Let me tell you a little bit about what my day was like.... I woke up early in the morning before the sun even came up walked about 2 or 3 miles just to get to the fields where i work at where they don't even pay me enough to eat. I try my hardest to make as much money as I can but it just isn't enough.
When I get to school I'm all worn out I sometimes cant concentrate cause I don't have the energy to. My grades go down & the teachers speak to my parents but my parents cant say anything because they put me to go work & make money for the family while they doing the same thing. My teachers want me to do good in their class but i just cant cause work is wearing me out.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
child farm workerz
Posted by Cynthia at 9:39 AM
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Good job! It's definitely a terrible cycle - children work to help out their families, do poorly in school as a result, drop out and, without an education, can't get decent jobs. What do you think we should do to stop this? Demand higher wages? Make child labor illegal?
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