Thai schools do not need reform; they need a wrecking ball. Entirely new schools should be built with good facilities, smaller classes, twice the financing, much higher standards, better-trained teachers (with an entirely new attitude), and no directors-as they are as greedy and corrupt as they are imperious and incompetent. Good riddance to all of them. Thais do not know it, but their schools are in a state of emergency. They are the No. 1 reason why Thailand is not ready for democracy. “Ronald Wilson former Thailand English teacher” (He left after teaching here six years)