I hope that you will continue to share other experiences and views too so we all can continue to learn from each other.

Regards, American Bedu

.I am a Saudi student in the U.S right now, and I REALLY have a problem dealing with females in general, even in Saudi. Most of my close friends would tell me the same thing too. Me and my friends always blame the government and it’s religious system, we always say that our parents and grandparents weren’t like us in the way they delt with women, and that’s true, my Bedouin aunt may she rest in peace was used to show her face to every one, and also she was well know among men for her strong character, also she used to expect men, even if she was alone in the house, we always bring up these things and make comparisons when we discuses the matter of dealing with the opposite sex,

I just wanted to share that with you
Thank you.

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I have hopes that in time the entire Saudi educational system will be reformed and shifted away from rote memorization.

I’ll offer some points about cheating and lies.. the problem stems from the Educational System in Saudi Arabia.. its based on a view that you only have to pass not study. You should memorize what you learn.. do your tests and then throw everything you learned out the window. So Education is not valuable after finishing the tests required for them.. the problem for the student then becomes how can I pass this test any way possible. This system also forced good and smart students to cheat as well.. because when they target their next academic step.. its always restricted by their commutative score or science classes scores.. this student who might want to get into dental medicine for example is required by the college to get 95% in high school. A student who might want to become a doctor all his life might have his dream crushed cause a teacher who hates him decided to down score him.. he might end up with 92% or 85%.. he would cheat his way to full scores so he can graduate with the highest score possible. In all honesty I never seen the point to need such a high score.. and those colleges and universities should stop being lazy and concentrate on aptitude tests to select their admissions. Saudi students who are pressured to succeed or pass will resort to anything from “super” ass kissing powers to cheating or bribes.

why do most who are caught cheating would lie.. well they say he who steals an egg tomorrow steals a camel. Most of them will try to play their card that the teacher is only suspicious with them or that they can pressure him into backing up from a punishment to just a warning so they can continue the test.

Megalos Poutsos, if you teach at a private institute I believe I already deal with this problem myself. I test English for the purpose of recruitment in the government sector I work for. I occasionally get asked by candidates that don’t score well about courses or institutes to improve their English. I seen many who took long courses in English and did not benefit.. or those who went abroad and did not benefit. The reason is simple but critical.. most of them went to get the course/degree and not to learn English. They confuse between the method and the goal by concentrating to pass the method without achieving the goal. Thats why I advise most of them, especially who have very slim chances to develop in short periods of time to only consider improving their English in methods that doesn’t cost them financially… as such as free course or internship into a training facility.. Also Saudis who go abroad.. it very important to stress to them that they are there to study English first and foremost and while social activity is a great tool to learn the language.. its useless when you are smoking hubbly bubbly on the beach with your Arab/gulf friends and teaching the spanish girl next to you in class to belly dance and speak habibi arabic.

there actually are many many similarities to the true and peaceful Islam with other faiths.