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From YouTube: Global Perspectives - October 2017
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Gaston Interviews Col. Rudwan Abu-rumman, (Ret) Royal Jordanian Air force & President, Anne Arundel County Muslim Council, About Growing up in Jordan and the Differences of Education and Culture Between the U.S. and Jordan
A
A
Welcome
to
global
perspectives,
heart-to-heart
conversations
about
culture
and
education,
I
am
your
host
Gaston,
Gomez
and
I'm.
Here
with
my
guest,
we
would
want
a
rule
for
month
from
Jordan.
How
are
you
today
I'm
good?
Thank
you
great,
thank
you
for
being
here
with
us.
I
want
to
ask
you
a
few
questions
about
your
culture
and
also
about
your
background,
and
so
tell
me
where,
where
are
you
originally
originally
from
I'm.
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B
A
B
A
B
B
Lunch
not
rectus
unless
was
not
nothing
to
provide.
If
there's
nothing
provided
you,
you
give
the
lunch
and
we
because
we
I
was
living
in
a
different
village
than
where
the
school
is
so
we'd
have
the
lunch
with
us
in
our
bag,
but
the
children
in
that
is
cool
in
that
village.
They
will
go
home
and
have
lunch
and
come
back.
How.
B
A
B
B
Enjoyed
then
we,
our
main
source
of
income
for
Georgians,
is
the
educated
people
who
work
outside
Jordan
and
they
bring
money
to
Jordan.
We
don't
have
oil,
we
don't
have.
We
have
little
bit
phosphate
and
potassium,
but
the
little
is
the.
When
I
grow
up
was
farming
and
education?
Do
you
have
to
do
any
farming
as
a
child?
I
was
my
father
have
a
small
shop
in
the
village,
but
he
was
a
farmer
too.
So
in
the
shop
we
will
maintain
it
as
children.
I
was
the
oldest
of
the
church.
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B
B
B
B
A
B
A
B
B
In
the
school
they
involved
in
the
homework
they
evolved
in
your
work
when
I
see
when
I
go
to
Jordan
and
I
see
my
grandchildren
how
much
the
parents
are
involved
in
their
lives
or
in
their
schooling.
It's
totally
hundred-percent
different
than
what
we
have
we.
Nothing
of
that
we
want
to
grow
up.
You
want
to.
You
want
to
have
a
better
life.
You
do
your
work.
You
want
to
have
a
better
life.
You
borrow
books
outside
the
school
uh-huh
curriculum
to
improve
your.
B
B
B
Been
in
the
United
States
many
times
since
1967
I
migrated
to
the
United
States
in
1990.
Actually,
I
came
to
do
business
with
represent
factories
in
Jordan
bajo
I
arrived
in
the
6th
of
April
1990
in
two
weeks,
I
realized
I,
couldn't
do
it
so
I
bought
a
business.
I
started
a
business
in
and
incorporated
in
the
20th
of
April
2
weeks
later
incorporated
with
a
grand
opening
two
months
later,
with
employees
with
largest
store,
so
I
figure.
This
is
and
I
hope
at
that
time.
A
A
B
B
Had
they
built
a
defense
system
to
Jordan
and
I
had
hundreds
of
new
people
coming
from
Jordan,
some
of
them
for
training
or
some
of
them.
My
stuff
I
lived
in
Colombia,
but
the
Westinghouse
was
that
time,
the
largest
employer
in
Maryland.
They
had
28,000
employees
at
that
time
and
there
we
were
in
Linthicum,
so
I
kind
of
knew.
The
area
I
was
familiar
with
the
area
or.
A
A
I
know
you
are
well
connected
in
the
community
and
I
know
some
brand-new
families
coming
to
the
United
States
from
Middle,
East
or
Jordan.
They
look
up
to
you,
they
ask
you
for
advice
and
I
know
some
of
them.
You
know
they
would
like
to
stay
in
Anne,
Arundel
County,
and
so
you
gave
him
at
least
they
have
you
as
a
right
hand
to
give
them
the
guiding.
You
know,
that's
a
guy
in
force
to
say
you
know,
go
there
go
here
or
go
there,
so
at
least
they
have
you
as
a
support.
B
We
that's
where
we
advise
people,
we
got
people
we
meet
with
the
Board
of
Education.
We
move
for
the
school
system,
so
we
are
we're
trying
to
empower
our
students
and
our
community
in
the
country,
because
this
education
is
our
target
as
Muslims
we
are
mandated
for
education,
so
I
have
eight
children.
Seven
of
them
have
university
degrees.
Today,
two
of
my
daughters,
the
seeking
Master
degree,
one
of
them.
Actually
she
finished
all
the
curriculum.
I
was
an
industrial
engineer
in
Jordan,
which
is
mother
for
death
for
children
in
school.
B
A
B
What
is
it
that
you
heard
about
it?
At
least
I
am
your
first
time
the
only
public
libraries
in
Jordan
was
to
in
Amman
and
the
American
cultural
center.
That
was
the
library
where
I
am
reached,
my
information
or
my
studies,
because
they
were
very
helpful
to
me
when
I
was
high
school
because
I
in
the
summer
I
go
to
the
village
with
my
parents
and
I
can't
communicate
like
when
I
borrow
two
books,
I
can't
bring
them
every
two
weeks
to
change
them.
B
B
A
B
A
B
A
B
There
was
no
no
shocking
but
of
course,
I
get
exposed
to
more
things
for
businesses,
but
when
I
came,
I
was
salaried
officer.
I
was
part
of
the
embassy,
even
though
you
know
with
diplomatic
tags,
but
because
I
have
my
staff
with
me.
The
officers
and
I
need
to
communicate
with
different
Department
law
enforcement,
and
so
so
it
was
easy
for
me,
then,
because
I'm
not
focusing
in
the
business
life
in
the
United
States,
but
when
I
came
as
immigrant.
B
A
B
A
A
B
A
A
So
I
want
to
go
back
to
your
growing
up.
You
know.
School
age
I
have
learned
different
cultures,
they
have
you
know
growing
up,
you
have
several
children
and
grandparents
and
then
you
get
married
and
then
you
still
live
in
the
same
household
was
the
same
thing
in
your
culture
like
when
you're
married
you're,
still
in
same
household
or
you're,
you
move
on
and
morally.
B
A
B
A
A
B
B
A
B
A
B
We
need
to
have,
for
example,
a
uniform
for
the
children
you
need
to
have,
because
the
the
children
is
not
a
a
fashion
show
when
you
go
to
school-
and
this
is
sad,
so
we
need
to
make
more
disciplined
classrooms
and
it's
not
good
some
time
to
be
too
I.
Don't
know
if
you're
going
to
call
too
liberal
or
what?
But
it's
not
it's
a
this
children.
We
pay
a
lot
of
money
for
this
right
and
we
need
to
see
disciplined
students
yeah.
A
And,
and
so
what
I
see
is
that
our
you
know,
first
of
all
country,
culture
versus
other,
no
second
or
third
or
countries
as
well,
that
are
very
different
in
education
and
politics,
religion.
You
know
in
some
countries
they
have
religion
very
involved
in
the
classroom
and
some
other
countries.
They
aren't
specifically
first
world
countries
or
they
don't
have
so
much
religion
if
it's
public
school.
But
it's
interesting
to
know
that.
Do
you
have
experience
that
cultural
shock
disagree?
No
man
I
used
to
stand
up,
and
here
they
don't
do
it.
B
I'm
not
getting
any
better,
even
in
Jordan
now
the
school
is
getting
more
loose,
gradual
and
I.
Don't
know
what
we're
getting
some
time
with
the
civilization
we
get.
We
losing.
You
know
we're
losing
other
things
that
maybe
maybe
somebody
more
diverse,
need
to
look
at
things
for
us
and
we,
but
we
need
to
talk
about
the
subject.
We
need
to
talk
about
that.
The
school
is
not
a
fashion
house.
A
B
A
A
B
And
my
part
of
my
training
was
in
Pakistan
too,
but
in
Jordan
they
say
you
know
the
officers
or
the
military,
it's
a
continuing,
continuing
education,
they
don't
to
stop
teaching
or
if
you
want
to
progress,
you
want
to
get
ranks
you're
going
to
promote
promotions.
You
go
to
all
the
time
for
education,
maybe
it's
military!
It
doesn't.
B
You
know
you
come
out
to
do
military
stuff
in
the
civilian
a
liar,
but
at
least
you
get
exposed
to
things
like
working,
a
touchscreen
I
work
and
touch
the
screen
in
the
70s
our
and
screen
yes
different
technology,
but
then
the
eight
is
almost
the
technology
here.
We're
working
in
it
with
my
staff.
I
have
my
stuff
coming
with
me
from
the
from
Jordan
to
work
in
the
air
defense
project,
some
of
them
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