“Before being an elder come after being a younger brother Come along as a friend.”
Anyone who has been through the incubation should be familiar with this sentence. It is a classic sentence of the SOTUS system that has been with students in Thai university society for a long time. But lately, many universities have announced their cancellation and no longer support this system.
Today I invite you to look back briefly. where did the beginning come from Why is it popular in Thailand?
SOTUS Let’s look at the meaning of this word first.
- S stands for Seniority, meaning younger students are required to respect teachers and senior students.
- O stands for Order, meaning the younger students are required to obey orders. discipline
- T stands for Tradition, meaning that only the good and proper traditions must be preserved.
- U stands for Unity, meaning students want to maintain unity between students.
- S stands for Spirit, which means having a good heart. ethical sacrifices for the public
from the meaning of each abbreviation It should be enough to see what it is. How do you get into Thailand? It is assumed that Coming from the senior system of boarding schools in England where teachers will set up students in senior year with good behavior as an assistant teacher The purpose is to train and teach the younger generation. This position is called Prefect.
Prefect position will have special privileges such as can warn the younger generation Behavior points can be deducted. There is a private living room. have more rights than others
As for entering Thailand, there are many sources stated that came during the time that Thailand was starting to establish a university During that time, many people went to study abroad and brought in the culture of initiation as well. One of the cultures that has been brought in is wag, which can be used by foreign universities. (Imagine when we watch western movies. (Some stories have scenes where seniors stand up against juniors in late-night clubs). This has been applied to Thai youth recruiting.
It is believed that putting pressure on juniors will dissolve behavior and make it easier to coexist. reduce the difference in position There is more equality, but over and over the interpretation seems to be wrong and more and more intense. until sometimes it becomes the satisfaction of only seniors
SOTUS has been with Thai youths for a long time. with a social system that has a structure of brothers and sisters with seniority involved As many scholars commented that It supports the Thai patronage system.
For the reasons mentioned above, SOTUS is popular and has been passed down for a long time. There was a time later when questions began to be raised about the need and equality of people. Also, what can a senior who is a few years older than him be able to teach? causing many universities to announce the cancellation of SOTUS freshmen
To this day, it is undeniable that there are still some universities, some faculties, some fields that still have SOTUS internships and there is always sad news about the intense recruitment. I can only hope that this form of initiation will change in the right direction.
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