“I don't have to run the Peace Corps. I could live without seeing my picture in the newspapers and without being interviewed.”
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If education does not create a need for the best in life, then we are stuck in an undemocratic, rigid caste society.
Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being.
Do we talk about the dignity of work? Do we give our students any reason for believing it is worthwhile to sacrifice for their work because such sacrifices improve the psychological and mental health of the person who makes them?
In the Peace Corps, the volunteer must be a fully developed, mature person. He must not join to run abroad or escape problems.