The first thing that struck me when I came to live in a house with mentally handicapped people was that their liking or disliking me had absolutely nothing to do with any of the many useful things I had done until then. Since nobody could read books, they could not impress anyone, and since most of them never went to school, my twenty years at Notre Dame, Yale and Harvard did not provide a significant introduction. View Post
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How To Research A Charity (And Why It Matters)
“Just do something,” she said to the crowd of young people. Sitting in the crowd, I prayed for self-control – enough to keep me from standing and shouting, “No!” Some somethings are inefficient. Others are ineffective. Some are even destructive. Please don’t just do something. “Just do something” sounds wonderful… Read More