When I was a Sophmore at Principia High School, a giant world map that filled up an entire wall was donated to the school. It was put up in my history classroom, and the desk where I usually sat was right next to it - next to the South Pacific, to be exact. I was fascinated by the little countries I had never heard of, and whenever I finished a test early I'd spend the rest of the time writing down the names of islands, to research later. Tuvalu was the country that most attracted my interest, and when we were asked in English class to give a persuasive speech about an issue of our choosing I spoke about our responsibility to do something about climate change to prevent the entire nation of Tuvalu from sinking into the sea. As I recall, my speech was pretty different from the others in my class - which tended to be about things like the need for changes to the school dress code (an explosive topic at Principia in my day). My interest in the Pacific Islands ...
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