Sitting on my nightstand is a half-finished copy of Stones into Schools, the sequel to the best-selling Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, which has recently become embroiled in controversy due to an exposé on 60 Minutes. (In case you have just returned from, say, a long trek in the Himalayas and haven’t heard about it, 60 Minutes and well-known adventure sports author Jon Krakauer claim that, among other things, many of the schools that Mortenson has helped build in Pakistan and Afghanstan are sitting unused and empty, and that the finances of his charity are mismanaged.)
Lessons from the Three Cups of Tea Controversy
Sitting on my nightstand is a half-finished copy of Stones into Schools, the sequel to the best-selling Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson, which has recently become embroiled in controversy due to an exposé on 60 Minutes. (In case you have just returned from, say, a long trek in the Himalayas and haven’t heard […]
May 02, 2011