Student earns letter praise
A young student in the remote omkoi district of Chiangmai is being praised for her honesty after she told school heads she wanted time off to help her family. Her hand-written letter, shared by the family website momypedia, is addressed to teachers. In the letter, Jitra Jaikla said she needed to take a few days off school to help her family harvest Hed Thob of puff ball mushrooms. The mushrooms can fetch a high price, up to 400 baht a kilogramme.