Re: Many Muslims Turn to Home Schooling, NYT article?
Something that is never mentioned when comparing school systems between west and Pak is the student population. In Pak, it seems like its the children of privelege that go to school. And middle class. Many, many children do not go to school at all. In the west, children are required by law to attend school, at least till age 16. So there is a much bigger mix of students in western schools. If, in Pak, ALL the children went to school, I think you'd see more of the school violence and other tragedies like we've seen here. Although I disagree with gun-ownership rights in the USA, I havent known many gun owners at all....yet in Pak, almost every home has more than one firearm.
Anyway, back to school violence. The types of children who commit these crimes are almost invariably those from broken homes or under-priveleged etc. THOSE types of children are almost invariably NOT students in Pak.
A good topic for another thread I think.
Peace Mamaof3
Pakistani education infrastructure and Western state education infrastructure are two sides of the same of coin of inappropriate schooling! Some of the points above are incongruent why should it be that if all children in Pak went to school we would see school violence? From what I understand the ghettos in America have similar problems with school truancy ... The biggest tradegy is the lack of charity and compassion in society that allows stark dichotomies to exist in both Pak and some areas of the West. If the home is the fortress of the person then it is so for more reasons than the physical sense. It with parents who want more for their children will be a haven for their minds and souls too. Socialisation can be met with focussed outdoor activities such as swimming, atheletics, community groups and local youth politics. This way we can best control on the type of people we want our children socialising with.
InshaAllah we can all meet these easy requirements.