Keller sometimes works 13-hour days, after which she pitches her tent and rustles up dinner over a camp stove. She enjoys her work so much that she signed on for a second one-year stint. The award counts as taxable income. They often apply it toward a degree in education or a teacher-certification program, which participants must pursue during their two years of service. She postponed plans to attend Yale Medical School, which is holding a place for her.
Desirable employees Taking time to acquire other skills is typical of young adults nowadays.
In Uzbekistan, Morin teaches business basics, such as profit margins and investment returns, to junior-college students skeptical of the free market. The four-room house Morin shares with a local family lacks indoor plumbing, so he helps haul buckets of water from a nearby well. The only foreigner in town, he's become a local curiosity, who can't play basketball alone without attracting an audience. The Kiplinger Washington Editors, Inc.