A Book to Remember and to Inspire!
The article is about the book review of "Leaving Microsoft to change the world."
It's a story of a Microsoft employee who left Microsoft at peak of his career to bring a change. A mere vacation in Himalayas dragged him to the condition of schools and the poor education system in that area.
Half constructed roads, no proper transportation, and only high hills spread across in the surroundings... is the current situation of the Himalayan regions. People don't have access to, not quality but at least basic education. Schools are not fully functional as they lack teachers, infrastructure, good books etc.
John Wood went there for a long vacation just to take break from his normal work routine. But lesser do he knew that a plain vacation was going to change his life forever.
In a formal chat with one of the school headmaster in Nepal, he pointed out that the ratio of students to books is not at all balanced. That school headmaster suggested, "Perhaps, sir, you will come someday back with books". These normal words forced John to think on a different level...
Before leaving he promised them that he will change the face of education there and will come back definitely to take further steps. He came back to his hometown USA and started contacting his friends, relatives and all the possible sources requesting them to donate books for his future library. After a year, there was a day when he was back to the same school with 3,000 books.
After that John never turned back. He resigned from Microsoft and started working for his new social project. He was so badly involved in this work that he said in his book, he forgot to socialize with friends, hang out or fall in love. His secretary once fixed his date with a girl to give him a break but in vain, there too his madness for his library ended up in his girlfriend's breaking up with him and he didn't even mind for that!
His passion has taken him so far that today he has opened his own organization Room to Read which operates around 9 countries with 1,442 schools and 11,246 libraries!
Half constructed roads, no proper transportation, and only high hills spread across in the surroundings... is the current situation of the Himalayan regions. People don't have access to, not quality but at least basic education. Schools are not fully functional as they lack teachers, infrastructure, good books etc.
John Wood went there for a long vacation just to take break from his normal work routine. But lesser do he knew that a plain vacation was going to change his life forever.
In a formal chat with one of the school headmaster in Nepal, he pointed out that the ratio of students to books is not at all balanced. That school headmaster suggested, "Perhaps, sir, you will come someday back with books". These normal words forced John to think on a different level...
Before leaving he promised them that he will change the face of education there and will come back definitely to take further steps. He came back to his hometown USA and started contacting his friends, relatives and all the possible sources requesting them to donate books for his future library. After a year, there was a day when he was back to the same school with 3,000 books.
After that John never turned back. He resigned from Microsoft and started working for his new social project. He was so badly involved in this work that he said in his book, he forgot to socialize with friends, hang out or fall in love. His secretary once fixed his date with a girl to give him a break but in vain, there too his madness for his library ended up in his girlfriend's breaking up with him and he didn't even mind for that!
His passion has taken him so far that today he has opened his own organization Room to Read which operates around 9 countries with 1,442 schools and 11,246 libraries!
Post Comment
