Yes, Chris, there are so many who can't count without taking their shoes off, but there are also those who are trying so hard to do better, with or without an education. And let's face it, education is what we all need otherwise we wouldn't even be here on DR1, lol! You need to be able to read and type to do that.
What I find frustrating are those who want to learn but due to economic issues just can't keep going to school, they have to work to help the family - and that is because their parents haven't been educated that so many kids isn't always the right way to go about things. One or two kids who do well in life could be better than 8 or 14 who just scrape by to provide them with something in their retirement years (let alone something for their own kids).
I wonder what would happen if we could do a survey - give all the kids in one village the opportunity to go to school to high school grade, what would be the outcome... interesting... I wonder why no one tried that one (would have to be someone with a few millions sitting around doing nothing, lol!)
What I find frustrating are those who want to learn but due to economic issues just can't keep going to school, they have to work to help the family - and that is because their parents haven't been educated that so many kids isn't always the right way to go about things. One or two kids who do well in life could be better than 8 or 14 who just scrape by to provide them with something in their retirement years (let alone something for their own kids).
I wonder what would happen if we could do a survey - give all the kids in one village the opportunity to go to school to high school grade, what would be the outcome... interesting... I wonder why no one tried that one (would have to be someone with a few millions sitting around doing nothing, lol!)