The Taliban remnant is busy blowing up schools all over Afghanistan, but that isn't stopping most kids from going to school. Look at this BBC slide-show and read the accompanying texts where the kids describe their hopes for the future. (First: Are these the most beautiful faces you've ever seen?) Look at what ambitions they have --and how noble they are-- at such young ages, and sometimes in opposition to their parents' desires. And half the West doesn't think these people can be free! American kids this age should be so fit for freedom.
Curtsy: Ninme