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POV | It Would Be Worth It To You? | PBS

Duration: 03:55
Program: POV #2412
Broadcast Date: Sep. 20, 2011

In this clip from 'The Learning,' four Filipino teachers leave the Philippines in order to provide a better life for those at home. They leave behind their schools, children and extended families to immigrate to Baltimore in order to find "greener pastures."

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Post Date: September 20, 2011