Many of my students “poke” each other regularly. This entails forming a gun-shape with your index fingers then savagely poking a friend in the rear, aiming primarily for the nether region. Thai kids get such a kick out of it. Trying to discipline them for such acts is futile. I just shake my head in disgust.
Sure, American high schoolers can act like animals too, but they don’t hold a candle to Thai high school students. Thai high schoolers are way more inclined to touch one another (often inappropriately) than their American counterparts, which I believe stems from growing up in a culture that’s just more “touchy-feely” than American culture. I’ll touch more on this later.