Saturday, February 24, 2007

Think about it, damn it!!!

I have noticed a trend...
Everytime I meet a person in Egypt that is a little bit different, that thinks about things a bit more than normal. That does not just take information in and spew it out later in conversation. The kind of person that filters what goes in, thinks about it, refines it, possibly discards it if it makes no sense..
I always assume that these people are not Egyptian. Or at least that these people have not been brought up in Egypt.
I feel that anyone who thinks or is logical cannot be a product of education and life in Egypt.
This is a sad realization.. and I do not know how to change it....
I wish I felt that Egyptians spent more time thinking instead of spewing!
I wish that thoughts and conversation were logical...
I wish that people would stop blindly quoting people and things...
I wish people would just think and analyze things before they spoke!!

9 comments:

maxxedout said...

Thinking has always been frowned upon in Egypt.
I blame it on our futile monkey-see-monkey-do educational system...

Anonymous said...

i wish you stopped using exclamation points!!!

;o)

Яαgιи Яαvєи said...

Some Egyptians do think, but some don't. It's nothing genetic, satellite TV's out in the open and university's supposedly upped on international standards.

We're just too many. You just haven't met everybody yet. :)

Anonymous said...

Now for whoever agrees with this....no offense here, but were your parents a product of that education system? May be you were lucky and you were not but I guess you were lucky because your parents "think" and wanted to be better....Don’t generalize!! Think and see how many STUPIDS are the product of better systems such as the American systems and see how many geniuses we have even with our futile system.....

Maat said...

it is a very sad realization. i have a half-egyptian friend who keeps telling me that.. labeling eyptians in general with everything that u've mentioned, i try to be logical and fair so i don't completely deny it... i just tell him not to generalize! it's very sad though that there's alot of truth in what he says.

Яαgιи Яαvєи said...

I think the same could be said about many nationalities; how Americans are usually either too greedy or too ignorant of everything that happens outside the USA, how Dutch people are either gay or work at a strip club, and how Brazilians all excel at football.

I would have to say that I don't think it has to do with nationalities or educational systems. It's a question of opportunity basically. Arabs have already been granted the title suicide bombers, and they don't have much opportunity in their home country...

Oh well.

Nora said...

maxxed out: I know what you mean about frowning upon thinking.. it is horrible. This monkey-see-monkey-do educational systems is not doing much more than creating a society of monkeys.... Very rare are the people who think.

Mona: Sorry!! I know I have a problem with that! I'll try to stop... but I have noticed that I use them a lot, even in text messages. But, I'll try. ;o)

RR: I am not saying that all Egyptians do not think. I am just saying that when I meet an Egyptian who does think I am surprised... I am sad that I think this way. I am skeptical about the upped international standards.

anonymous: My father did go to school here, but he left over 30 years ago and finished abroad. My mother has never been in the Egyptian educational system.
I do generalize and that is why I am sad. I wish that I did not.
I never said that the American system is better, and the American system implemented here in Egypt definately is not better. When was the last time you met a genuis graduating from thanaway 3m? (But please notice how you said that the American system is better! ;o))

maat: I do completely agree. I am saddened by this. I really wish that I did not think that way. I am glad that you are not denying it though... think, dont spew! ;o)

Ragin Raven: I know there are many stereotypes about many nationalities. I do not believe them. I have never met enough people who follow these stereotypes to think they might be true. I am saying that I am sad that I have met enough Egyptians that do not think to make me believe that it is true.

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bb_aisha said...

When i first arrivd in egypt last yr,i was told egyptians r all u said.but i felt it was unfair.i had to learn for myself.sadly,my frnds were right.n yes,the education system is largely to blame.but u,n other bloggers r refreshin exceptns. Its also sad that its those who hav the opportunity to travel,n b xposd to other ppls views,who r notably the xceptns.but each country/culture has its flaws