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Everyone of them - without exception - said that they would send their children off to school so that their children would get an education.
Pretty cool, huh? That's some together-ladies talkin'!
We all know that going to school is the way forward. Right? Right?!
Have a look at this trailer from the Schooling the World movie
The last quote from the wise old woman was a good one:
It was happier when we were all together. But they said we had to send them to school.
Who is this we she is referring to? It's the those do-it-our-way modern day colonists.
Who says that going to school is better than teaching children at home using - for example - the traditional teaching of Buddha?
Well, I for one. But I come from an fantastic education system in New Zealand that took me all the way through to a university level degree.
But would this system work just as well in a country where the family is much more central than the me-centred culture of many developed countries?
The film examines the hidden assumption of cultural superiority behind education aid projects, which overtly aim to help children “escape” to a “better life".
This movie is worth a watch. If nothing else, it challenges ideas about aid and development, which is always a good thing.
Arghh! I just noticed there is a screening in Vancouver on the 24th of May. The day I leave for Uganda
