Aargh, the anti-refugee sentiment is threatening programs trying to provide US scholarships to college-age ones. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/11/20/a-professors-mission-to-house-a-syrian-refugee-family-on-every-u-s-college-campus/ …
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This is awful because college age refugees are really getting lost. They're over 18, so not children and even treated with hostility. Yet..
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Because they are young, a scholarship & a chance to continue their education could mean a prosperous life for many. Instead, they languish.
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As the anti-refugee wave threatens few fledgling scholarship programs.. Do folks remember Einstein was a refugee? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2015/11/20/a-professors-mission-to-house-a-syrian-refugee-family-on-every-u-s-college-campus/ …
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Also it's the 100th year anniversary of Einstein's presentation of general relativity. Centuries fly, problems apparently stay same. :-(
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