QQC #3

"Your Like a Son to me." said Jean Hoerni before he passed away. Its shocking, hearing that from someone who seems so cold. But really, were the things he said and did cold? Are people like him indifferent? No, they are not. It seems that in this day and age, smart intelligent people like him are looked down upon because they are realistic. This is something i can relate to, because i am very open and i don't water things down so i won't hurt someones feelings. People may not appreciate that, but they need to realize the truth is better than a lie. Even a white lie.

QQC #2

In one of the chapters i read yesterday, i read about Greg's first American high school experience. One of the black kids at his school accosted him after hearing that he was from Africa and he could speak Swahili. He said to him, " You Ain't African." Why would this boy get so defensive about his race when he heard about Greg? Black history is a story that goes back quite a while. It's not the happiest story ever told either. I personally would not mind Greg, but i could see how someone who's race has gone through so much segregation and hate. If i knew what the child was thinking, i would say that he wanted to protect his race from someone, who he felt, didn't deserve to be black. Someone who he felt, was the instigator of his problems. When in fact, Greg had nothing but respect for the African Race. It's a two sided story, but who is right?

QQC#1

Quote: "Greg found out that the nearest doctor was a weeks walk away."

Question: How does having modern commodities such as a car, modern medicine, or proper sanitation effect our day to day lives?

Comment: The quote is referring to the week long walk that it takes for the villagers of Korphe to get to a doctor. They don't have cars, or antibacterial medicines. The sanitation is such, that small sicknesses such as a cold are multiplied ten fold in rural villages. It's very foreign to Americans, who their entire lives have had things like cough syrup, and band-aids. Hearing something like this shocks me, but at the same time i can expect it. Its a very strange thing, all it takes is a trip around the world to see that some places are still in the proverbial " Stone Age". It also excites me, because at the same time they don't have to worry about the same things that we do, simply because theyre not connected to the rest of the world. In the end, though when a town doesn't have these things like doctors or schools, it makes you want to do something about it. You want to help these people. But where do you start?