I had to take a little time before commenting on your post because you evoked so many emotions in me.
First of all, I am so glad you found Prevail Fund. They seem to be doing great work in an area that is near and dear to my heart. For you to witness firsthand the schools in Rwanda must have been both heartwarming and apalling. It makes me sad to hear how little money is spent on education and how the educational system fails so many children.
Secondly, I can't imagaine a world where I couldn't read. I think that is why I fought so hard against aliteracy here. As Mark Twain so aptly put it, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." If young students today could understand the privilege they have been given when so much of the world doesn't have the same advantages as many of the people in our country, maybe education would again be held in higher esteem.
Finally, it makes me feel incredibily to proud to know that young adults like you are thinking so deeply about their life and their life choices. It is through people like you that change can happen.
I had to take a little time before commenting on your post because you evoked so many emotions in me.
First of all, I am so glad you found Prevail Fund. They seem to be doing great work in an area that is near and dear to my heart. For you to witness firsthand the schools in Rwanda must have been both heartwarming and apalling. It makes me sad to hear how little money is spent on education and how the educational system fails so many children.
Secondly, I can't imagaine a world where I couldn't read. I think that is why I fought so hard against aliteracy here. As Mark Twain so aptly put it, "The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read." If young students today could understand the privilege they have been given when so much of the world doesn't have the same advantages as many of the people in our country, maybe education would again be held in higher esteem.
Finally, it makes me feel incredibily to proud to know that young adults like you are thinking so deeply about their life and their life choices. It is through people like you that change can happen.