Photographic evidence of a time students worked hard and transport wasn’t crowded

Long before it became a place one could hardly find a place to stand – let alone pole-lean and phone-gaze – one young Thai scout demonstrated his diligence on public transportation.

In a throwback to the past, this photo posted to BKK TV (which seems otherwise preoccupied with posting photos of chesty women) a young Thai Boy Scout locked in deep study hunches over his books in a space that today would be occupied by six men.




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