I Don't Think Poverty Provides That Much Of An Obstacle To Education As One Thinks. I Think The Bigger Obstacle To Education Is The Fact That It's A Very Hard Thing To Do For A First-generation Schoolgoer. Because Not To Have Parents At Home Who Can Help You, Motivate You, Is A Problem Even When The Parents Are In The Abstract Very Keen On Children Being Educated.

-Amartya Sen

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I Don't Think Poverty Provides That Much

Amartya Sen

I Don't Think Poverty Provides That Much Of An Obstacle To Education As One Thinks. I Think The Bigger Obstacle To Education Is The Fact That It's A Very Hard Thing To Do For A First-generation Schoolgoer. Because Not To Have Parents At Home Who Can Help You, Motivate You, Is A Problem Even When The Parents Are In The Abstract Very Keen On Children Being Educated.

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Each Human Being Is A Citizen Of The World. We Have Many Identities, Of Which One Of The Identities Is Our Human Identity. And That's Something That The Schools Can Provide, But That Requires Again A Vision Rather Than Being Centers Of Hatred. It Could Be An Enormous Opportunity To Give That Mission.

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