsibilities of taking good care of their own son when he had stress.
Students have stress and spend too much time in tutorial schools. ( I'm so glad it passed and there will be no more video lesson from any tutors in my life!) They should relax as solar cell have mentioned...

It's a sad story. Children sometimes think only in a short run on how to get rid of their stress without thinking of consequences. Positively thinking, there is no loss of life. Building and learning materials could be rebuilt and set up later.

I do agree with you on all accounts! Great writing CoffeeBreak. Allow me to correct some mistakes. 

1) "What a pitty."

2) The meaning to the phrase here is quite hazy. Perhaps this is what you were trying to imply. "His parents shouldn't have neglected his son" OR "His parents must be responsible guardians by taking good care of him" OR "His parents must be responsible for the incident because it was a result of their negligence". Please correct me if I'm wrong.

3) "without thinking about its consequences"

[Caelum]

It was a sad story. As I know the school have many activities for help students to relax. I think, teachers have to make an intimate relationship with their students more than ever.

I hope it will not happen again.

 

[snoopy]

Well, a too 'intimate relationship' may also pose a problem, as seen in many news. 

[snoopy]

Oh!  I'm so sorry CoffeeBreak. I accidently pressed "Edit" instead of "Refer" when I commented on your post. 

[CoFFeBreaK]

2) The meaning to the phrase here is quite hazy. Perhaps this is what you were trying to imply. "His parents shouldn't have neglected his son" OR "His parents must be responsible guardians by taking good care of him" OR "". Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Snoopy, you are always a great teacher I just want to say that his parents must be responsible for the incident because it was a result of their negligence. The word 'negligence' suits this situation. But I forgot..haha

[Caelum]

Snoopy, you are always a great teacher I just want to say that his parents must be responsible for the incident because it was a result of their negligence. The word 'negligence' suits this situation. But I forgot..haha

My friend asked me a meaning of negligence so I share via Ungkrit's forum na.
negligence = ละเลย, ไม่เอาใจใส่

PS. Snoopy and squareflips are always great teacher (^_^)

 

[Chianapandra]

more news was reported on the incident of the library of the Mahidol Wittayanusorn School being burnt down. The arsonist had turned himself in. His name was Ko (pseudonym), a 16 year old student studying in the 11th grade of the same school. He had confessed, stating that he had acted alone in the burning of the library in the middle of the night because he didn’t want to go to school due to the immense pressure the school had laid upon him. He wanted to take a break from school but didn’t know how to tell his parents so he decided to burn down the library to force close the school down for renovation.

While he was setting the fire, nobody was around to witness the incident so the fire spread and burnt down the whole building. It was heavily damaged. He felt ashamed so he contacted the principle of the school before turning himself in.

[solar cell]

more news was reported on the incident of the library of the Mahidol Wittayanusorn School being burnt down. The arsonist had turned himself in. His name was Ko (pseudonym), a 16 year old student studying in the 11th grade of the same school. He had confessed, stating that he had acted alone in the burning of the library in the middle of the night because he didn’t want to go to school due to the immense pressure the school had laid upon him. He wanted to take a break from school but didn’t know how to tell his parents so he decided to burn down the library to force close the school down for renovation.

While he was setting the fire, nobody was around to witness the incident so the fire spread and burnt down the whole building. It was heavily damaged. He felt ashamed so he contacted the principle of the school before turning himself in.

  How about him right now? Is he still study at there?