Literacy and individual consciousness

By reading this i just said wow, not only so much detail but how much similar it was to the culture we followed when my family was living in Pakistan. The disagreement over how old his kid was. My dad tell us a story at old time when they were growing up. Every there or four month a person would go to the big city so since that time they would give them list of kids were born in the village for last three four months. So some people forget what day there kid was born so they would make up date and give to the person with their name so he could register them. So when i read that father arguing with teacher of the age of the kid made me smile. I loved reading this paper it was so interesting. When he says they gave him so much respect because he was able to talk to white man in white mans language. So many similarities in the culture i grow up.