Thread: Give up an organ and get a place at uni

Only in Thailand.
I had to check the calendar to see if it was April 1, but there again it is April 1 every day in Thailand.

I was listening to the BBC World Service yesterday and there was an item on Thai education (haha)

Apparently the government is concerned that Thai children are becoming bad citizens and that they must be encouraged to become better citizens.
So a new scheme is to be launched that requires that academic results will not be the only criteria to be used in granting a place at uni.

From now on good citizenship will also be a factor. Points will be awarded for good deeds such as helping a neighbour or as the Deputy minister was saying the giving up of an organ to someone in need. Obviously he went on to say that more points will be awarded if the spare kidney or whatever is donated to a complete stranger rather than a family member or friend.

I kid you not.

I already thought that they took other criteria into consideration such as size of wallet, family connections etc.

Anyhow after the minister the BBC spoke to a student up in Chiang Mai who though that if such a scheme were to exist then many students would willingly donate organs to obtain a uni place and better themselves..
She went on to say that trying to make students better citizens was no new thing and that for years her and her class mates had been taught to sing songs such as "10 things to make me a good girl/boy".

FFS.

Is there anything that this country is getting right at the moment?

I heard many children have already sold their brain for a new X-box.

^ yes and not just in Thailand but even in these cases I still think they have possession of the brain

I wonder if there is a business opportunity in leasing out your second kidney on a 1 or 2 year basis for the right amount just to let the customer get their affairs in order (i.e. sell the kids inheritance and go on a 1 year sex and drugs fuelled bender in Thailand). You could advertise for the next punter in advance cause you would know exactly when you were getting it back.

There's not a soul on this planet that would want either my kidneys or my liver. But I'll help you sell yours, for a cut.

And if the guy leasing the organ knew it was short-term, how would we stop him from treating it like a rental car?

Originally Posted by Texpat

how would we stop him from treating it like a rental car?

I wondered about that. I know a liver's resale value could be seriously depreciated by an alcoholic renter but I don't actually know what kidneys do. I know we need them, just not sure why.

Originally Posted by Texpat

But I'll help you sell yours, for a cut.

Interesting idea Texpat. Organ rental sales rep. That would probably come below Real Estate Agent and Lawyers at the bottom end of the respectable scale I guess?

plenty of thai girls eating organs to get cash for uni as well


texpat i love the avatar

You don't need two kidneys, though, do you?

I'd sell one of mine.

Any takers?

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Redded for your snide snickering and snotty patronising attitude, what are you, the Master Race?

So is this a standard organ donation scheme, as most western countries have, with a reward for being a good citizen who donates organs after death or do you seriously think that they're asking students to hand over kidneys, eyes, hearts, and livers when they apply to university?
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Thanks mate my first red.

Up to you how you read it but I heard the interview. Nothing was mentioned about after death. It was all about the here and now.
so yes I do think they were encouraging the kids to lose an organ before entering university.
Certainly the student intervieweed and the BBC interviewer saw it that way.

The minister had plenty of chances to say it was not the case but simply kept repeating that it was only one possibility.

Have you had any experience of the Thai education system?

This is not going to impact students from the well to do families only those from the poor and not in a positive way


The ministry is missing the point completely. I agree there is nothing wrong in encouraging people to be good citizens but there is so much intrinsically wrong with the education system if the miister and simialr were they themselves good citizens and were a bit more honest.

I do not consider myself from "The Master Race". You might.
However until the Thais start looking at the mirror and being more honest in identifying the real problems the country is going nowhere.
The country that I have chosen as my home and the country that my children will be brought up in.

Apologies I screwed up the quote