Thai school deducts 10 points for singing national anthem quietly

Not singing the national anthem loud enough? That will be 10 points deducted for being unpatriotic, according to the student handbook at a school in northeastern Thailand. 

The weird offense was among extreme regulations at a school in Surin province, identified as the Sangkha School, which documented demerits for behavior that’s insufficiently ultra nationalist, religious, or royalist.

“Sangkha School is not for the faint of heart,” one comment read. “Does the teacher sing too? If they can, they should come out and sing in the sun. Since birth, I have not seen any teacher ever do that,” read another.

There were other head-scratching rules students risked breaking while rising for the anthem. Not joining in the singing at all? Five points off. How about not standing straight in respect of the flag? Ten points.

In fact, just being an overall bad…