Differences Between Egypt And America

Over the course of the spring semester I have had the pleasure of working with a number of students at a local high school. There has been a large range of ages, countries, and literacy. All of them had their struggles to understand and learn english but I was thoroughly impressed with each one 's progress. I made a connection with a girl that we will call “M.” I chatted with her one day after helping a few others with math. She was so interested to talk about me and my college experience expressing to me that she wants to go one day for psychology but does not yet have the grade level to get in. She would have been able to go in Egypt had she not have moved. After this incident I had noticed her light up when she saw me come in so I chose …show more content…
She understood men had more freedom than women and it got confusing between Egypt and America. From my understanding, men have most of the freedom in Egypt, this is mentioned in the CultureGram as well. Here in America M says women are for making babies and cleaning the house. She clarified that there are more freedoms now for women and that she’s seeing change, they can say what they think although not many do. This is where I believe the confusion between Egypt and America occurs but those were her thoughts on the matter. From my research I gather that women are emerging in the workplace in Egypt. They occupy more than half of the universities and have quite a few representatives in the Egyptian government. Only those who are mothers stay at home to clean and take care of the children, the age of mothers is increasing due to the accessibility to the workplace. It is important to note that although many women have jobs they are often far below men and suffer from unfair working conditions. M did mention that it is less about male vs female and more about social class. This I found in the CulturaGram to be a very important piece of their culture. A lot of interactions are based off of which social class you belong