That’s a lovely story, thanks for sharing. It would be my favourite story too. A little sad, but also a happy story of successfully overcoming adversity.
I agree it’s unfair that rural children have to work harder. It’s a global problem. People in the Global South have to work harder, leave their homes and go overseas to work as migrant workers and face persecution in the societies that they help build up. Why is the world so unfair?
I am a descendant of Chinese migrants who had to leave China to make a better life for themselves, but at a cost. My siblings and I are Western educated and have lost our cultural heritage. I cannot speak the dialect of my grandparents fluently, and could not engage in meaningful conversation with them when I was young. It is something I always felt sad about. Why is the world so unfair?
Some parts remind me of the farmers in fly-over states in the USA, particularly the problem of schooling and children, though the part about having a growing business instead of a dying one is very different. Suicide among farming families in the USA and some parts of Canada is high. It would be interesting to hear from farmers who gave up or were forced to sell out their villages because the location was too remote or too poor to develop and moved into town. They must feel like fish out of water, how do they spend their days in town?
That’s a lovely story, thanks for sharing. It would be my favourite story too. A little sad, but also a happy story of successfully overcoming adversity.
I agree it’s unfair that rural children have to work harder. It’s a global problem. People in the Global South have to work harder, leave their homes and go overseas to work as migrant workers and face persecution in the societies that they help build up. Why is the world so unfair?
I am a descendant of Chinese migrants who had to leave China to make a better life for themselves, but at a cost. My siblings and I are Western educated and have lost our cultural heritage. I cannot speak the dialect of my grandparents fluently, and could not engage in meaningful conversation with them when I was young. It is something I always felt sad about. Why is the world so unfair?
Some parts remind me of the farmers in fly-over states in the USA, particularly the problem of schooling and children, though the part about having a growing business instead of a dying one is very different. Suicide among farming families in the USA and some parts of Canada is high. It would be interesting to hear from farmers who gave up or were forced to sell out their villages because the location was too remote or too poor to develop and moved into town. They must feel like fish out of water, how do they spend their days in town?
Seems like you had a very memorable time.