Thanks for sharing!

Katherine, thank you for sharing such a personal insight!  I teach third graders and I often tell them they are fortunate to live in a country where education is free and they do not have to spend their days walking miles to lug water to their homes or collect firewood to cook their meals.  I am not trying to make students feel guilty, I just hope they appreciate the education they are being afforded and have empathy for other kids their age around the world who do not have these opportunities.  Your sharing about the 100 day celebration for Koreans is something I will definitely share with my students.  I hope they will see the significance of health care and how we often take health for granted.  I will be curious to see if they can imagine themselves as siblings of a baby nearing his/her 100th day and not being assured that it will make it!  Why would this be cause for celebration for a family?  Why not wait until the baby is one year old?  Why are children important to families around the world?  Thank you for a thought provoking insight which will hopefully generate a lot of discussion in my own classroom!