Several little things I’d like to share today ka:
1. I read Khun Surin Pitsuwan’s book entitled, ‘ASEAN รู้ไว้ได้เปรียบแน่’ (Knowing ASEAN is an advantage!), and like it in various ways ka. It gives me an overall picture what to be expected in 2015 and what to be aware/prepared before then ka. His extensive experiences and insights are really valuable ka. Our schools and universities should move forward to rethink of our own attitudes toward our neighbors, our knowledge and understanding about our own country and them, and how education should focus on.
Some quotes I find useful for us to prepare our Thai citizens (with lots of collective strategic actions needed lae ka!):
- Building a community is unavoidable as the countries can’t afford to be isolated any longer
- ‘Think long term, think big’ while trying hard to find ‘win-win’ approaches for all
- Dare to go out and invest in the ASEAN market
- Education, exchanges included, is the most important mechanism to prepare us for the ASEAN Community
- We need to learn how to appreciate the diversity in our own country and other member countries
- Quality is the key to our healthy survival with opportunities offered for people to strive to their fullest potential!
- English proficiency as well as favorable attitude about our neighboring countries is crucial
- Law has to be enforced and standardization put in place
- Identify of ASEAN is not identity of interest, but it’s identity of values of sharing, of happiness and ownership
2. In a Time magazine April 22 issue, there is an article on, ‘Made in USA’, which shows how the shift of production (Manufacturing renaissance!) is gradually seen in the US. Instead of ‘outsourcing’, it is ‘insourcing’, and it is changing ‘offshoring’ to ‘reshoring’! It’s interesting to follow this trend, which doesn’t have only economics but also education and social implications.
What a different world we’re living in ka!
Regards,
Porntip
Tue 5/7/2013 8:58 AM
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