The Future Nurse
Stories, Elevated Dreams“I walk 3 hours to and from school everyday. I go home and eat some corn and help with the ......
My recent journey took me to some villages in the Kaski District of the Annapurna region where I met teachers, students, and parents. I listened to their stories about village life and the what education is like in this region. Although conditions present seemingly endless challenges, and progress seems to be at a standstill, everyone here is hopeful for a better future. Hope resides in these classrooms despite the social ills that impede education. Hope is reflected in the school communities even though politics limit education reform. Hope is seen through the relationships between neighbours that are still confronted with caste-based struggles. So although 'Elevated Dreams' will present the difficulties of rural Himalayan life, it is important to see how hope plays its part too.
“I walk 3 hours to and from school everyday. I go home and eat some corn and help with the ......
“Father was a poor farmer. I remember on my way to school I would ask for sweets but he could ......
“I taught the same group of children for 4 years, but now their class teacher is someone else. They are ......
“I had to cross three rivers to reach school. And mind you, my dear brother, these rivers had no bridges. ......
“I do not order my student to clean the classroom, I clean it myself and when they see that, they ......
“Human heart tells you different things. It will tell you to do something while at other times telling you not ......
“I have sold chickens all my life. I have lost count of how many and with it I have also ......
“I walked without shoes all my childhood. Father wore a shoe that was shredded on all sides and because I ......
“Do not go by my looks. I have many hundred thousands in money. It is just that sometimes I get ......
(2/2) “It took me a few years to move on from the hurt. One day, I took a deep breath ......
(1/2) “I was among one of the very few girls in my village who went to school. It was only ......
“This is the third time I will be going to the foreign for work. But it is not sure. It ......
“If I become a teacher, I will increase playtime and decrease classroom time. And if some teacher shouts at a ......
(3/3) “Even though I left home for a better life, I took away the memories of my mother, the life ......
(2/3) “However I did not give up even though taking care of my father and my three younger brothers became ......
(1/3) “I would always wonder why mother left the room quietly in the darkness before dawn every day. She would ......