There are a lot of things needed to be done in Thailand. But first, the idea of sending your kids to engineering school, medical school, or law school has to end now!
That is one of the big reason that Thailand cannot grow more than it is now. Not everybody has a potential to be an engineer or a doctor. If your kid is so good at drawing and love doing it, you just can’t force him/her to become a doctor. That’s a reason on a personal level.
On a bigger level, Thailand needs to be more open to other jobs. Be more diverse and open to a new business even though it seems like a child’s play. (look at anime and game industry in Japan) Whatever your kids love to do, tell them they have your full support. (There’s a catch though. You not only give them full support, but you need to force them a bit as well.)
If you ask 100 high school students in Thailand what they want to “study” in college, about 80% would give you one of those set answers, engineering, medical, law, accounting…etc. anything that (their parents told them) makes a lot of money.
That’s alright, but it doesn’t help this country grow. We don’t want all of our brightest kids to grow up to be an engineer, a doctor or a lawyer. And those who failed to be one of those, be something else less in everybody’s eyes.
I’ll be proud if my daughter wants to become a gardener as long as she knows what she’s doing. She’ll become one of the best gardener you can ever think of. And that’s enough for Thailand.