Stories about Education from November, 2007
Iraq: Busy College Life
Iraqi blogger Najma describes her busy college life in this post.
Bahamas: RIP Dr. Mac
“We’re grieving because of the kind of man we’ve lost. And we’re grieving because his was a violent death”: Nicolette Bethel mourns the loss of Thaddeus Macdonald, Dean of the Faculty of Social and Educational Studies at the College of The Bahamas.
Bahrain: Kitting Out An Islamic Car
This week in Bahrain we have a thoughtful post about the nature of God, a story of a sex education class, visitors’ varying experiences of both Bahrain and Spain, and a complaint about public toilets. There is also an intriguing examination of the specifications an Islamic car should have…
Jamaica: Ignorance or Bliss?
“It hurts me to say the truth — those of us in Jamaica who are educated and employed benefit from those who aren't,” writes Francis Wade, as he blogs about economic realities.
South Korea: Cheering for Test Takers
Matt from Gusts of Popular feeling blogs about the cheering activities related to the annual university entrance examination in Seoul.
China: Democrat claims he was forced out of election
It's election season in China again, and so far that means at least one accusation of vote-fixing against independent candidates; this time it's a retired professor in eastern China's Shandong province who sought to run on the populist vote.
Bahamas: Future Shock?
Bahama Pundit‘s Larry Smith refers to the work of Alvin Toffler and Dr. James Canton to underscore the importance of the Bahamas being prepared for the inevitable challenges of the future.
Brazil: Manual for the online journalist
Manuel Pinto announces [pt] a book launch on journalism for the Internet by Marcos Palacios and Beatriz Ribas, both teachers at the Federal University of Bahia and members of its Research Group in Online Journalism (GJOL).
Israel: University Fees Should be Tripled
Israeli blogger Stephanie links to another blog post by Zabaj, which discusses the Israeli education system and why university tuition fees should be tripled.
Serbia: Laptops for Politicians
Each deputy of Serbia's national assembly might be given a laptop – “in order to replace paper comsumption and increase effectiveness.” While many Serbian bloggers don't think it's a good idea, Viktor Marković of Belgrade 2.0 thinks it is. He also believes that the war in Yugaslavia could've been avoided...
Serbia: Slavija
Dejan Čabrilo of Anegdote writes about Slavija, a Belgrade neighborhood he grew up in: “Seen the kids who offer to wait in line for visas at the German embassy in exchange for a small fee? That was us, and probably still is – the perks of living in the capital...
Kenya: Mobile phones give new relevance to rural folks
Rebecca Wanjiku shows how mobile phones give relevance to rural folks: “…woman had received an SMS indicating that she has been entered into a draw and she could win shs 6,000. But the sight of the figures spured new excitement as they thought they had hit a minor jackpot.”
Russia: Ulan-Ude
Russian Blog writes about “dostoprimechatelnosti” of Ulan-Ude, one of which is the biggest Lenin head in the world.
African Students in Morocco
Not all Africans from south of the Sahara are coming to Morocco with hopes of emigrating to Europe; more and more are coming to study [Fr].
Guyana: Violence Against Women
“It is time for men to change their attitude toward women – and it needs to start with the nation’s supposed leaders,” writes The Guyana Groove, as she tackles the issue of violence against women.
Jordan: Dyslexic Children
Jordanian Kinano coaches us on how to discover whether our children could be dyslexic in this post.
Palestine: US Schools Bans Palestinian Dance
Palestinian blogger Haitham Sabbah explains why he is enraged that a Palestinian Folkloric band's performance has been cancelled at an American school.
Russia: “How Fascists and Racists ‘Get’ Web2.0″
Evgeny Morozov writes about “the ugly face of cyberactivism in Russia,” using one of the top-ranking posts in the Russian blogosphere “to highlight how much user-generated racism is out there.”
Kyrgyzstan: Education Reform
Almaz reviews the efforts to reform the education sector in Kyrgyzstan, saying that for landlocked country with no hopes for industrialization, the only way is to become a service-oriented country, which requires highly qualified personnel.
Uruguay: Approval for XO Purchase
Rodolfo Pilas writes about the green light given to the Uruguayan project Ceibal that will purchase One Laptop
Russia: Chewing Gum in the Soviet Union
Like a million other things, chewing gum wasn't freely available in the Soviet Union. In the post translated below, a Russian blogger recalls a childhood experience involving chewing gum - zhvachka - that appears comical now, but must have been rather traumatic 30 years ago.
