Yesterday at my university, we had a very important event call "Wai Khru" or Teacher Respect Ceremony. Its a very beautiful ceremony where students pay respect to their teachers and express their gratitude.
We (my fellow student-teachers) attended two events. One in the morning where freshmen (here, freshies) from every department gather at the universities main auditorium. As we entered, we saw the very beautiful and most creative flower arrangements made by each department and each year. This will be given to the teachers and respected people on the stage.
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| Flower arrangement competition |
Although, I am Thai this is my first time attending Wai Khru as a teacher. When I was in high school I would be either in the Thai Traditional Music Band or the ones handling the awards. So to speak, it is a very new experience and something I don't think I will get used to easily. Perhaps if the age gap between my students and I are five years or more, I will feel more comfortable.
In general, the Wai Khru ceremony begins with a prayer to the gods, followed by a song-like chant specifically for this event (both in sanskrit.) Then the students present flower arrangements, candles and joss sticks to their teachers. The morning ceremony was longer because they also gave out awards to students, faculties, and winner of the flower arrangement contest.
In the afternoon, we head back to our Faculty of Management Science (FMS) for our own ceremony. The order event was not different from the morning one, its just more compact and i definitely feel closer to the students.
Again, I don't really feel comfortable having students bow before me, so I stayed in my seats in the last row.
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| Faculty of Management Science freshies |
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| Our International BBA won first price of the department's flower arrangement competition |
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