Dear Kru J,
Would you allow me to share my thoughts about this reading? I find it very interesting.
This is a good piece of reading for students. They can learn a lot of new words. However, students can contribute to this lesson by telling thier own stories about some concepts based on this reading such as "self-help", "to strive", "effort", "logical", and etc. Students can talk about these concepts in groups and present their stories to the class. This is what I think may work well with Thai students.
Thank you for sharing your expertise and ideas.