Education In Farah's The Other Side Of The Sky

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Imagine living in a country where education does not reach over fifth grade and being able to read and write properly is rare. In the novel The Other Side of the Sky, Farah’s lack of education created many struggles for her but her transition to American education began to rebuild her optimism. Farah discovers on the treacherous journey to America that there are major differences between the American and Afghanistan education. American Education provides so many opportunities and inspires young children from the very beginning which creates a spark in hope and aspiration for future success in new generations.
Education is extremely powerful and important to the growth of a child into an adult. Farah reached an education …show more content…

In Afghanistan our classrooms were naked chambers with nothing on the walls except a chalkboard” (35). The connotation alone clearly explains her feelings towards the separate educations. The quotes’ mood takes an immediate downfall when explaining the Afghanistan schooling system. American education has sparked interest in young children by making learning a great experience. Going to school has inspired kids into striving for future success. If children don’t attend school it will put a damper on their future and they will regret it. “I missed grades two through eight. I don’t want any other Afghan children to go through something like that…. Someday your children will regret not having gone to school, and on that day they will blame you”(249). This was unquestionably a horrible background for Farah. She needed education to persevere through hard times and help her to never lose ambition. It was brutal not getting to experience school for six years of her life and even harder to go back to school. But, the American education has amazing programs that specialize in helping children that have fallen behind. …show more content…

In Afghanistan, education is not easily attainable especially as a woman. “For girls in much of the country, education remains a dream no more attainable now than it was under the Taliban. If women are educated, that means their children will be too. If the people of the world want to solve the hard problems in Afghanistan--kidnapping, beheadings, crime and even al-Qaeda--they should invest in education”(Baker).This quote explains the struggles that young afghanistan children have to go through by not getting the opportunities that American children get every day. Even after Afghanistan was under the Taliban, it was still rare for children to attend school which is a horrible reality. Education is explained as one Afghanistan's worst problems of this time. Future generations are in trouble if this problem is not fixed. The tragedy that these children are facing needs to evolve towards a better system. Afghanistan’s current educational structure is unacceptable to the growth of children. “It's hard to overstate the amount of work to be done. The literacy rate in the country has dropped below 40 percent for men, and it is believed to be as low as 4 percent for women” (Whitelaw). Though there is clearly a lot of work to be done in the education systems, it is crucial to the well-being of many children that the systems improve to inspire kids that education along with hard work and dedication is essential to future success. This is only one

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