Nice to showcase people who really appreciate getting an education (college, illiterate)

[Clarallel]

"From Somaliland to Harvard"
By Nicholas Kristof

Of the millions of young men and women settling into college dorms this month, one of the most unlikely is Abdisamad Adan, a 21-year-old beginning his freshman year at Harvard. Some of his 18 siblings are illiterate and never went even to first grade, and he was raised without electricity or indoor plumbing by an illiterate grandmother in a country that doesn’t officially exist.

Yet he excelled as he studied by candlelight, and he’s probably the only person in Harvard Yard who knows how to milk a camel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/op...vard.html?_r=0

[nana053]

Originally Posted by Clarallel

"From Somaliland to Harvard"
By Nicholas Kristof

Of the millions of young men and women settling into college dorms this month, one of the most unlikely is Abdisamad Adan, a 21-year-old beginning his freshman year at Harvard. Some of his 18 siblings are illiterate and never went even to first grade, and he was raised without electricity or indoor plumbing by an illiterate grandmother in a country that doesn’t officially exist.

Yet he excelled as he studied by candlelight, and he’s probably the only person in Harvard Yard who knows how to milk a camel.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/op...vard.html?_r=0

What a great story. I am posting this one to the good news thread in the Current Events forum.