Really?
What should you do when you have a sexual urge?
No, this isn't a quiz question from an old edition of Loaded magazine, it's an Ordinary National Educational Test (Onet) exam question set for Grade 12 students in Thailand. The answer is, of course, "A", said National Institute of Educational Testing Services (NIETS) director Dr Samphan Phanphrut. He explained this question was intended to check whether the students understood the nature of sexual desire and how to control or respond to it.A. Play football with friends.
B. Talk to your family.
C. Try to go to sleep.
D. Go out with a friend of the opposite sex.
E. Go to a movie with your buddy.
MY first question is, does this apply to both boys and girls, and can they play football together?
I now understand that my priorities have been wrong all these years and that I should have been playing more football in my younger years. Well, we live and learn. Some people had a rather scathing analysis of how this curious question about sexual desire fits in with Thailand's education system as a whole.
Are Thai youth being well served by the Thai education system? The answer at least from the perspective of sex education seems to be a resounding “No.”
Oh, and BTW, it's SOCCER, damn it! Not football, SOCCER!
