CAR CASH
This incident happened at the traffic lights while our car was waiting for the green light. There were four people in our car — my parents, my older brother and me. My father was driving, and he asked my brother to swap from the back seat to the driver’s seat. My brother's wallet dropped on the road while he was changing seats. When we arrived home, a man phoned my brother and said that he found the wallet with 7,500 baht in it. He got the phone number from my brother's student card. The next day, the man gave the wallet back and my father gave him a 500 baht reward. Patnaree Petchkrua, Thanks for sharing your story, Patnaree. I didn't quite get the part about why your brother and father had to swap seats, but it was great to hear that your brother got his wallet back anyway. It's nice to know that there are still some honest people left in the world — and nice of your father to reward that man's honesty too! — Editor |
HOMEWORK HORROR
I think many students complain about being overloaded with homework.
At my school there are more than eight subjects, and almost all of the teachers give a lot of assignments. It must take students hours to finish their homework, and they sometimes have to finish it in class when the teacher is teaching.
Since there is too much homework, copying is inevitable for many students, but the students who copy won't understand the work and they might flunk the test.
I think that too much homework causes stress, and students don't have enough time for their favourite activities. This is why most students are unhappy at school.
Theeruth Taemeesathit,
Udon Thani
I can sympathise with students feeling stressed about having too much homework, Theeruth. I don't remember having much homework at all when I was at school — it never seemed necessary somehow. Just do your best to get through it and I'm sure your hard work will pay off in the end. Your school days will be over before you know it, and then you'll have more say in what you want to do. Good luck! — Editor
NEEDLESS NOISE
This is my first letter to Student Weekly. Almost every day I have to ride on the MRT underground train to get to university. I like using public transport and I think the MRT is great, but there's one thing I don’t like about it.
I can't stand all the ads they have on the train and in the station. Sometimes they are so loud and silly, and they show the same ads over and over again for months at a time. I know we can't escape advertising, but I think the train ride would be much more pleasant without those noisy TV screens!
Kat Wong,
Bangkok
I agree Kat, the public transport in Bangkok can be very noisy. I've ridden in quite a few metro trains in various cities around the world and have never come across one with ads as noisy as the ones on the Bangkok trains. Still, I guess we have to be thankful that we have the MRT and BTS, since getting around Bangkok without them would be even more of a nightmare than it already is. — Editor
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Vocabulary
- swap (v): to change positions or tasks with somebody else
pleasant (adj): enjoyable and pleasing
metro (n): an underground train system
overload (v): to give somebody too much of something
inevitable (adj): that you cannot avoid or prevent
flunk (v): to fail an exam or a course with very low marks
