Re ''Tablet scheme comes as bitter pill'' (BP, July 15).
Now many students want something better than the tablets they were given, such as iPads. These students are being taught by this megaproject government that they are entitled to receive these tablets.
The Ministry of Education should have invested the money instead in libraries, encyclopaedias and other reference books. Students should learn how to research their projects, improve their reading skills and be patient.
Instead, you have a bunch of ''now'' kids who will copy what they find on these tablets directly on to paper, and hand these papers in to their teachers who will grade them with a ''very good'' and forget about it all.
Laziness in society begins with kids who make no effort, and this continues throughout their lives. It's always ''gimme, gimme, I'm entitled''.
Most Thais I've met want immediate answers and results with no effort involved in either seeking or understanding.
DAVID JAMES WONG
Lowest 'rung' can still vote
Re: ''It's still the economy, stupid'' (PostBag, July 14).
I was in full agreement with Dr Kuldeep Nagi's compliments and comments regarding Voranai Vanijaka's commentary on income tax _ that is, until I reached the last line: ''And those at the lowest rung of the socio-economic ladder should realise that if they do not pay, they cannot play.''
That depends on how one defines ''play''.
Those who are at the lowest rung can vote, and therefore, still ''play''. They are discovering that they can have a tremendous amount of ''play power'' when banded together, something that politicians both use and fear.
VERNEITA BOONLOM
Wake up, cable firms
Re: ''Missing out on sport'' (PostBag, July 15).
I appreciate Khun Monika's desire to relax and watch a televised sports match.
It is obvious, however, that complaints against the cable company _ against all the cable companies _ have been going on for several years.
I'd like to quote Sam Walton here. He said: ''There is only one boss _ the customer. And he can fire everybody in the company, from the chairman down, simply by spending his money elsewhere.''
In this case, however, there is no choice because all the cable companies ignore customers.
However, if subscribers would learn to do without the service for an indeterminate time, cable companies would feel the pinch.
The only international language is money, and to lose it hurts like hell. When a company sees diminished profits, it either reorganises or eventually goes bust. If cable companies lose money, and still do not listen to their subscribers, they do not deserve to stay in business.
For every cable company that goes out of business, there will always be another to fill the gap.
Hopefully, the replacement will have learned from the disasters of its predecessors.
OHPCHOI
Dog concerns misplaced
Re: ''Play it safe with dogs'' (PostBag, July 15).
Eric Bahrt finally makes some sense in this letter, but I think it's time to end this debate. It is time to stop worrying about feeding the dogs, or what they should eat. It's time to start worrying about feeding hungry humans.
Let the dog lovers worry about feeding their dogs, and the rest of us concentrate on feeding the poor, homeless people.
There are many charitable organisations out there that would gladly accept your donations.
CHARLIE BROWN
Pattaya
Red shirts look sharp
Thanarak Khoonton should be congratulated for an impressive photo of the red shirts (Manchester United supporters), so attentively upright and well-behaved at Rajamangala Stadium, (BP July, 14).
For a minute, I thought the political red shirts had become more palatable.
SONGDEJ PRADITSMANONT
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