The rodriguez family is famous around town for shooting hoops upside down. They can dump from downward dogs, score three pointers from crowpos and make hook shot ind headstands. At one point we had, i think 20 % of our school population were syrian refugeese. You take in kids from troubled parts of the world, you have an obligation to deal with the consequences. It required lots of people doing their bit, a really good e s l teacher, parents who believe that seeing a picture of a classmate's bombed out house is a valuable learning experience.
Malcolm tells the story of how his parents and their friends sponsored three Vietnamese refugees, in the aftermath of the Vietnam War. And wonders: do we underestimate the value of ordinary acts of kindness?
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