It's also hard to find motivation to learn when you're surrounded by abject poverty that appears to be inescapable. When you don't have hope for a better life, it's hard to find a reason to better yourself. We have to give kids a reason to want to be educated and show them that it can make a difference.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
