Many of the Saudis who would take a different opinion on women's rights etc, do not live in KSA.
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.
'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.
In 2007, Prince Mohammed graduated fourth in his class from King Saud University with a bachelor’s degree in law
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."
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His mother's practice of matching intellectuals with her kids supports John Holt's theories of proper child education.