http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/learn-or-perish-graduation-in-uganda/ travel culture worldwide Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:30:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/learn-or-perish-graduation-in-uganda/#comment-41759 Photo Essay: Dancing Back Identity in Acholiland, Uganda Mon, 07 Feb 2011 12:20:16 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4093#comment-41759 [...] more Matador and Glimpse stories about Uganda, please read “Learn or Perish: Graduation in Uganda” and “On My Way to Work: Gulu, Uganda.” var ids = new Array; ids.push(6148); Tagged [...] [...] more Matador and Glimpse stories about Uganda, please read “Learn or Perish: Graduation in Uganda” and “On My Way to Work: Gulu, Uganda.” var ids = new Array; ids.push(6148); Tagged [...]

]]> http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/learn-or-perish-graduation-in-uganda/#comment-38193 Reeti Sat, 01 May 2010 17:47:48 +0000 http://matadorabroad.com/?p=4093#comment-38193 This is beautiful and well-written and can be applied to countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Parents lay great stress on their children's education and many virtually starve themselves just to ensure that their children (to use a local colloquialism) "stand up on their own two feet"- basically fend for themselves. I think this story will resonate with people everywhere. Thanks for sharing :) This is beautiful and well-written and can be applied to countries like India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Parents lay great stress on their children’s education and many virtually starve themselves just to ensure that their children (to use a local colloquialism) “stand up on their own two feet”- basically fend for themselves. I think this story will resonate with people everywhere. Thanks for sharing

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