http://blog.goods4good.org/2009/01/23/got-pens-%e2%80%93-aaron-lewani/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:01:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://blog.goods4good.org/2009/01/23/got-pens-%e2%80%93-aaron-lewani/comment-page-1/#comment-18 The Goods for Good Team Fri, 23 Jan 2009 22:26:00 +0000 http://blog.goods4good.org/2009/01/23/got-pens-%e2%80%93-aaron-lewani/#comment-18 Could you imagine what it would be like to go to work everyday and not have anything to write with? That’s what I always think about when I see students without any basic materials, knowing that they often have to choose between buying food or buying school supplies. If I had to go to work without a pen, day in and day out, I would be so discouraged that I would give up. How can we expect these children to dedicate themselves to school, and believing in a brighter future, when so many don’t even have the basic necessities in which to live let alone learn? Could you imagine what it would be like to go to work everyday and not have anything to write with? That’s what I always think about when I see students without any basic materials, knowing that they often have to choose between buying food or buying school supplies. If I had to go to work without a pen, day in and day out, I would be so discouraged that I would give up. How can we expect these children to dedicate themselves to school, and believing in a brighter future, when so many don’t even have the basic necessities in which to live let alone learn?

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