Ch 15-16 New Schools and More

1. What does this story reveal about the rights of girls?

2. What advice does Haji Ali give to Mortenson that he incorporates into the Central Asia Institute (CAI) for building new schools? Do you think this advice would serve Mortenson well if he were building schools in the United States?

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  1. The rights of girl reveal in this story is that girls are limited like they weren't allowed to go to school, womean weren't allowed to touch any man who wasn't related, they mostly end up working in the feild, cooking in the kitchen, and taking care of the family. Also they don't do half of the things that man are allowed to do like prayed Mosquik

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  3. This story revels many of the girl’s rights. Girls were very limited to the things that they were even aloud to do. Many women had wanted to go to school and get an education that was not a right that they had so they couldn’t go. Women couldn’t even pray like the men could do. The woman would just have to work on the farms and fields and take care of the family. If women touched a man then that would mean that she considers them like family, if a women just met a man that wasn't related then she wouldn't even be able to shake their hand to greet them.

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  4. Haji Ali told Mortenson t orelax and let the people of his village to talk to oother villages about building schools. Haji Ali says that if Mortenson lets him discusss with other villages about the schools, it will save Mortenson time so he doesn't have to wander from village to village to see if he could build schools there or if the villagers would even let him build them there. I think that this advice would be an advantage in the United States because mortenson would know of areas where to build the schools.

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  5. 1) This story shows that girls don’t go to school in some villages. It also shows that women aren’t allowed to touch or look into the eyes of the men outside their families. It tells that women in Pakistan aren’t free to do certain things that the women in the United States do. It isn’t a form of disgrace when women in the U.S. touch or look at a man outside their families.
    2) Haji Ali told Mortensen that, instead of him running from village to village searching for places that needed schools, Haji Ali would call a meeting of elders of the Braldu and see if any of them would be willing to give up free land and labor for schools in different villages.

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  6. Basically, in as few words as possible, you can't take things too quickly; you get more done with tea that takes a while to make but tastes delicious than a cup that you throw in the microwave and get it done quickly. If you failed to understand that it means take your time: it will always come out better and make you less stressed. As opposed to are way of living which involves us terrorizing ourselves to get things done such as homework, when we could get it done at home and do a better job than in study hall. (I should take my own advice)Hji Ali,as opposed to what the question mispells him as,Aji Hali, is wise in his thinking of taking things slow,such as the building of the original school. (See chapter 12-13)He says that the people of Korphe have been waiting for 600 years, they can wait one more winter. Added to that little dose of wisdom he says that Greg should beware of going into cities alone, prefferably going with people in high power, cheif, leader, authority, etc. That is different because in our culture, in most places, you can walk through places freely. The reason for the danger for Pakistan, in a side note, is the Taliban and the numerous terrorists that are setting up camp or revolting in the area.

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  7. This story reveals that girls have the right to be well educated and move on to do better things than sewing and other household chores. Aji Hali gives Mortenson advice that he incorporates into the CAI for building new school about taking his time and not fretting about it.

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  8. 1) The story basically says that females are lower class than males. When Shakeela, Mohammed Aslam Khan’s daughter of Hushe, first started going to the new school Greg built, some of the people in the village told her girls had no business doing such a thing. They told her that she would end up working in the fields, like all the women. Also, it was very bold of Sakina, Haji Ali’s wife, and Hawa, Hussein’s wife, sat down with the men to ask Greg if he could make a center for women to talk and sew. Also females aren’t allowed to look a man in the eyes or touch a man, if he’s not directly related to her. This story reveals that women aren’t treated as equals to men, in places other than America.

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  9. 1. As shown greatly in the book, the rights of girls in Afghanistan are limited and not equal. The girls and the women in the book aren't allowed to touch men that they aren't related to. Girls also don't get an education. In the book a villager said that she thought that Shakeela, the daughter of Aslam shouldn’t be allowed to go to school or get an education, she thought it was not right, she said she had no business doing such things. The people in Afghanistan expect the girls to work in the field and do the cooking and the cleaning. I am lucky to live in the United States and have equal rights.

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  10. The story reveals that the girls don’t have that many rights in the story. They weren’t allowed to pray or go to school. The women and girls always had to have their faces covered up. They weren’t allowed to touch any man that wasn’t part of their family. He tells him that he can get all the village chiefs together instead of him go from village to village. He told him that he should never go anywhere’s in Pakistan alone. Yes I do think it would. It would be easier for him to get to the villages instead of going in his car and driving from state to state to ask if they need a school.

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  11. The story reveals that girls do not have many rights and are kind of treted like African Americans were in terms of being considered lower to others. Also they have to wear scarves on their heads and sometimes over their whole face beacuse it is not considered good to show their face. They also can not touch a male if the male is not part of their family. Girls are not expected to grow up with an eduction and move somewhere where they are able to find a good job. Instead they stay in the same village they've grown up in, find a husband and do all the housework just like their mothers have taught them.
    Aji Hali told Greg that he will get all the cheifs together so Greg can meet with them about buildig schools instead of Greg having to travel from village to village to meet with them. Traveling is very dangerous because they're are groups who kidnap and sometimes kill Americans. I think it would serve him good if he was building schools in America becuse he wouldn't have to travel across the country.

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  12. 1) In the book it shows that the rights of girls are limited and not equal in Afghanistan.They weren't allowed to go to school to get an education. Girls aren't allowed to touch or make eye contact with any male other than their closest family. But this story says that girls have the right to be educated and move on to getting great jobs just like men.

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  13. 1. This story shows that the rights of girls in other countries is very different than the rights they have here. They have to work in fields and only tough men when she feels they are family. It was also very rare for a woman to go to school in Korphe too. They even have to keep their faces covered up all the time and have arranged marriages and don't get to see who they marry until after the wedding. Women in other countries do not have as many rights as they do here in America.

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  14. 2. the advice that Aji Hali is that Greg should wait for Aji to to talk to the other villages not just go hopping from town to town. This advice would work in the United States because if you know someone here usually you have a better chance at them listening to you and doing what you want.

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  15. I agree with Taylor. this book does say things like this. like it says in the book that the first woman to become fully educated went to Greg’s school. I think that woman should be equally treated just as men and be able to do things that men do.

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  16. 1) I agree with everyone who has blogged so far. Women are not getting the same rights as men get. When Mortenson firt stumbled into Korphe, the women hid their faces and the girls wrapped their hands into their scarfs before touching him, only if they feel he is like family. These women are stuck in arranged marriages and they aren't allowed to go to school most of the time.
    2) The advice Haji Ali gave to Mortenson was that Mortenson should wait for him (Haji Ali) to talk to the other villages and not to just go from town to town like before. This advice would owrk fantasticly in the U.S. because, as Sara said, if you know some one here or in another town, you would most likely have a better chance at for them to listen to you and do as you have asked then going up to a compleate stranger and asking them to do you a favore.

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  17. Girls are treated very differently in Pakistan compared to the United States. In Pakistan, girls generally don't get an education. They stay home and sew or work in the fields. In the book, Shakeela was told she had "no business doing such things". In the U.S. girls are required to go to school and to get an education. Also in Pakistan, a woman can not touch a man that is not in her family. She also can not look a man directly in the eye, and she must keep her head covered. In America, woman do these types of things every day and see it as a natural thing. In the U.S. girls have the same rights as men do. Also, often in the United States, girls act more like boys than they do girls.
    Haji Ali gave Greg the advice to go to villages that he knew and had connections with instead of villages he didn't know to build schools. Haji Ali said it was dangerous to go anywhere in Pakistan alone. He told Greg that he would talk to the other cheifs of the village about building schools in their communities. This would not serve well in the United States because there are safe places in America. Americans can almost go anywhere they want without it being a threat to their life.

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  18. Aji Hali tells Greg that he should not build schools in places where he does'nt have contacts in. He should buld trust before he should build schools. In America however this would'nt matter because most people in are'nt smugglers that would kidnap you.

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  19. 1)The story shows that girls in Pakistan don't have the same rights as girls do in America.
    Women and girls are not allowed to pray in the same room as men. Girls aren't allowed to look at or touch men who are not related to them. Girls usually don't make it past elementary school in their education.
    2)Aji Hali told Greg Mortenson not to travel
    by himself. It was very dangerous to travel through Pakistan alone, especially if you were American. You could get captured and maybe even killed.

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  20. The story reveals that the rights of girls are limited. They aren’t allowed to go to school like boys can. They also couldn’t touch men if they weren’t related to you. They work around the house. The advice that Aji Hali gave Greg that he incorporates into the Central Asia Institute (CAI) for building new schools was instead of looking for a town that needed a school, he would get the chiefs together and so he can meet with them to see if anyone one would give him free land for a school. I agree with Brandon that this advice does work in the United States because he would know of the areas to build a school. I also think that people in Pakistan need the school’s more than we do though.

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  21. 1. The rights of girls in Pakistan, as expressed in the book, are insane. The women have about as much say in their society as a dog. Until Greg comes. He gives the women a chance to thrive, live, leave, and succeed. The rights of women or completely different over there than here, but at the same time, they have as much say in society as the women in the United States did about 80 years ago. Even though they do not have much say, they are still greatly honored.

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  22. Sara has a very good point. Around here being friends with people is key. If you happen to be friends with them, then there is a greater chance of them listening and understanding the purpose of your visit. Also, knowing the people you are building a school for, and buying supplies, is much cheaper. They are also far less likely to scam you out of your money.

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  23. Women mostly end up working in the feild, cooking in the kitchen, and taking care of the family. In the winter women were very lonely and cold. Women were not allowed to touch any other men, if they were not related to them. Men and women also had to prey separately. It shows that women in Pakistan aren’t free and can't do certain things that the women in the United States can do. Women in the United states have a lot more freedom and rights than the women in pakistan do.

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  24. 1. This story reveals that the girls do not have many rights in Korphe. Women are not allowed to touch any male that isn't in their immediate family. They are also not allowed to get an education and have the same jobs as men. The women are just supposed to work in the fields and take care of the family. This has made me realize just how lucky we are in America. Most of us just take for granted being able to receive an education. We are so lucky to have the schools we do and even be allowed to attend them.

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  25. This story revels that girls in Pakistan have very limited rights. The girl in the story is ridiculed for going to school, and Greg lies about his daughter soy it is a boy because Muslims celebrate the birth a boy much more than the birth of a girl.

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  26. This story revels that girls in Pakistan have very limited rights. Greg lied about his daughter soy because Muslims celebrate the birth of a boy much more than the birth of a girl.

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  27. The rights of girls were very limited. Most girls were not allowed to go to school and people believed that it wasn’t right when a girl did go to school. When the girl in the book went to school the rest of the village looked down on her. Later they realized what she had done was right. Women and girls weren’t allowed to touch a male unless they were related to them. Women weren’t allowed in mosques or allowed to become religious leaders. They had to wear headscarves and couldn’t look an unrelated male in the eye. Women and girls had very limited rights.

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  28. Girls in Pakistan are not allowed to go to school and get an education. So when woman come from Ameria they think how lucky we are to get an education and be intelligent. Some day they want to be intelligent too. I think woman in Pakistan might work harder because to them education is a great gift. They only get the chance now to get an education. Here in America we take our education for granted. Some of us don't realize how truly lucky we are for the rights woman have In Pakistan woman don't have that.

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  29. I agree with what julia said because they didn't have many rights and the birth of a son was much more imporatant than the birth of a daughter.

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  30. Girls rights are limited they can only go to school until 5th grade then they cant go to school any longer they have to go home and work in the fields, cook ,and clean for the rest of their lives. They can’t touch men they are not related to or shake hands with anyone they don’t know. They can’t pray like men do. They had to ware head scarfs and they could not show a man their face. Girls usually got married to older men and they didn’t see their mate until the day the got married then they couldn’t see their faces until after the wedding.

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  31. 2) The advice Haji Ali gave to Mortenson was to never go into another village with out him or to go with someone you know. I also agree with Theresa that it is better to know someone in the village then to talk about making a new school with a complete stranger.

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  32. This reveals that girls have very limited rights in this village. Most women end up in the house when they grow older because they are uneducated. While in the house they usually take care of the family. To prove how girls are not treated the same as males are ,is that woman can not touch another man unless they are related, even if it is just to shake hands. This shows that woman in the United States are much more privileged than people in Pakistan and other parts of Europe not just Pakistan.

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  33. The story reveals that many girls in Korphe dont have a lot of rights. If a woman touches a man its because they are family. Women are suppose to work in the fields and take care of everyone else. They are also not allowed to get an education. We Americans are lucky we have the rights to get an education.

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  34. This reveals that girls have very limited rights in this village. Most of the women end up staying in the house when there married becouse they ar e uneducated.

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  35. This story reveals a lot about women's rights. The story shows that girls aren't as honored as boys are, they are keptd closer to home and don't get as good of an education as boys do. The book has given many clues that boys are more honored; for example, when Greg was held captive he told one of the guards that he had to get home to see the birth of his boy, even though he was having a girl. Another example was that when Greg told people in Korphe that he had gotten married they asked if his wife cried when she left home. I guess that shows that girls in the U.S. are more independent than girls in Korphe.

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  36. This reveals that girls didn't get the education that they needed. When the girls get older they stay at home and become leaders. The girl’s rights are very limited; they can't touch or even look at a man who is related to them.

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  37. In my rush I forgot to answer the first part of this question,I'll aswer it now: The rights of girls are few. They can't go to school, they have less rights and they are mistreated by their own people. It is quite sad to hear about how underpriveleged they are. We should not take our rights for granted. Again I apologize for my haste. Post 2#.

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  38. It shows that woman’s rights were extremely limited. They were not given an education and should be allowed one without an education they could only work in the fields and feed the family. Haji Ali told mortonson he didn’t have to go out looking and building schools in all the villages that needed it but that Haji Ali would call a meeting of elders of the Braldu and see if any of them would be willing to give up free land and labor for schools in their villages do not think this would serve mortonson if he were building schools in the US.

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  39. I agree with Alison that the girls do have verry limited right and it is ture when they do end up living in the house and growing older and not having an uneducated.its also true that the only they can show that girls are not treated the same becuse thet were not allowed to tuch the men unless they are related like Alison said.

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  40. men were usually the ones who went to school. most girls didint go to school and spent time ast home cleaning, taking care of the children, and working in the fields. eduaction is very importantmales and females should be treated equilly. the girls in the U.S. are much more aducated and have much more. the advice Haji ali gave was good advice. not to go to someone who was a complete stranger. if u knew someione else then it would be best to go to them instead of taking chances. and also never go alone during this time. it could be very dangerous. and when im reading this story it makes me realize what life is like for other students in the world. and what happens to them every day. it makes me feel like we do nothing to help the children when we can do so much more.

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  41. 1) This story reveals a lot about the rights of girls. Girls in different parts of the world have different rights. For example, the rights of girls in Pakistan are way different than the rights of girls in the US. Most girls in Pakistan aren't allowed to go to school or be educated because most people there think girls are only good for working in the fields and taking care of the house, where in the US girls are required to go to school along with boys. But in Pakistan girls aren't allowed to come in contact with boys at all unless they're family. They think this is bad, so the girls have to wear special outfits that cover all of their body besides their face. Where in the US people walk around in shorts and tank tops and boys and girls come into contact, even if they aren't related. This is so common in the US, where in Pakistan they would find this disrespectful. So the girls in the US have a lot more rights than the girls in Pakistan and other parts of the world.

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  42. In this book it clearly states that girls did not have the same rights as the boys did in this village. Women would usually stay home and take care of the family and tened to the chorse that needed to be done. The women of Korphe could not even touch another man unless it were a reitive. So as you can see the women of the Korphe village do not have the same rights as men. So also as you can clearly see, women in the untided state have many more rights then the women in the Korphe village do.

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  43. I agree with Erin that girls rights are limited like they weren't allowed to be touch and the advice Aji Haji it right that to make meetings with chiefs is easier and safer that going to villages. But he also disobey that he went alone to the villages and going with someone he didn't konw because he was in a rush to build a new school than being patient and being wise.

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  44. The girls in Pakistan were very limited on what they could do in their country. It was not common for girls to go to school, and also Muslim boys were more "valuable" so to speak. In the book it stated that the birth of a male baby was a very big deal. The girls also primarily worked in the home, and were generally the only ones that went into the kitchen. Girls were not to look men that weren't related to in the eye, and they had to wear headscarves when they were in public. Like Hannah W. said, girls in the US have much more freedom to choose, and we also can go to school. Though sometimes we say that "I hate school," or "It's so boring," we should be very thankful we live where we do. After reading about girls in Pakistan, it really makes you think twice about what we say about our country and our schools.

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  45. The story reveals that woman in their culture do not have many privileges, opposed to those in the U.S. For one, women are to wear head scarves to cover their face, and are not to be touched buy other men, because it is a sigh of disrespected. Woman are also, not allowed to attended school, if girls are in school, there are few. Also, they have to be in a separate part of the Mosque to pray, and sum times not allowed in. With a lack of education woman mainly worked in fields, or worked in the kitchen.

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  46. (1. The story revels that girls in these countries have extreme limited rights. They were not allowed an education, to touch a man that was not part of their family, and as Marissa said, allowed to pray in the mosques. The birth of a girl was not as important to the people, where as the birth of a son was the complete opposite.
    (2. Haji Ali told Mortensen that he should slow down and not fret about the construction of the Korphe school. He said that his people have lived in a village with out a school for the winter for many, many years, and one more would not bother them. If Greg were building the school in the United States, the advice would not be accepted. If U.S. children had to continue their education, in the winter, and whithout a school, people would not be happy. In fact, this would not happe because the people constuction the school would be instructed to build the school at a faster pase.

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  47. What does this story revealed about the rights of girls was that before Greg came they didnt have many rights. Before Greg started his organization CAI girls weren't allowexd to go to school. When Greg and his organization built many more schools around Pakistan many girls were allowed to go to school. Whith this girls were allowed to get an education and maybe get a carrer. Twaha's daughter was the firts Pakistan girl to be able to go to callege. With out the help of Greg that wouldnt be possible.

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  48. The rights of girls in Afganistan and 3rd world countries are not like they are in the United States not all girls in afganistan can get an education and are forced to stay at home and cook. In America women have all the same rights as men and are created equal.;

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  49. 2. The advice Aji Hali gave to Mortenson that he incorporates into the Central Asia Institute (CAI) for building new schools. The advice he gave Greg was he should talk to the other villages and not to just go from town to town like before. This advice would help because before when he whent town to he got captured and became a prisoner, now this is less likely to happen.

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  50. 1. This story reveals the unequal rights connected within the women society. The unequal rights being the girls aren’t normally allowed to go to school and get an education. A woman is not allowed to touch a man that is not in her family. Most of the women work in the fields, in the kitchen, and in the house. The women are not allowed to pray in the mosque.

    2. Haji Ali advised Greg Mortenson to slow down and not take as big of a charge. When it came to finding places to build schools Greg always rushed it and quickly found a place without talking his time and finding a town that is most deserving of it. If Greg were to take the advice on building schools in the United States I don’t think it would work. Mainly because the United States is very different from Pakistan. The government would make the founders and workers of the CAI speed the process of building the schools up. The United States government would never allow children to not have a school let alone a class room. They would also never allow the children of the Unites States to not have teachers and/or writing supplies.

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  51. 1) Girls Don't have many rights at all. they must cover up in public, don't speak to men, don't touch men, can't look men in the face, and most importantly they can not pray at the mosque they also do not have much say in the community and pretty much just let the men take care of everything. They also don't attend the same schools as boys.

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  52. This story reveals that girl’s rights were defiantly limited. Lots of women wanted to go to school to get a good education, but they weren’t able to. Mostly the women have to just take care of their family. If women even touched a man, then that would mean that she considers them like family. If a women just met a man that wasn't related then she wouldn't even be able to shake their hand to greet them. Women also had to marry a man they didn’t even know.

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  53. This story shows that the rights of girls in Pakistan are very limited. Unlike American girls who are sent to school, and thought of just as highly as boys, in Pakistan the girls that go to school are frowned upon, and boys are much more valuable to a Pakistani family. In the Pakistan schools the boys are normally the only ones aloud to (possibly) get an education; which is why the girls who wanted an education were excited about the CAI coming to their village (because the CAI allowed boys and girls to go to their school). Another difference is the girls in Pakistan are not allowed to touch a boy (man) that is not in their family, when it doesn't matter in the U.S. The girls (women) in Pakistan are thought of almost just as woman were before the 1800s.

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  54. 1. As many people have already stated, women and girls have less rights than the men of the village. They are treated with less respect. There also isn't as many girls attending school then there is boys. Also, Dr. Greg says in one of his chapters that he knew he was family when the wife touched his hand. Women aren't allowed to touch other men unless they're related to them.

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  55. 1) This story shows that girls can have a good education just like boys do. It also shows that women shouldn't just stay home doing things in the household.
    2) The advice that Haji Ali gave to Mortenson was to wait until Haji went and talked to some of the other villagers. I think that it would work in the U.S because if you were to just go up to a complete stranger they might not listen to you that well, compared to someone you know.

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  56. This story reveals that girl’s rights are very limited. They weren't allowed to go to school also if they did go to school it was frowned upon. Women and children also weren't allowed to touch or even look at other men that weren't in their family. Also women didn't really have a say in things they were supposed to keep quiet and take care of the home.
    2. The advice that Haji Ali gave to Greg was that instead of running from village to village to see if they needed help or even wanted Greg to build them a school, Haji Ali said he would call up a meeting of the elders in the other villages and discuss the issue. I think that this would be useful in the United States to Greg.

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  57. This story reveals the woman's right to get an education in pakistan in some villages so they can do much more with their lives compared to doing household and village chores like sewing and cooking. the advice Haji Ali gives to Mortenson is to relax and to let the people of his village ask other villages if they are interested in building schools. Mr. Mortenson asks the cai for help getting supplies and buildings schools fo more villages than just Korphe.

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  58. Girls rights were limited and not equal to mens rights. They couldn't get an education let alone go to school. If they did go to school they were frowned upon. They couldn't touch a man unless he was family. Also, they couldn't look at a man either, they would have to look at the ground. Women weren't even treated ith the same respect as men.

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  59. This chapter shows that girls do almost any rights compared to the girls here in the US. For example, they aren’t allowed to touch any male that is not part of their family. Also, they have to wear head scarfs to keep their face hidden and they are not allowed to pray in the same place as men are.

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  60. The story reveals that girls have very limited rights in the Middle East, they weren't allowed to go to school under the Taliban rule. In Hushe Valley Shakeela became the first educated woman in their village. Everyone told her that she would end up working in the fields anyway so why fill your head with foolishness found in books?? Shakeela became the first woman to move beyond elementary school in her village. Women also cannot remove their dupatta unless inside their own house they are not allowed to touch another man unless he was in her family so when Haji Ali's wife Sakina touched him he became considered family. Women were also not allowed to pray in the mosque as Emily said.

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  61. Every blog I've read has been correct on one similar thing; Girls had no rights at all. Their life consisted of getting married, having children and running a household all by themselves. Most girls wren't even allowed an education. To me this isn't fair. Everyone should have the right to go to school. What happens to a young girl who never went to school if something happens to her family? She doesn't know how to survive by herself. She was taught only how to run a household. If she needs money and can't get a job, how will she survive? The Pakistan villagers are very kind and may take her in, but everyone needs a job to support themselves. In Pakistan girls are treated in a totally different way than men were. They weren't allowed to enter mosque in order to pray like the men were. They couldn't look at a man, they had to look to the ground and they weren't allowed to touch any man who wasn't part of their family.

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  62. 1.) I believe that the rights of girls are also very limited. They are only allowed to go to school until grade five. Also I believe this is because they take the birth of their first born son more in that of a first born girl
    2.)Instead of him running to all the villages, searching for places that needed schools. Haji Ali told him that he would call a meeting of elders of the Braldu and see if any of them would be willing to give up free land and labor for schools in different villages.

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  63. Haji Ali tells Greg to let him take care of finding new places for schools. Haji tells Greg that he will talk to the other village leaders and find out the different places in need of schooling. I think this is very smart because Greg is an American in Pakistan and even though he is trying to help, Greg could be hurt or possibly killed. This was proven in one chapter. Greg was captured and kept in a prison. And even though he was released he may not be so lucky the next time. Haji Ali is a Pakistani and has connections to the other leaders. He is less likely to be captured or hurt. If Haji goes around looking for places to build schools, Greg could have more time preparing how to build the schools and spend more time with his family. I agree with Brandon in saying that by Haji talking to the chiefs, the American is at an advantage. It also saves the CAI much more money without the traveling expenses.

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  64. The advise that Haji Ali gave to Greg was to let him take care of finding a place to build the next school. He didn't think it was very safe for an American to be traveling all over alone. Haji Ali also knew people and could decide who he thought would be best off with the school and who needed it most. Haji Ali was always telling Greg to slow down. In America people need to start doing more of this. Everything we do is in a hurry and isn't done very good since your rushed.

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  65. This story reaveals that girls have very limited rights in Pakisatn. They aren't allowed to go to the same school as the boys, and are expected to stop going to school after about a fifth-grade education. The girls' responsibility in the village is to take care of the household and the children. It is frowned upon for them to continue their education past the grade-school level. But the story also shows that the girls who are privileged to continue their education have a great impact on their village. These villages generally allow girls to become more independent and help the village become more educated.
    Haji Ali basically told Greg to slow down. He would call a meeting to bring all of the nearby village chiefs together. This would save time, but it would take a little bit of patience, which Greg was not used to. Instead of going to all of the villages by Korphe, they could all talk together at once. It would save time and prevent misunderstandings between the villages. It would aslo keep Greg safe, because he wouldn't have to go on all the long journeys from village to village.

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  66. 2. Haji Ali advised Greg Mortenson to slow down and not take as big of a charge. He also told him that he shouldn't fright about the school and that he needs to take better care of himself. This advice would work great in the because, as Sara said, if you know some one here or in another town, you would most likely have a better chance at for them to listen to you rather than a stranger.

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  67. I agree very much with Kylee on this one. In this book it does state that girls did not have the same rights as the boys did. Women would usually stay home and clean up around the house and take care of the children. The women could not even look at another man let alone touch him on accident. Women did NOT have the same rights as men did in this village.

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  68. In this book it does state that girls did not have the same rights as boys did. Women would stay home and clean up around the house and take care of the children.Women did not have the same rights as men did in the village of Korphe.

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  69. The girls are very limited and restricted in Pakistan. The girls get married when they are at a young age about 14 or 15 years old. They girls don't have a good education they stop school at fifth grade, and they don't go to school with the boys. After they get married they are just a household made. living with their husband who is much older than them.

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  70. 1. Girls in the village of Korphe really didn't have any rights at all. They had to teach themselves. Also, the women of the village stayed home while the men went and hunted and tended to the animals. The women would stay home cook the dinner, sew clothes, and keep the house clean. After the school was built the young girls had somewhere to study and Jahan ( The first educated woman in Korphe ) even went beyond her village to become a doctor. Before the school women were not able to do much in the village, but after it was built they wee almost equal to the me. The women proved they could do the things that men could. Women now could be whatever they wanted and they had the rights of the women in the United States. We have all the rights of men like the right to go to college and carry out any occupation we wish to.

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  71. this story reveals that in some parts of the world girls are not given equal rights(as probably stated already). but, the fact that they let Greg make a place for them means a lot.

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  72. the rights of girls were limited. Haji Ali told Mortenson to relax and let the people of his village to talk to oother villages about building schools

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  73. This story shows that girls didn't have very many rights in Pakistan. The girls had to teach themselves. The women mostly did house work while the men went out and hunted for the food they would eat. After the school opened though, the women had more rights then they did before. It is supposed to be that women were only allowed to get their education passed fifth grade and then go home and tend for their homes. The advice Haji Ali told Mortenson was to wait for him to find places for the schools to go.

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  74. 1. women didnt have very many rights in the region. if they went to school they would have to graduate in 8th grade, while men kept going on with there career. now that there is better schools for people to attend too then there could be a future career for woman. still woman in the region couldnt show there face in puplic but that is only right for there beliefs.

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  75. Women and girls in Pakistan have far fewer rights than in most "Western" contries. Their whole lives are dictated by their husbands and fathers, and they themselves are allowed to make very few decisions.
    Haji Ali advises Greg to spread outward in his approach toward building schools. Before, he was building them sporatically in different parts of the country. This approach would work well in just about any country, US included.

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  76. I agree with Jay that the men controll and dictate the woman's lives. The fathers choose who the daughter will marie. the husbands just controll them. I would not like to be told what do all of my life like the women in Pakistan.

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  77. These girls that lived in Korphe weren’t allowed to do very many things, they wanted an education and where not allowed to get a decent one. They were not allowed to pray in front of the men instead they had to sit in the back. They got married at such a very young age and they weren’t allowed to know who they were marrying until after the where already married.

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  78. Aji Hali gives Mortenson advice that he incorporates into the CAI for building new school about taking his time and not fretting about it. Also, Dr. Greg says in one of his chapters that he knew he was family when the wife touched his hand.

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  79. i think it is wierd that when boys were born there was a big party but when a girl was born it wasnt a big as deal. the women realy have no rights in the contrt.

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  80. 1Women and girls in Pakistan have far fewer rights than in most "Western" contries. Their whole lives are dictated by their husbands and fathers, and they themselves are allowed to make very few decisions.2 If U.S. children had to continue their education, in the winter, and whithout a school.women touched a man then that would mean that she considers them like family, if a women just met a man that wasn't related then she wouldn't even be able to shake their hand to greet them.

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  81. 2)i dont think we should build more schools in the us because we have enough money to build more schools. in afganistan, they barley have enough money to build a "bridge", so i think it would be better off we just kept building schools there.

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  82. 1) This story reveals that women aren't given nearly as many rights as men in Central Asia.

    2) Haji Ali told Greg to relax and take his time building the schools. But that advise would not help Greg in the U.S. because in the U.S. a lot of the people want to finish everything as soon as possible.

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  83. The girls, because of tradition, are very modest and conserve themselves a lot. They are mostly not allowed an education in many countries in the middle east and, their future is basically chosen for them. They have really no choices in their lives, which is why the education is very important, because it shows them that they have so many more options then they every thought they did, and they can do anything they want to with a proper education.

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  84. This story shows that girls should have and going to have the right to be well educated and move on and get jobs so they can live a better life. Aji Hali gives Mortenson advice that he incorporates into the CAI for building new school about taking his time and not rushing it.

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  85. girls dont have many rights. to do a good job

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  86. 1) Women do not have equal rights as men. Its like they are lower class. And the other people of the village would frown uppon them when they went to school. Many of the villagers thought that women had no business going to school. But once they finished it, so many people were so proud to have educated women in their village.
    2) The advise Haji Ali gave to Greg was to wait for him to call a meeting to ask all the other village elders to give up some of their land to build schools. and if they did then Greg had permision to build the schools.

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  87. This book shows that girls don’t go to school in some villages. This book also states that girls weren’t allowed to look men in the eyes or touch them if they weren’t related. They weren’t allowed to do many things that girls do in the United States. The advice that Haji Ali was that to never go into a village without him or go with someone you know and trust.

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  88. The story reviles that the girls weren’t allowed to have a very good education but when Greg came and helped with the school they were able to learn and be like all of the other kids.

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