Spain/Morocco: Some Musings…
It is so hard to set a goal. I’ve thought about this many times, especially when struggling to reach one, but the hardest part is in defining what exactly the goal is. I thought about this as I see the girls high school we visited today. These girls travel between 10-300km to go to a boarding school because there isn’t one in their village. They want to do well in school, they want to enjoy their friendships, they want to make their families happy. A colleague said she talked to the girls about what they can do with their life, and told them how if they did very well they can go to university. To the right person this can be a very powerful message, but it also needs support. It’s hard enough for me to set goals and I don’t live in a desert with a minimum of supplies, and I’ve been taught about the importance of setting goals. It gives me a lot of awe to realize how many people have taught themselves these behaviors.