Madison Webster, Chapter 13, Question 6

It was semi strange to me to think that skilled workers succeed most where there are other skills workers. This seems weird because I feel as if a skilled workers' time would be more valuable in a location where there is an absence of skilld workers therefore their talents would be rare. However, this is not the case. If a country is unskilled, they will stay unskilled because the resources are unavailable to remove themselves from this title. If a country is skilled, the will stay this way because there are numerous people to learn from and grow in a skilled area. Not to mention practice the skill they acquire. 

I was able to see this first hand. I traveled to Haiti this past February with 60 others on a medical mission trip. My father is an ophthalmologist and this was his fourth time down in Haiti to do surgeries and volunteer in the community. Since the rules regarding health and privacy are more lenient, I was granted the opportunity to join my father in the operating room to watch him do surgery. By my surprise, he was actually helping to teach a local Haitian ophthalmologist. This woman was skilled but was surrounded by an unskilled environment so was unable to practice her work. It took a number of skilled workers to arrive in order for her to succeed in a skilled environment.