Ivy League schools produce international aid workers and businesspeople and journalists and leaders. Imagine how much fuller their education would be if they learned alongside a member of the population they intend to help.
Read MoreYou can’t help everyone, I’ve learned. But you can do something. And something is more than nothing.
Read MoreMalawi’s official language of instruction is English, but few of your teachers are fluent. There aren’t enough qualified math and science teachers either, so it’s entirely possible you’re learning math from someone who doesn’t understand it, in a language they don’t speak.
Read MoreREAD THESE BOOKS: My Life: It’s a Long Story (Willie Nelson), The Dirty Life (Kristin Kimball), The Last Girl (Nadia Murad), Redeployment (Phil Klay), Animals in Translation (Temple Grandin).
Read MoreGood reads: Coyotes (Ted Conover), Reefer Madness (Eric Schlosser), Educated (Tara Westover), Barefoot Gen (Keiji Nakazawa), Annihilation (Jeff Vandermeer), Running Into Time (Douglas Black), Assassination Vacation (Sarah Vowell), Cast Away (Charlotte McDonald-Gibson), Deep Creek (Pam Houston), Liner Notes (Jillian Marshall), The Rules Don’t Apply (Ariel Levy), Not That Kind of Girl (Lena Dunham).
Read MoreWhen I was a kid, I hadn’t developed a sense of taste yet, so I just read whatever I picked up from beginning to end. In 2019, I realized I’d gotten picky, and I wondered what I might have missed out on by giving up on books that didn’t immediately grab me. The answer is, cool ideas.
Read MoreThese are the ones that were forgettable, missed their emotional mark, or didn’t have much to say.
Read MoreAround the end of 2019, I realized I didn’t read much anymore. When I did read, I usually forgot the book within a few weeks. So I decided to change that.
Read MoreI’m usually really bad about staying in touch with people, but I’ve made the effort to reach out to people I care about.
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