By SASlove2010 – See all my reviews This review is from: Toothbrush People: American College Students’ Personal Experiences with Poverty, Inequalities, Humility, and Kindness (Paperback) This is an incredible book that highlights the importance of international travel. It also puts a face with some countries that most people have never been to. I have also been told by the author…
Category: Toothbrush People
One of 39 Stories from Toothbrush People
Marie Gernes, Spring 2004 Tao found me in Ho Chi Minh City, on the steps of an old building in the central city. I remember it as a cathedral, with a huge staircase in front. I was waiting to meet a friend on the stairway to plan our afternoon in the city. This tiny boy with floppy brown hair skipped…
Excerpt: ‘Toothbrush People’
In “Toothbrush People,” American college students participating in the Semester at Sea program reflect on a person they encountered on their voyage that especially impacted them. Here’s one story shared by Christina McQuire on the Spring 2010 voyage. While in Japan, I visited the city of Hiroshima. It was an emotional day — seeing the “A-bomb dome” that is still standing,…