Binta and the Great Idea

At the end of the film, when the great idea is revealed I was surprised to hear that Binta's father wanted to adopt a tubab child! I felt that although he may have not been as impressed with all of the invetions as Souleyman, that he would have wanted to try build something for fishing or protection. For example, when him and Souleyman were talking about the atomic bomb, he stated that they should do something like that.
I think that Binta's father did have a great idea, because in today's world people are far to concerned with technology, which has had a major impact on how the world operates. For instance, when the children were eating the rice, and divided it up amongst them equally, it made me wonder is some of the people today would have done the same. There is about a 60% chance that someone would save all the fish for themselves, without any concern for the others.
Soda's father does not want her to go to school, because he thinks that a women's place is at home. Also, it is her job to say at home to take care of chores, her sister, and to marry when she is older. He probably fears that she will grow up to be better than him, and possibly forget the traditions that have been in the family from the past. From what i have heard from my mother, I think that my grandfather was similar to Soda's father during my mother's childhood. My grandfather would not allow my mom to drive, and would not pay for college for her. He also believed that it was a women's job to stay at home and take care of the house and children. Like my mother, Soda wanted attend school to become an intelligent women and do something with her life other than housework. I think that Soda's mother was supporting her because she wanted her daughter to have a better life than the one she had.
If Binta's society acted like the Western people, then I agree with her father that they would end up destroying each other with all of their wealth. In addition, i think that they would be too focused on their alarm clock watches ( like Souleyman), and forget how to divide the fish equally. The Western people should learn the generosity of Binta's society, and that there are more important things than the objects you can buy.
The education of our society is very focused on the grades of the students. Although, we have integrated schools, there are still clicks and groups throughout them. Unfortunately, in the film when Binta went to erase the board the students said that they would not laugh at her, but they ended doing it anyway. Throughout my schooling I have seen many people get made fun of, more worry about what grade they get on a test, and fewer and fewer people caring about how they make others feel. Even when you are driving down the street there is always that one person that blows the red light not thinking about the consequences that may follow. It is time that not only the drivers stop, but everyone to realize how much better of a world it would be if we just had a touch of Binta's cultural values.