In “Knowledge is Power” by Anna-Maria Petricic a schoolgirl from Croatia is determined to figure out what the words on her bookmark meant. The bookmark had a picture of superman with the words Knowledge is Real Power written on it. She knew that to have the power that knowledge brought she had to attend college. She had been hearing bad things about the college in her homeland of Croatia so she researched colleges in the United States. She was dismayed because it was very expensive. She came across a private school in Iowa that was offering a work-study program for international students. She ran into the kitchen and exclaimed, “I am going to school in America” (1)! Though her mother asked who was going to pay for it she was determined to have her dream of going to school in America come
In “Knowledge is Power” by Anna-Maria Petricic a schoolgirl from Croatia is determined to figure out what the words on her bookmark meant. The bookmark had a picture of superman with the words Knowledge is Real Power written on it. She knew that to have the power that knowledge brought she had to attend college. She had been hearing bad things about the college in her homeland of Croatia so she researched colleges in the United States. She was dismayed because it was very expensive. She came across a private school in Iowa that was offering a work-study program for international students. She ran into the kitchen and exclaimed, “I am going to school in America” (1)! Though her mother asked who was going to pay for it she was determined to have her dream of going to school in America come