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African Education Program October 21-27, 1979Africans (;eta C�lose Look at jJch,00ls, Amertcanmj7tyle Staff Photo; by Greg Anderson Edith Munuo (Left) of Tanzania 'Talks With North Shore Student Differences Abound but `Nothing Surprises Us' By ANN M. DOYLE Post Staff Writer In the last six weeks, Barbara Chilangwa and Edith Munuo have been whisked about the country with all the graciousness and hospitality accorded royalty.. They have shaken welcoming hands, smiled, chat- ted, attended luncheons, dinners, parties and teas. They have covered the District of Columbia, Rhode. Island, Indiana, Oklahoma and Florida. The , two African guests are on an educational so- journ of sorts — a brief immersion into the private and public school systems of the United States. Ms. Chilangwa, 31, is deputy headmistress at Luan- shya Girls Secondary School in Zambia, which has a. population of 6.2 million. Ms. Muuo, . 35, is education of f icer at the ministry of national education in Tan- zania, which has a population of 17.2 million. The differences between their educational systems and ours are, in a sense, profound, but Ms.. Munuo said yesterday, "Nothing surprises us. We're observing. ... we see things ... but we're not surprised." Their observations? Ms. Chilangwa leaned back in a chair in the assis- tant principal's office at North Shore High School in West Palma Beach where the two women had finished the latest round of talks and lunch with school officials. American students, she said, are free. Free to dress as they wish. Free to wear makeup. Free to stand_ up in class and talk back to the teacher. Not so in Zambia. Girls wear skirts and blouses; boys wear gray trousers and white shirts. Girls are forbidden to wear makeup on the theory 'that they should be "plain as possible." "To think more about books than looks. Also to make every student feel the same.. Not to have the rich students show off." Students are not permitted to talk out in class. "I think our teachers are more respected," Ms. Munuo said. "If they disagree with the teacher, there are ways to handle it. Not to talk back." Ms. Munuo said teachers are considered an exten- sion of the family. To show disrespect to them, is to show disrespect to a parent.. "Ours is more a communal society," she said. "We grow up together and in a way, bring up the community as a whole ...' Ms. Munuo also noted the emphasis placed on sports in American schools. "It's not a priority with -us," she said. "We have to think more about the basics ... about enough food; clothing, education, roads ... Maybe 50 years. from now it will be more important." The two women are here at the courtesy of the American Association of University Women (AAUW). Jane Havill, president of the North Palm Beach branch which is hosting the guests, said 12 .African women have been selected to visit the United States this year. They will spend three weeks in Washington, D.C., and a week in four other . states examining educational. systems. Before departing for Africa Nov. 12, they will evaluate their experiences. Their final observations? "At least every child in this country has the op- portunity to have an education .... to have books, sup- plies ... in- our country some children can't go to schools because there are not enough schools 'to house them ..." M OY) d ay Ocf* 1-� /`t t' I^i cxLv, cat.�v Day 6'raowddmtw �rou,y ti -rti�e. a�,s p���s a� +fie Norr-1� i�.lm aeo p� A}��J�.W We. w��l V41 osi t wo lo,(Itts -from AfriceL Lho OIrt `a.rtic►past R� ,Y• e A�rtcah �d �.�.cA.t� on Prog rcum . �14.Ue. S�wnt SeUer`a� We.e�CS ivy The. LA v�tv�9 abov,T ov..r edu.ca}ion syst�rn. They h cx v 10 *.w � � n Ckw,-*T*V tw, h eX\f.. CL k,f vial Week . n �=l a r I dcZ - `rhe ckrcns-t-rQtov�s I V) SCCO n C, a and Y\q441 1�1 NOME z11QjSi. cJl� o ps'-P"� N LOLA �.�s�cc� Ghd �raw�'"f"a�nzavNCq, l.Uho is ca�'�y► owe-�cesr o� -N.e /�irli,�t p Swp�c �t�ses S-4q�' and S� � t �0.fi`M Q I G -d u cati c►� _ S h ,� ar, a Mo,�v���ws rec.or�ds ;or rtec�.r.Cc�l ks Soto 41 -.Al 7A.. 40 I AO;G;-, &ZCA04mO 4*1"4 I'Y1 /Y4 .(/�G have �1ne� um) ct t 12'ed t -d la�i�-h US O�v,dt�.a.ve brfeP tio LL r 0 tfi ew. Ca, rn. Pus ecus e, io,e., 40 U r s+k Q u> arm 0 �- -H� e a r V i S i + - C�. v1 �l eX-I-r-+� d CL (io r 6 1 tot) �ahk Yo,.., e (zoom e CLY e.a.n au r7 `I ��g �vi;ce LuQ,s d,s�t Aj Ck'* L. e d i �n �t-e.e. CLC'U I +c.� to q c� 'e. A Dinner in Honor of our African Educators iU North Palm Beach, Florida Gourmet Study Group Sponsored