Mayeb they just do not have the culture or the brains these Hawiye,
I have met Ogadens from all over the 3 nations who speak remarkably arabic, when i asked how did they learn they surprised me when they said in dugis,
I am amazed how someone can learn the naxwi of a language and speak so fluently with out ever stepping a foot out of warder or Qoraxey or dagaxbuur,
older Ogaden speak arab and learned in dugsi, like my father and co
we have a natural grasb of learning and we take it with us and normally its Ogaden fathers who teach their own kids,
about couple of years ago i watched a Ogaden camel herding family in DDS somewhere in Emay in extreme wester Ogadeniyai believe, what shocked me and surprised me was this family constantly moves across Ogadeniya seeking pasture for their camels yet the father would teach his kids arab and quran and hadith when ever they set up their aqal hori,
one time his younger son was told he will will stay up all day and learn from his loox wood tablet and do his studies and will not be allowed to come and take a break until the suns ets, the kid was pushed really hard, his is how my parents pushed us in Europe with tuition 7 days a week and of course islamic lessons in the weekend, it was amazing that an Ogaden family in europe from Jubaland originally had the exact same standards with an Ogaden family in 2018 in Ogadeniya
the father really pushed the kids, so did his mother, and like the Chinese kids, we really push our kids, others allow their kids to do niiko and tiktok,
even at 13 i was not allowed to go out with friends, heck even at 14 and 15, i had to revise 7 days a week then work in the family business and was banned from going out except days like eid
the geeljire father was very sophisticated, he sent his camels to berbera and bosaso to be sold but would also educate his kids in deen, quran, hadith and arabic and af somali
this is how Ogaden has survived in ethiopia, hardcore islamic and somali education or they would have been assimilated like many dir ages ago, Ogaden/Absame is very islamic and somali oriented thanks to his educational level
is this why all the top somali islamic scholars are all Absame? shekih somali, umal, shibley, cali sufi etc ?
if you do not see a race obsessed with religious education, they do not do well in secular education, is this why other somalis are behind Ogaden in education because they do not have a culture of being educated in islamic education like Absame?
my family sat down when i was 9 and even at 11 and every Ogden who knew our family came home asking my parents and grand parents what will Teeri junior learn when he goes to uni? I was being pushed to do medicine aged 9, i even had to negotiate to be allowed to do maths/economics
Kids should be beaten and whipped and forced to stay hungry until they revise and come;ete their daily education,
all my non Absame friends at weekend in school child out when i was forced to revise and work for family business, i was whipped if i failed home exams by mum,
it was the best karbash and beaten i ever got and i cant wait to pass it to the next generations,
mum would say "read it again, taban Jir Ogaden Looma Taaliyo" again, Agah, again,
it never did me any harm, in fact it made me a genius where i can come in at uni a whizz through exams in 2 hours i would do a 3 hour exam and still look fresh as i did my revisions for weeks on day whilst other students cramped in their studies"
Thank you Mother For the best beating of my life, it made me a man, indeed behind every successful man is a strong woman
I was whipped to revise harder and then harder all through out the day as my Harti, isaaq and Hawiye and Marehan friends smoked robbed year 7 kids off their mobile phones after school