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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I come from a family of war refugees who also didn't get schooling but who eventually landed in the US and eventually did well. But what I always heard when they talked about it was that they were the unusual and lucky ones, and that most kids in that situation struggled terribly and definitely never made up the lost educational time. They remained interested in issues of access to education their whole lives. One of them became a professor and spent years in the summer working on international education access projects.

OP: Have you ever done anything like that? Do you volunteer or have a passion for education access?[/quote]

10000% I believe that education is a way out of poverty, bigotry, racism, and many other things. Education is one thing that no one can take away from you once you have it.

I volunteer at a non-profit that teaches immigrants English.  I know better than anyone that the first step to success in this country is to learn to speak English. I do my best to help others succeed. [/quote]

PP here. Thanks OP. Yes, that was how my relatives thought as well. I don't think the professor relative would have thought that kids would all be okay, though. I can just hear him now -- for sure he would be worrying about the kids left behind who won't be okay.[/quote]

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