What separates developing countries from developed countries is as much a gap in knowledge as a gap in resources.
'Different' is such a good word. For me, ever since I was little, I always felt that something was off. And I just didn't have the resources to - I just didn't know what it was.
We still have two public school systems in the United States: One for the haves and one for the have-nots.
There's a lot of 'how to adopt' books, but there's no practical resource for, say, school supplies.
Schools are not equal. There are still the haves and the have-nots.
Savage Inequalities
I always felt that I was, you know, smart. I just didn't have a lot of the resources that everybody else had... It was tough for me to catch up.
Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues?
When I began teaching, my colleagues and I quickly realized that our students didn't have access to the same resources we had growing up. We knew there were supplies and resources that could help our students, but our school district simply couldn't afford them.
