The Human Xerox

I was in the 6th grade and for my Social Studies class our assignment was to prepare a report on a country...any country. I know...not a very thoughtful assignment because I am sure my teacher thought it up in the last 5 minutes before he gave it to us LOL but, that was the assignment. Our school library wasn't equipped to handle the research I needed and my family couldn't afford to own encyclopedias so I was left with very little options for reference materials. 

Our one library on island, which was at the time the community college library, was my only resource but we didn't have the means to get me there and back without risking my Dad missing work. And if you had a father like mine, the aiga bus (family bus), which is a privately owned makeshift vehicle that is the main mode of public transportation in American Samoa, was completely out of the question. He drove us girls everywhere and picked us up everyday for all 12 years of our schooling. Mind you now, my Dad has 4 girls so that was A LOT of driving...but that's a different story. So I digress.