Guest travelerjim Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 Seeking "contact information" weekend high school Does anyone have the current 'contact information" about the weekend High School program which has been run and sponsored by the Buddhist Temple in North Pattaya ...Wat Po ??? I have a possible student to refer to them... but have lost the contact and school information.... The info I have is 4 years old - when they then conducted a daily program, I had 4 Thais enrolled then - very good and successful program, But believe it is now on weekends only for an accelerated high school program where a student 18+ can earn their high school certificate in 2 years versus the normal 4 years or regular high school. Thanks for the help... and if you know of other like High School programs in the Pattaya area, I would like to know about them..... TravelerJim Quote
Gaybutton Posted July 8, 2007 Posted July 8, 2007 I don't have specific information, but I do know there are several high school programs in Pattaya. The thing to do, I would think, would be to go personally to each and check what they have to offer and what their requirements and fees are. I know of five programs. One is the Aksorn school on Tepprasit Road. That one seems to be quite popular. I don't know the names, but there is one in Naklua, on Naklua Road and one in Banglamung, within about a mile of the Route 36 turn-off. On Route 36 there is the Regent Academy. There is also the Thai-Itoh school just off of Siam Country Club Road. There may be more, but those are the ones I know about. Be advised that the cost of enrollment, school uniforms and books is inexpensive enough in most of these schools, but when they start assigning projects and start taking the students on required excursions, the costs begin to soar and can easily rise to 20,000 to 30,000 baht per month. The way it was explained to me is that there are three levels of high school. Once a student has completed all three levels, that's when he is eligible to continue on to college. Quote
Guest travelerjim Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 Thank You for your suggestions... Thank you all for your helpful suggestions and ideas. I will follow up this week... let you know how progress, if any, is made. Hopefully the Thai in question will realize the opportunity he will soon have awaiting him... for a high school AND an university education ...if he so chooses... all for his future...for I believe strongly that a good education is the path from poverty. He has a better than 3.4 grade point average in schooling to date... with some semesters 4.0...straight "A's.... and has expressed a desire to be an Accountant. But the need for money and promises made to him most recently in what I consider a very "veiled" way .. (I am sure he doesn't have a clue what is reality at this point)... to come to Pattaya and be able to send money home ... earn "guaranteed salary" of 4,000 baht plus tips... and also earn enough money to be able to set up your own business in your home province.. brings many young Thai men out of the rice fields and small cities of Isaan to Pattaya... But the sad truth of the matter is.. so few ever will receive such promised "guarantees" a and such dreams of more baht for family and a future... soon become unrealized realities... "Up to HIM" is the phrase I will aptly put to him this week... via my Thai University Professor friend. He can choose to pursue his education via high school completion and university degree.. or he can choose to continue as a young Thai working in a Pattaya Club... I realize the difficulty he will have in making such a selection... the draw to baht and easy $$$ and the partying that goes on night and day is too much for a young Thai - new to the Pattaya scene - to make wise decision from... But the longer he is out of school... and the longer he is exposed to the elements of Pattaya scene... his chances for his future success with an education...diminish each day! I can only hope that he tries...he says he wants "to study"... I really would like him to return to his home province and do the accelerated high school program there, away from Pattaya and its elements of crime, night life, drugs, gambling, sex and the like. TravelerJim Quote
Gaybutton Posted July 9, 2007 Posted July 9, 2007 You know what they say about leading a horse to water. You're right. He has to make his own decision. If he sees working in the bars so he can send money home to mama as something more important than continuing his education, there won't be much you can do about it. If it were me, I would at least attempt to convince him about the importance of an education, but it is so ingrained into Thai culture about sending money home to mama that chances are strong that he won't listen to you. Unfortunately it probably won't take him very long to become disillusioned about the bar scene, but you at least will have tried. That's all you can do. Quote
