Saturday, February 16, 2008
In Oil-Rich Mideast, Shades of the Ivy League\
\New York Times: "When Dana Hadan was a student at Doha’s leading girls’ science high school, she wanted to be a doctor and applied to Cornell’s medical school. But Cornell rejected her, and her parents did not want her to go to a medical school overseas. So Ms. Hadan enrolled instead in the business program at Carnegie Mellon."
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People tend to think that by adding American ways of life to other countries in need we can 'cure' them. The American solution doesn't always work for other countries. It doesn't even always work for us.
On the other hand I guess education of any kind is a good thing. To open minds and expose them to as much culture (without trying to change their beliefs) is always a good thing. I almost wish some great middle eastern institution would do the same thing here. Although I guess if they had similar institutions then this whole thing would be unnecessary anyway. I just wish we could share culture more equally.
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