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On Why YOU Should Teach for Nepal

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The problem with our generation is that we are more in touch with the problems of United States of A  than we are with the problems in front of our house. We are all living in the the 21st century of the West but we fail to see that most of our country is stuck the past century. We fail to see the world that lies beyond YouTube and Instagram. We think the world's problem is our own which, when you think about greater issues such as global warming and climate change, it is without a doubt. But that's not the whole truth. PhDs in the UK research why tea tastes better in a red cup, Parliament of France debate what to call  a chocolate bread — Pain au chocolat or Chocolatine and parents in America are pissed that their kid's name was shared by an airline employee in social media, who *they* named Abcde. Kids in America perform poorly because of lack of internet connection, not because it's available. Kids there don't have to cycle bare foot at ...