Reference Information
Title: Coming of Age in Samoa
Author: Margaret Mead
Editor: Harper Perennial, 1928 (1971)
Chapter 13: Our Educational Problems in the Light of Samoan Contrasts
Summary
This chapter summarized all of the topics talked about in previous chapters, comparing the Samoan way of life with the American/English way of life. The author offered suggestions based on these comparisons to improve our way of life, including changing the attitude of keeping children away from birth and death and having larger household conglomerates.
Discussion
While the author made some interesting suggestions that would improve the educational system here, I feel that most people would never agree to them. Generally, people like the way of life and the traditions that come with it that they are currently in. That makes it difficult to make radical changes, such as suddenly letting children be privy to every bit of knowledge available.
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