The+role+of+education-knowledge-books

= = A different way to do this week's discussion This week I haven't written a list of questions for you to consider. Instead, I've typed up the comments that were written down by your peers. Read through the list and any comments from the people who have posted before you. Consider if you need to correct, clarify, or expand on these thoughts. Then write your response in a word document. Double check your spelling/grammar and if you've supported you ideas. Then post it in the discussion page as normal.

From Student 1: (Who's they?????) 10. Many people take education for granted because they drop out. Useless information.
 * 1) Iraqi government: Role of education - Government cares about their society and the education surrounding it (no funding)
 * 2) They separate education: men and women. For example, men can only read the Qu'ran in the movie __Osama__.
 * 3) The government doesn't care about their people in education because a lot of teachers have been killed or terminated.
 * 4) People in war-stricken countries are in survival mode instead of trying to educate their people.
 * 5) Pre-War and in some places post-war they have been brainwashed to hate the United States automatically.
 * 6) Our required classes in school can be looked at as a brainwashing scheme, but it's things we are required to take.
 * 7) Men are required to fight like the Taliban because U.S. males must sign a draft.
 * 8) Society can influence what we learn in schools today. Example: Spanish 2 years for class of 2010.
 * 9) Even though all our stereotypes, we still view many countries as prejudice when some actually like America.

From Student 2: (A nice list of questions!) 1. The Middle East isn’t funded very well. The government doesn’t help much. 2. They separate the men and the women in the schools and at home. 3. If you’re from a certain background you may not go to school, but in __Kite Runner__, both men and women are educated: the difference has to do with class system not sex. 4. Does the government care more about their country or their kids getting an education? Little kids joining the army? 5. Are we not told to take certain classes? 6. The government has influence on US to go in the military. 7. Iraqis children are taught not to like America and America is taught not to like Iraqis. 8. How does society influence our education? Society does influence what we learned because we need to take them to graduate high school. 9. Do we as Americans take our education for granted? 10. The main point of education is critical thinking.

From Student 3: 10. Americans take their education for granted when people in the Middle East are privileged to go to school, so it’s more important to them.
 * 1) The government doesn’t fund teenagers’ education very well, so it might not be important.
 * 2) The government needs to focus on other issues before education.
 * 3) Even though education isn’t a main priority, there are still many very smart, important people.
 * 4) Many teachers have been fired.
 * 5) They are in survival mode and education is put on a back burner.
 * 6) They don’t have enough security to protect kids going to school. One book has the parents of the kids in school taking turns to protect their kids.
 * 7) In America, people have a choice in what we want to be and what we want to learn.
 * 8) The fear of each other works booth ways between America and the Middle East.
 * 9) There are some people who are thankful we are helping and some don’t want us to be there; it just depends on the person and their granted.