Chapter 13 – Our Educational Problems in the Light of Samoan Contrasts
Summary
The chapter started by explaining many of the differences between Samoan culture and Western culture. Some of these range from the upbringing of children to the gain of knowledge about birth and death. Mead then carried into the educational differences and how differently Western cultures handle the education process from how Samoans do.
Summary
The chapter started by explaining many of the differences between Samoan culture and Western culture. Some of these range from the upbringing of children to the gain of knowledge about birth and death. Mead then carried into the educational differences and how differently Western cultures handle the education process from how Samoans do.
Discussion
To me, it would seem the cultural differences explain pretty well why adolescents here behave differently from Samoan adolescents. The main difference seems to be choice. In Samoan culture, everyone roughly has the same upbringing and life experience. Knowledge of life and death are learned in roughly the same way, and no one is really treated differently based on talent. In this country, most people are not on the same board with the knowledge of things. Kids have many choices about all kinds of things, and the urge to succeed is quite different from the Samoan way of life. Society here is extremely different from Samoan society, and this explains a lot of the differences to me.
To me, it would seem the cultural differences explain pretty well why adolescents here behave differently from Samoan adolescents. The main difference seems to be choice. In Samoan culture, everyone roughly has the same upbringing and life experience. Knowledge of life and death are learned in roughly the same way, and no one is really treated differently based on talent. In this country, most people are not on the same board with the knowledge of things. Kids have many choices about all kinds of things, and the urge to succeed is quite different from the Samoan way of life. Society here is extremely different from Samoan society, and this explains a lot of the differences to me.
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