During the week that I arrived in the United States, I saw an airport, used a telephone, used a library, talked with a scientist, and was shown a computer for the first time in my life.

I preferred to study those subjects that were of interest to me.

Our lives sometimes depend on computers performing as predicted.

The hardship of living in a refugee camp made me psychologically strong.

I wanted to become a mathematician, physicist or astronomer.

I dropped out of high school four times between the ages of 12 to 17.

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.