The Cost Of Education For Substandard Economy - 1477 Words

Bal was born in one of the small villages in Nepal with substandard economy. He had to struggle his way out of the confines of a suburb life in order to gain quality education. He had a modest childhood as he went to a small village school where quality education was almost impossible to get. Since, the cost of education was in equal terms with the quality of education he received, it was not a big burden for his family to pay his tuition. Later, when Bal reached high school, a slight degree of financial strain began to press on his family. Giving up to the financial pressure, Bal started to teach when he was a teenager when his family’s financial situation aggravated by the absence of his parents who were in a different place in search†¦show more content†¦I met a lot of people and was exposed to a new culture.† he mentioned and continued with a genuine shrug, â€Å"It prepared me for adventures in my life.† He went back to Nepal after a year in Japan. Bal, then got a full bright scholarship for his PHD and came to US. Full Bright is â€Å"the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Government.†(http://us.fulbrightonline.org/about). Bal said, â€Å"This scholarship is what turned my world around. Had it not been for this scholarship, I would have ended up teaching at some college at Nepal with just a minimum wage.† This scholarship led him to an entirely different path in his life. One US dollar exchanges for 100 Nepalese Rupees, so, I was seemingly impossible for him to pay his cost of attendance here at US, but the scholarship made him aspire for more, gave him bigger future along with a chance to broaden his academic potential and most importantly helped harvest a talent that could have otherwise been wasted in some rural part of Nepal. Bal has embraced teaching as a part of his life now. It’s a wonderful journey made by a poor boy from a small village in Nepal. â€Å"It’s satisfying.† Bal says and pauses for a while to contemplate and starts, â€Å"As I look back at my life, I get a sense of how my life has been full of struggles and challenges and these scholarships have helped me make my way out of those struggles† Bal emphasizes that the scholarships make him work even harder because he knows that