The university uniform drama has unfolded a new ugly reality in Thai society. Recently, a vocal Thammasat student, under her chic nickname Aum Neko, has daringly defied a traditional practice of student uniform wearing within the walls of a prestigious university. As it is understood, there is no fixed rule on the necessity of wearing university uniform. However, some professors at Thammasat University have prescribed their own regulation in dictating students to wear uniform when attending their classes.
Aum Neko was right in raising this pertinent issue. The point here is not so much about the abolition of a forced uniform, but to open the door for all students to choose if they wish to wear university uniform. In other words, those who are keen to wear it, please do so. For those who are not, they are free to wear anything as long as it is decent.
But Aum Neko’s call for this kind of liberation strikes a raw nerve at the core of the Thai society. For a long time, student life within the Thai universities has never been “liberal”. This goes against a fundamental belief elsewhere that university students are mature enough to decide for themselves what are best for them. After all, they already possess their electoral right. Why can they not be allowed to enjoy the same right on something deemed to be so trivial, like wearing a university uniform?
The university uniform drama has unfolded a new ugly reality in Thai society. Recently, a vocal Thammasat student, under her chic nickname Aum Neko, has daringly defied a traditional practice of student uniform wearing within the walls of a prestigious university. As it is understood, there is no fixed rule on the necessity of wearing university uniform. However, some professors at Thammasat University have prescribed their own regulation in dictating students to wear uniform when attending their classes.
Aum Neko was right in raising this pertinent issue. The point here is not so much about the abolition of a forced uniform, but to open the door for all students to choose if they wish to wear university uniform. In other words, those who are keen to wear it, please do so. For those who are not, they are free to wear anything as long as it is decent.
But Aum Neko’s call for this kind of liberation strikes a raw nerve at the core of the Thai society. For a long time, student life within the Thai universities has never been “liberal”. This goes against a fundamental belief elsewhere that university students are mature enough to decide for themselves what are best for them. After all, they already possess their electoral right. Why can they not be allowed to enjoy the same right on something deemed to be so trivial, like wearing a university uniform?
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