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Holland vs the Netherlands
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- Netherlands beats Cameroon 2-0 in Olympic warmup - 07/30/08 - Hong Kong -- Ryan Babel and Roy Makaay each scored late goals Wednesday to give the Netherlands (also known as NED)
a 2-0 win over Cameroon (also known as CMR) in men's football at a four-nation warm-up tournament for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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Dutch Consensus, Let's Go Dutch![]
Dutch culture is different than American culture, with group consensus and cooperation being one of the main objectives in problem solving. A group quickly works toward developing a solution which all can live with, and rarely does anyone have sole say in how things should be run without group agreement.
An American in Netherlands Accounts[]
I was helping out in my daughter's class the other day and saw four 5 year olds come to an agreement and get over a conflict over who plays with who quicker than I could try and diffuse the situation. It starts early, and group cooperation is one of the main focal points of early education through role playing and group activities.
This ideal of working toward consensus is also present in the decision making processes of the school. Parents attend three business meetings a year to discuss curriculum, funding allocation, and other points of business.
In the USA, we have an "open house." These are often scripted discussions and walk-arounds in groups to gawk at artwork and class projects.
In the Netherlands, there is a board of parents who act as the main school committee and mediate parent concerns with the faculty, but the general body of parents participate in discussion and contribute to the decision making processes involved in budget allocations. I don't know how this compares to the average school board or PTA meeting, but it worked well and people seemed to feel they were contributing to the process. There was a good turnout of parents there and most participated in the discussion.
The PTAs in America are for bake sales and become a constant struggle to recruit new members. The turn-out isn't happening, for a number of reasons, many of them cultural for sure. But, perhaps, the American public might be too tired of hitting its collective heads against a wall.
Many Americans would offer input if input was valued and applied. People can be agents of change once the system changes and welcomes the changes and new perspectives. Many Americans do fight the good fight and have not given up -- but they are in the minority and they are keenly aware of their limited focus of energy and scope of influence.
I think part of the reason why parents have a voice in the process in Netherlands is because the people make the decisions to be at any school they desire. If alternative decisions are made that some people don't like, they can shop around, or, work to start a new school.
"Our current school (writes and American in Netherlands) is an offshoot of a larger school in town and was started when teachers and parents from that school decided they wanted to approach the educational philosophy a bit differently so they split off and started their own school. I think this puts added pressure on the school administration and faculty to work hard at keeping a good school in operation. Otherwise they lose their required number of kids."
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