As I am in education, I see many different students, Qataris, Pakistanis, Indians - to name the more numerous groups (there are also many Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian as well as other Arab and other cultures)
Rote learning is the "norm" in this part of the world which does not encourage, and in fact, may discourage, curiousity. If you are not brought up to ask questions (and get cogent answers) you stop asking. Sad.
BTW I'm not saying this happens everywhere, but I asked a student (about 18 -20 years old) "what kind of bird is that" and was told " it's a bird miss" Any 5 year old in my home country can distinguish between a pigeon, duck, robin, or crow and usually many more. Children are not "taught" to be curious here IMHO - they may start out asking questions, but they don't get many answers - that's the parents' responsibility from day 1.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"
As I am in education, I see many different students, Qataris, Pakistanis, Indians - to name the more numerous groups (there are also many Lebanese, Syrian and Jordanian as well as other Arab and other cultures)
Rote learning is the "norm" in this part of the world which does not encourage, and in fact, may discourage, curiousity. If you are not brought up to ask questions (and get cogent answers) you stop asking. Sad.
BTW I'm not saying this happens everywhere, but I asked a student (about 18 -20 years old) "what kind of bird is that" and was told " it's a bird miss" Any 5 year old in my home country can distinguish between a pigeon, duck, robin, or crow and usually many more. Children are not "taught" to be curious here IMHO - they may start out asking questions, but they don't get many answers - that's the parents' responsibility from day 1.
Signature line > "You can't fix stupid"