Happy Monday afternoon ka. I just had a chance to sit down and share my most recent experience talking with a gen Z kid.
This morning, I was asked to 'sort of coach' a high school student who'll go through several scholarship interviews. Instead of being a coach, I learned so much from him ka.
He may look so much like a nerd whose whole life will be tied to his passion in Physics. But after some chats, he loosened up to shine and be his funny (555!) self. He linked his piano skills to Physics and explained to me in some simple terms I could understand!
When asked what he has prepared for his interviews, he said the very first is about 'Thailand 4.0' and it needs the effective education system to nurture students and their learning.
He was saying that if there was a question he wanted to ask adults, he would ask what they thought about 'more time to play, less time in class'. He thought it was a good idea but it could never be successful because of the curriculum design and content. Students had to study a whole lot and with less time in the classrooms, teachers had to set up extra time to rush to finish what was required.
He has his dream to return to develop our country. I asked right away whether he felt so or just had to say so as part of the patriotic image! He said it was what he felt since he was in his late primary school time, thinking why Thai people couldn't enhance our development when our brains are second to none!
Such thought has led him to take part in various activities, several started from encouragement from his parents and later he decided to work on student council to learn how to cooperate with people from diverse backgrounds and thinking. He had to manage his time effectively to study and do the activities he enjoyed with time to play games for stress reduction.
He regards his father as his role model because of his father's flexibility and comfort to cooperate with people.
He has seen the world in many dimensions I found amazing for a high school kid who doesn't go to the EP or international school!
My three lessons learned ka:
1.Quite a number at the university level may not be able to respond and react the ways he did. It could be because he has been reading, thinking, and working hard (he said so himself that he's hardworking) on what he is passionate of while many kids haven't known what their passion is.
2. Parents have to encourage kids to try different activities in various platforms and who knows, their kids may become passionate from some of the exercises that will benefit his own life and the wider community.
3. We can't judge too fast simply from the first impression and personality for we may miss an excellent opportunity to learn. Skills to help loosen people up could become real useful in our social media-led world.
It was me to be coached how to deal with gen Z kids ka!
Now I wish him luck and feel hopeful our country will have another highly capable Physics professor/researcher with IQ/EQ and many other Q's (including lots of questions!)
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