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Here's something I never thought I'd see in my lifetime: "The men spoke for an hour about the de facto alliance of Israel and Saudi Arabia..."

I went through the article, hoping to discover how the prince got his education.

* "His father is an avid reader, and he liked to assign his children one book per week, and then quiz them to see who’d read it."

* "His mother, through her staff, organized DAILY extracurricular courses and field trips and brought in INTELLECTUALS for three-hour discussions."

His mother's practice of matching intellectuals with her kids supports John Holt's theories of proper child education.

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While they talk a sharp game of Western education, do not be fooled. I am continually shocked when I meet someone who was educated at Cambridge, but he (and she!) tell me that a women's status in Saudi Arabia is right. Or that a barbaric punishment is proper and correct as it is written in the Quran.

Many of the Saudis who would take a different opinion on women's rights etc, do not live in KSA.

> I am continually shocked when I meet someone who was educated at Cambridge, but he (and she!) tell me that a women's status in Saudi Arabia is right. Or that a barbaric punishment is proper and correct as it is written in the Quran.

Here in this country we had some guys that went to Yale and managed to get control of the government and felt they had the right to torture people in secret prison camps.

Happens I guess.

There is barely any information other than the two sentences you quote about how the Prince was educated.

True. I'm of the opinion that creating the love of reading (learning) could be more important than schooling. From the article, you'll get the sense that the prince could think outside the established ways of doing things in the government. I'd wager that his father's reading exercises caused this.

'I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.' -Mark Twain

"Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school." - Albert Einstein

As for his mother's actions, I believe children who are exposed to more adults (especially experts), grow up to be quite confident and unencumbered by their age or perceived inexperience.

From my view, those who put the prince in trouble with the previous king were less annoyed by the changes than the fact that a 26 year old BOY (prince) was causing changes.

The only other information I noticed while reading was his law education.

In 2007, Prince Mohammed graduated fourth in his class from King Saud University with a bachelor’s degree in law

> Prince Mohammad holds a bachelor degree in law from King Saud University.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_bin_Salman_Al_Saud

oh, sandals https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Se...

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