The other day, a group of students at my college sat down on the hot ground in the sun and bowed down low to their teachers’ feet. I was sitting in the sun watching them with my friends. Those students came from different classes and different grades. Every class had sent one boy and one girl to be the representatives for all students in that class. It is the annual ceremony called "Wai Kru" which is done in every school, college and university in Thailand.
"Wai Kru" means "pay respect to the teacher" in Thai. It is the most important event to be held for every school at the start of the new academic year. It is always held on a Thursday but it doesn’t matter which Thursday of the month. The reason that the ceremony has to be on a Thursday is because we believe that Thursday is a special day for teachers.