These stories illustrate the importance of investments (leading to jobs), education (basics in reading, writing, math, personal and public health), and political awareness (understanding how politics work) in raising the standard of living, usually simultaneous with developing a middle class, in third and second world societies.A DREAM TO IMPROVE THE REALITY OF THE DEVELOPING WORLDThese stories illustrate the importance of the following: Investments and how they lead to jobsEducation. Basics in reading, writing, math, personal and public healthPolitical Awareness and understanding how politics workAll of these concepts are vital in raising the standard of living, usually simultaneous with developing a middle class, in third and second world societies.Author: Jerry Dean Epps, Ph. D. 2012