Upon the suggestion of JJ, I went out and bought Three Cups of Tea, the biography of mountain climber-turned-philanthropist/humanitarian, Greg Mortenson. While I have yet to read further than the cover flap and introduction I have already learned something that, in retrospect, seems incredibly obvious. In my thinking about the importance of education I have looked at the world primarily through a science teacher's eyes. The benefits of education that I tend to focus on - ending global warming, changing world energy use, limiting world population growth - are all related to science. Yet I missed one of the most obvious benefits of providing education to developing countries: Education is the most powerful "weapon" in the war on terror. In the words of Three Cups of Tea author, David Relin, "Mortenson goes to war with the root causes of terror every time he offers a student a chance to receive a balanced education, rather than attend an extremist madrassa."
Sincerely,
Erik Berg
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