Comments on: Three Cups of Tea Author Visits the Forest http://www.drewmagazine.com/2009/09/three-cups-of-tea-author-visits-the-forest/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:48:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Laura Mertz Beyer '64 http://www.drewmagazine.com/2009/09/three-cups-of-tea-author-visits-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Laura Mertz Beyer '64 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:45:48 +0000 http://www.drewmagazine.com/?p=654#comment-64 I was so glad to hear about this event and would have loved to be there. It is things like this that make Drew University. Each time I go back, I wish I had attended now because each time I see more things that I would have liked to participate in and this would be one of them. Others have been the Womens' studies, some of the musical ensembles (although I cannot play very much, to hear more of Mark Miller's work). "Three Cups of Tea" is a very special book. Imagine a Pakistani Muslim father wanting nothing as much as an education for his children including his daughters. Imagine what it took to get the supplies to those remote and almost desolate places. Imagine living in those places but still appreciating the need for a good education. And now imagine the wars and political strife that makes it so hard to continue such a wonderful program. Imagine being a young girl having to live under the Taliban. At Drew you are encouraged to blossom out to be all that yu can be and I hope that all students do appreciate it and take advantage of it. I was a good student but not in the right clique at high school but at Drew I could lead, get involved and have good fun along with many new experiences. How can you explain what makes Drew unique to someone who does not know it? I was so glad to hear about this event and would have loved to be there. It is things like this that make Drew University. Each time I go back, I wish I had attended now because each time I see more things that I would have liked to participate in and this would be one of them. Others have been the Womens’ studies, some of the musical ensembles (although I cannot play very much, to hear more of Mark Miller’s work).

“Three Cups of Tea” is a very special book. Imagine a Pakistani Muslim father wanting nothing as much as an education for his children including his daughters. Imagine what it took to get the supplies to those remote and almost desolate places. Imagine living in those places but still appreciating the need for a good education. And now imagine the wars and political strife that makes it so hard to continue such a wonderful program. Imagine being a young girl having to live under the Taliban.

At Drew you are encouraged to blossom out to be all that yu can be and I hope that all students do appreciate it and take advantage of it.

I was a good student but not in the right clique at high school but at Drew I could lead, get involved and have good fun along with many new experiences.

How can you explain what makes Drew unique to someone who does not know it?

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