Mubarik Mohamoud, a 12th-grader who wants to be an electrical engineer, has been accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nadira, an 11th-grader, wants to be a chemist and has been accepted to Oberlin College. Both attend the Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Somaliland.
Mubarik Mohamoud, a 12th-grader who wants to be an electrical engineer, has been accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Nadira, an 11th-grader, wants to be a chemist and has been accepted to Oberlin College. Both attend the Abaarso School of Science and Technology in Somaliland.
A gambling school student (top) practices on a blackjack table in Macau as others (above) learn how to run roulette games. Their school, the Gaming Teaching and Research Center within the Macau Polytechnic Institute, maintains the biggest mock casino in Asia. Macao has become the world’s biggest gambling market, and the demand for casino workers has driven unemployment down to 2 percent. Along with the benefits, however, have come a lopsided economy, soaring property prices and what many see as the erosion of traditional community values. (Associated Press)
A gambling school student (top) practices on a blackjack table in Macau as others (above) learn how to run roulette games. Their school, the Gaming Teaching and Research Center within the Macau Polytechnic Institute, maintains the biggest mock casino in Asia. Macao has become the world’s biggest gambling market, and the demand for casino workers has driven unemployment down to 2 percent. Along with the benefits, however, have come a lopsided economy, soaring property prices and what many see as the erosion of traditional community values. (Associated Press)
** FILE ** Students, friends and family hold up candles during a vigil on the campus of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, Va., on Thursday, April 16, 2009, to mark the second anniversary of the Virginia Tech shootings. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
