Monday, August 12, 2013
Getting to Know Your International Contacts - Part 3
Some of the professional hopes, dreams, and challenges that my contact from Thailand shared with me with regard to the children at her school were that all children would be able to attend an educational setting and see it through to graduation. Most children can not afford to go to school and if they are fortunate enough to get to go to a school, very few ever get to graduate. Most have to return to their families and work on the farms. She shared that if they were able to graduate, they usually only received the education that took them through the twelfth grade. The few that she has seen graduate she would have loved to see go to some sort of college, but most have had to return to their families and work with them. It is so sad that many of these children will fall back into the same patterns and situations that their families are in.
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Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteI find it interesting that even in different parts of the world, access and affordability are a major issue where education is concerned. It is sad that these children need to return to work on the family farms. I would be interested to know what these children at a young age hope to become or if they know what is destined for them. Thanks so much for your post!
Christina
Hi Amy,
ReplyDeleteIt is so sad that these children may not reach graduation or have to go back to the same pattern as before. I hope your friend is able to find a way for a change. Thanks for sharing.
Amy
Hi Amy, this sounds like some to the different countries I have looked into. I sad that some don't value education like we do here in the USA. Not very long ago here in the USA, our farm children had to work unstead of school, and now school is a priority. Perhaps that will be the same pattern there as it was here.
ReplyDeleteHi Amy,
ReplyDeleteThat is so sad, as we all agreed it is only Education that helps break the bands of poverty. I wish we could in time to come be able to organise ourselves in such a way to offer our services. Thanks for sharing, please do keep in touch with her.
Florence