Finishing up seond week at Tororo Parents' Girls Secondary School. Getting many opportunities to learn-from the students, instructors, my host family, the newspapers, and simply by watching the locals. Get to learn the subject material that is being taught at the school, so learning a lot about east Africa. I find it interesting that much of what is taught is similar to what we learn in USA, and the issues that these young girls face are similar, but what is so different is the challenges and consequences that are a part of living in Uganda. Death, HIV/AIDS, corruption, extreme poverty, disease, etc. I have "taught" a few classes at the school now, and during one "counseling" class, a girl asked the question, "What if you want to be successful, or have goals you want to achieve,
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