As a Navajo, I have always felt very strongly about the missionary education that my great-grandfathers endured. Our traditional Navajo family name was lost forever as we were forced to choose a more "American" surname at the Indian Boarding School. Subsequently my great- great- grandfather chose the name Ben, not knowing it is usually a first name. This form of assimilation education can be seen today in conquered nations.
Even in the days of the fight against communism, the communist schools were seen as inferior in light of democracy. Today there has been talk to educate the Afgani children with a western education. Often much of a culture can be lost in an effort to civilize and educate.
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