Sandra Nathan was one of the first US Peace Corps volunteers to arrive in South Korea in the mid-1960s. The 21-year-old taught English to eager high school students, navigating a post-war landscape of devastation and poverty. Earlier this month she received a, "Thank you for your service" gift from South Korea’s government. Nathan tells The World’s Marco Werman what was in her COVID-19 Survival Box.
Instead of punishing the kid for wearing a hat, the principal asked why he wouldn't take it off, turns out a very bad haircut was the issue. Principal ran home to get clippers, phoned parents for consent, kid went back to class.