Our Idiot Brother: The Tea Party’s Relationship to Occupy Wall Street
I think it might be better if he managed something with engineering(thought perhaps this part of engineering is subsumed under agronomy). Developing more effective irrigation methods of even water pumps that can be powered where gasoline is both rare and expensive.
An interesting experience of mine back from high school was in the our Model United Nations, which might have actually gotten more decided than the real thing, and we got nothing done. Digressing, a bunch of generally well-enough white kids spent a while discussing the issue of starvation in Africa, quite a few of them quoting the oft-used “Give a man a fish..” saying, until they brought in a guest from Africa, who rather patiently, considering who he was speaking with, explained that they really did know how to farm but drought and sometimes over-farming areas to the point of needing fertilizer which they couldn’t afford was part of the bigger problem. I don’t think he particularly mentioned the corrupt governments but those are undoubtedly the other large part.
This discussion on education just reminded of that situation, not saying that anyone is suggesting the sort of youthful naivete here, though I’ve sure heard it on the radio.
