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It takes a school, the extraordinary story of an American school in the world's #1 failed state, Jonathan Starr

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It takes a school

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Jonathan Starr

the extraordinary story of an American school in the world's #1 failed state

An American hedge fund manager describes how he founded a unique school in Somaliland and overcame profound cultural differences, broken promises, and threats to his safety to create a school whose students, against all odds, have come to achieve extraordinary success

Part one: Burning my ships. My Somali uncle ; Somaliland roots ; From hedge fund manager to headmaster ; Modern-day nomad ; Results day ; The exam ; The blank sheet of paper -- Part two: Building a school. First trip to Somaliland ; Clans ; Teachers ; The Abaarso condition -- Part three: School culture. Mohamed: a day in the life ; Straight talk and motivation ; Fahima's rocks ; Critical thinking ; Fundamentals ; Integrity ; Suzanne's orphanage ; Selection day -- Part Four: The great miscalculation. The white man speaks Somali ; A complex world ; The village ; Like water through a sieve ; Doing something right ; Money disguised as religion ; Trouble with the boys ; Khadar's rage ; Nothing is easy ; Harry's mad dash ; The Higher Education Commission -- Part Five: Tenacity. Selling success ; No good deed goes unpunished ; A Somali among the elite ; Twenty-seven schools in twenty-five days ; SAT trip ; Deportation ; The full arsenal -- Part Six: Winning the society. Miss Marple ; Religious council ; Vindication ; The cherry on top -- Part Seven: When arms are open. Show me the money ; Our best ambassadors ; The future ; In Harvard Yard