"something to think about - please think about this"
(be it poverty or ignorance) people were held back from going to, continuing in, or finishing school. Here are a few examples and/or reasons: a parent dies or becomes very sick; the child has to go to work or stay home to look after or support the family. It's not their fault; it still happens. Negative messages from mother or father or anyone - thinks work is better for the child, don't need an education, won't get far anyway. Still happens. Get and/or got married young. Husband and/or family keeps wife/girlfriend down, out of school, stuck. Still happens. Drugs, alcohol, bad decisions. Still happens. Violence in the home, isolation, being denied information about people, places, things. Still happens. My point is, sometimes there are circumstances beyond our control, and opportunities haven't always been there, and being an adolescent and having a generational history like any or all of the above, it only makes sense that bad decisions are made. Even today many teenagers leave home, get Kicked out, or have to go to work, leaving schooling behind. |
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