The future of Asia

I just had a surprising conversation with my class today-my last time meeting with first-year students at the university-about globalization, ASEAN, and their role as future leaders of Thailand. They were intelligent, cogent, engaged, and thougtful! I felt that maybe perhaps our conversation may in some way be one tiny wiggle toward social progress. Teaching this class (Global Society and Living) in the context of a country where a sizable portion of the "developed world" procures cheap labor has been thought-provoking in many ways. It has been fun to pose and examine questions pertaining to the true meaning of development," but when I move to kindergarten next week, can I inspire the same sorts of dialogue through fingerpaint and nap times?
Perhaps my friend is right-I need a juice box to think it over.