Is critical thinking taught in the Middle East?

[RolandtheHeadless]

"It's really painfull when i see people who graduated and got good jobs...You can imagine that."

This statement made me think of my wife, whose dream was always to go to a university. When she graduated high school in Osaka, her mother would not let her go to university because her older brothers hadn't gone to university. Japanese traditional thinking was that it would be unseemly and embarrassing to the older brothers if their younger sister had a better education.

After our kids were raised, I told her that if a university has always been her dream, then she should quit talking about it and just go. So she enrolled as a freshman at age 55. She's now on her third year, and getting top grades.

So it's never too late to pursue a dream.

 

[Emoni]

So it's never too late to pursue a dream.

^ This.

It depends on how hard you want it. There are ways Hezam. You're still pretty darn young. Besides, you don't like the education there anyway, so it sounds like it is best to go elsewhere anyway.

I'd start saving up the money, and checking for scholarships. There is always a way, just gotta find it.

 

[Hezam]

Even if i stoped my study for 4 years ? Am i able to study the university ?
When i went to study in Yemen they asked me about the date i completed the high school,i said 3 years ago so they accepted me ! If it's 4 years i won't be accepted.

Sorry if that's offtopic.

 

[RolandtheHeadless]

In America at least, you can go to university at any age. They do have admissions standards (high school degree, test scores, and essay writing), but if you can meet a school's standards, your age doesn't matter.

My wife finished high school in Japan around 1969, and didn't go to the university until year 2006. My own aunt got a college degree at age 67.

 

[Emoni]

Roland is right, there is not such silly concerns with age and college in the US. It would be damn hard for you to get in of course, but there always is a way depending on how hard you try. Heck, I studied in undergrad for 9 years or so, so technically you're just fine.

 

[Tsuyoiko]

You can go to university at any age in the UK too, and entry requirements are very flexible. My dad only passed three subjects at school back in 1970 (English, Maths and I think History), and they were only O levels, which is like junior high level in the US; he left school at 16. He was accepted to university on the strength of one essay and general life experience at the age of 39.

The main downside to studying here is that it's very expensive.