I’ve been noticing that most of the young girls
use their hair short, just like boys. Yesterday I learnt why.
Every young girl who is in a government school
should have her air short otherwise they will “do grown up things” and the
government doesn´t want that. Besides that if girls have long hair they need to
take care of it which takes money. If they can´t afford it (which happens in
most communities) their hair starts creating dreadlocks; the government doesn´t
want that either because that’s associated with drugs.
From this small detail it’s quite simple to
draw some conclusions about the education system and the principles and values
that it is based on: they are not taught how to make decisions for themselves;
they do not learn to be responsible for themselves and for their decisions or to
take risks. That’s why I think most people here tend to be much more immature
than what I’m used to back home. The other interns and I have noticed that when
it comes to maturity levels a teenager here is 3 or 4 years “younger” than one
back home with the same age.
16/08/2012
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