tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post3530948703736863910..comments2024-03-18T13:13:41.444+02:00Comments on Egyptian Chronicles: More about Ras El-Bar battleZeinobiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-22066833457824118952008-04-30T19:22:00.000+03:002008-04-30T19:22:00.000+03:00@Penman ,we got this problem too in Egypt , the ed...@Penman ,we got this problem too in Egypt , the education system is not great one , also the social strandards play a terrible role hereZeinobiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290387395565291310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8003335.post-88012469399302776342008-04-30T13:06:00.000+03:002008-04-30T13:06:00.000+03:00You know, Layla, in the Capital of my country many...You know, Layla, in the Capital of my country many people have attempted suicide, some by burning themselves, others by taking poison. These people were not political prisoners. They were simply unemployed people asking the State to find them jobs. Some of those are still there, in the Capital, waiting for the new government to employ them. Some have been there for years now. Some will stay there for years to come. Why? Because, as students, they had only one thing in mind: to finish school and then get a job.<BR/><BR/>As a non-government teacher, I have taught in various schools, including two government schools, and outside school. The majority, if not all, of the students I’ve had had one thing in mind: to finish school and then get a job. It all looks as if they all were programmed in the same way. Education (at school) is meaningless, pointless, useless, tasteless if it doesn’t lead to a job after graduation.<BR/><BR/>When they meet after graduation, graduates don’t have anything to talk about other than asking one another if they had found a job. In the family, in the neighbourhood, an unemployed person is worth nothing until he finds a job. A sweeper who has a laughable income becomes more important than a person with a PhD who has failed to find a job.<BR/><BR/>Read more in Salam Layla 5 aboveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com