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Though these speak for themselves, the second one is of a boy, hardly 10, who was selling banana's in the middle of nowhere. You have to wonder what kind of life this boy has.

posted by Sarah @ 11:02 AM 0 comments

Dying Hope

A four year old child had come in for admissions to nursery and being the overly sturctured education system we are, he had to give an interview to see whether he was qualified enough for the school. Though the rest of the children were happy to get away from their poverty struck homes, this one child through some enlightened gift knew that he was entering into a life that would remain with him for some 10 years. He wasn't happy. He was weeping.

The maid in the school tried to console him, but he managed to slip out've her arms, out've the school gates, and into the traffic filled streets. Before she could catch him, his father found him. SMACK! Right across the childs face. Bloody nose, swollen face, he was handed back to the maid to take him back to school.

No interview was taken. He was given immediate admission.

His first encounter into the academic school system. Probably not his first encounter with dying hope.

posted by Sarah @ 10:26 AM 0 comments

Similar Faces

Imagine a boy of 10.

He goes to school everyday, comes home to his mother, has lunch, maybe does his homework.
Then he waits for his father to come home, and when he does maybe they watch tv together or talk about the day.
The next day at school, he's made a class monitor. Smiling ear to ear all day, he can't wait to get home to tell his parents, maybe they'll take him out to eat at his favorite place.

Now, think of another boy...10 again.
He also goes to school everyday, and he also comes home to his mother, has lunch, and then waits for his father.
Only, his father died when he was three, so when his step father comes home, he gets a good hard beating, everday. He never does his homework cause no one asks, and he never talks about the day, cause no one cares.
The next day at school, he's also made class monitor. He doesn't smile, even when asked. He doesn't want to go home, because all he'll get in return is more scars on his face.

Two faces in the same class, but will we ever know what goes on behind closed doors when these children go home?

posted by Sarah @ 1:18 PM 0 comments

Killing Creativity

An art teacher told her students:

"Today we're going to draw something."

One child, took his drawing pad out and drew the margins, wrote his class, date, and name. The teacher came around to him and said:

"Why'd you take your drawing pad out? Did I tell you too? Wait till I give all the instructions, and do things exactly as I say!"

She then went to the front of the class and told the students"

"We're going to make a flower"

The same child, took his color pencils, drew a pretty ten petal, blue flower with a purple center, a red stem, and lots of yellow leaves. The teacher noticed him busy at work, came around to him and said:

"Did I tell you to follow my instrucitons? Erase your flower, and draw one with 5 red petals, a yellow center, two green leaves, and a brown stem."

The teacher went on to draw the perfect flower on the board so that all the children could follow her instrucitons. The student, looked at her flower, looked back at his, thought, "My flower is better than hers", but then being a good student did as he was told, erased his flower, and went on to draw one same to the one on the board.

Soon after this, the child was transferred to another school where he had another art teacher. This art teacher gave the class similar instrucitons:

"Today we're going to draw a flower in your art pads".

The teacher noticed that all the students were working except for the one student. She went to him and asked, why aren't you working, to which the student replied "You never told me to take out my drawing pad". The teacher, surprised, told him, "Take out your drawing pad now, and start drawing your flower".

The student took out his pad, and thought to himself for a minute. Then he drew a flower, 5 red petals, a yellow center, a brown stem, and 2 green leaves.

posted by Sarah @ 4:05 PM 0 comments