It's again Blog Action Day, and this year's theme is human rights. And again this year, I've got nothing. It's kind of sad, really.
I spend a lot of time interacting with kids who don't want to be in school. At least, they act like they don't want to be in school when I'm there, prodding them to get their work done. I wonder how many kids around the world would be more appreciative of such an education.
The story that keeps coming to mind every time I think about today's Blog Action Day post is this one girl I met while covering the reentry class. She was in the morning class, but she had finished up all the credits she needed to advance to the afternoon class, meaning she was very nearly ready to graduate. Just a few more credits would do it. But she couldn't attend the afternoon class.
She explained the situation. She had to be home to take care of her younger siblings. Her father wouldn't allow her to go to school in the afternoon even though that would mean that she would have to drop out of school without obtaining her high school diploma.
Well, the teachers in the reentry program do try to work with the students. They found a way to keep her in the morning class so that she could finish her diploma. And last I heard, the girl had graduated.
Why do some people make it so hard for students to get that high school diploma? Don't they understand how important an education is?
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
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Some people can't see outside their own needs. She needs to be there when her family needs her, so screw the rest of her life. Grr, it makes me mad.
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