Not quite an honor student

Exchange Student Starved While in Egypt

So this kid goes to Egypt for a year and his host family was fasting as part of their religious beliefs for 200+ days. He complained to the Egyptian school and they offered to move him to a better home, but in a more dangerous neighborhood. He decided to stay and almost starved to death. Upon his return he spent 2 weeks in a hospital before getting back to normal.

Now I can see this family being used to surviving on less food than an average 17 yr old boy. I can even see them denying him food to fit into their extreme belief system. What kills me is that he couldn't figure a way out of it.

When I went to college I spent a good 6 months living out of my truck. I couldn't afford dorm fees and didn't want to give up. Now, it would of been smart to just go back home and tell my parents, but I didn't get where I am in life by being smart. What I did do is get a job at the cafeteria so I could "borrow" food when I got hungry and I found a way to sneak into the only dorm with a community shower room so I could get cleaned up in the mornings. It worked great till winter hit. Coincidently I joined the Air Force on Jaurary 5th 1999.

Let me solve his problem for him:

One day as school he just finds an English speaking student... preferably a plump one.

Kid: Hey, my host family sucks, do you think you can bring an extra lunch from school for me?
Plumpy: Sure

Ok, so maybe this guy isn't ready for the real world. What I really can't figure out is this.

Here's Egypt.



Smack dab in the middle of what I like to call... bat shit crazy land. There's radical Muslims in them there hills! What kind of superhero parents send their kid there to be a exchange student? Pretty stupid if you ask me. Oh well, to each their own I guess.