I really appreciated that Dr. Smidt gave a chance to that Korean guy to deliver his presentation in our class. One because that guy seemed really affected by the harsh system of educatioin of his country and this was a way of getting releived from those stress and depression. Second because by hearing about such harsh educational systems, we can realize the value of the educational system in the US and in our own countries. In my country due to the war now we are not having as effecient education system as we had before and has not developed to its highest level as it is here in the US or other countries, but it is based on logic and capacity of the learners. For example, we are never forced to stay in the school or study all the time and we are never asked to memorize things.
Here is a little background about the university where I did my bacholar degree:
Kabul University is located in a big and beautiful campus area east of the city centre. The University was started already in 1931 during the rule of King Nadir Shah, and it played a major role for the development of the Afghan society up to 1979. During the 20 years of Soviet occupation, and civil war, the standard however severely declined, mainly because most proficient scholars fled the country. And for those who remained the isolation from the outside World meant that the development in research stopped completely.
http://www.sasnet.lu.se/kabul3.html
However now I am very hapy that it has been improving since 2002. Now, One thing which makes me feel proud about is that I was one of the seven student-teachers who after the completion of an intensive methodology course for the first time applied some new methodology techniques such as group work and so on in English department freshmen classes. It was very challenging because students never had this experience before and would love to just set and listen to the lecture as it used to be like this.
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have you watch "The Kite Runner"? The film was taken place at Kabul, where your univeristy locates?
I found the talk about education in Korea very interesting. It did make me appreciate what we have here.
I was interested in hearing about your learning experiences.
War and political unrest disrupt so many of the things that we often take for granted when things are running smoothly.
There are so many places in the world today where there are military conflicts and political unrest. So many children are not recieving basic education.
I thought the presentation was nice, too. I have been reading up on Korean educational system and it was interesting to hear some first-hand accounts.
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