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On The Way To School......... Perhaps,many of us can still remember how we used to go to school when we were ! As far as I can remember, I used to go to School walking along with my friends mostly using leather shoes popularly known as ‘naughty boy shoes’ made by Bata shoe company. It was a turbulent time. The mighty British Armies were driven out from the then Burma by Japan. The retreating soldiers camped themselves in most of the school buildings of the undivided Bengal (then a province of the British India). Our school being a government institution was occupied by the retreating Army men! I remember this as we used to follow the army troop carriers while going to school. Sometimes, we used to talk to them while walking by the parked troop carriers. It was a routine affair until 1945. I am telling this because my own are lucky. Both my and were dropped off to their respective Schools by our family car. They were not allowed to walk back home either from school. The routine is almost same in all big cities everywhere in the modern world. Some may still like to walk or go by school bus to school and come back home in similar way. However, things are not like this everywhere in the world. There are many places in the world even now where students are to take difficult and risky routes to go to schools on foot walking miles, swimming small rivers and even crossing mountains though it is twenty first century now! These are not scared to walk through a war zone, journeying through icy mountains or tightrope walking above a flowing river to get to school. Readers are invited to view the following pictures to see what around the world have to experience on their journeys to school. You may also kindly ponder how lucky we and our were and how precious education must be! Photo Details: in Sanghiang Tanjung, Indonesia venture across a broken suspension bridge.(Picture 1) . from Batu Busuk village in Sumatra, Indonesia, tightrope walk 30 feet above a flowing riterms_of_use.htmlver, followed by a 7-mile walk (pic 2 ) Young are crossing the river Buriganga on way to school near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Pic 3) are on way to school on a Bamboo raft somewhere in a South East Asian country. (pic 4) In the Philippines, elementary school students use inflated tubes to cross a river on the way to school in Ra district (pic7} .In Columbia, who live in the rainforest journey to school down steel cables at 50 miles per hour (Pic 9 ) .It’s a 125 mile journey for boarding school students in China through mountains of Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region.(Pic 5) .Parents take their through the Himalayas across ice and frost to boarding school.(pic 6) .A young girl in refugee camp Shuafat, near Jerusalem, walks to school despite the violence taking place between troops and protesters.(Pic 8 ) Vietnam students swim twice a day across a river to attend school at Trong Hoa followed by at least one hour of walking. (Picture 10) Happy reading           |
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Stark contrast to western kids. Makes you wonder when it's the end of the world for a western kid to have a broken fingernail or their game machine is not working. Judgment Day will be interesting - and all paths lead there.
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Looklook, MBN, thank you for this nice blog which reminds us about our previous time of schooling, where it weren't so easy as at now. But still, by any means, our parents did their best to send us to school, as education is one important issue for our future. We in turn, have also given our kids the utmost education, we can. As it is said here in my country and I quote: " Education is a passport for the future". You are right that lots of children are struggling to go to school in other countries worldwide. I have witnessed this in many countries I have visited before. Specially in many african countries, and I have watched also documentaries about lots of Asian countries too, where unfortunately, I haven't been till now. But I wish, their struggle will reward them by any means for their future. Thank you again for this meaningful blog MBN. I wish you all my best, keep happy and well always. Lisa.
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Out here, in the rural area, they are either bused or driven to school due to the distances. My grandchildren who live in town either walk a short distance or ride bikes unless it is raining hard. I'm not crazy about that becasue there are so many human predators these days. Man may have conquered the physical obstacles with civilization but at the cost of nurturing human dangers. Spiritwoman ^i^
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Stark contrast to western kids. Makes you wonder when it's the end of the world for a western kid to have a broken fingernail or their game machine is not working. I am really happy to read from you.. your comment is not only meaningful but also true in all respect. May be these western kids need to know the hard sides of life too . Thanks again for your post. Take care.
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Hello Cactus. Thanks for stopping by my blog and leaving your decent comment on it. I appreciate. Have a wonderful tomorrow. Take care .
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I was taught by my father at home until I was 7 years old. Then I got myself admitted in a government school. Those were the years when we came to learn about the bad sides of the war. Thank you Mary Ann for your comment. Have a nice tomorrow. God bless you.
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Same to you Mary Ann. Take care and have a wonderful week.
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Looklook, MBN, thank you for this nice blog which reminds us about our previous time of schooling, where it weren't so easy as at now. But still, by any means, our parents did their best to send us to school, as education is one important issue for our future. We in turn, have also given our kids the utmost education, we can. As it is said here in my country and I quote: " Education is a passport for the future". You are right that lots of children are struggling to go to school in other countries worldwide. I have witnessed this in many countries I have visited before. Specially in many african countries, and I have watched also documentaries about lots of Asian countries too, where unfortunately, I haven't been till now. But I wish, their struggle will reward them by any means for their future. Thank you again for this meaningful blog MBN. I wish you all my best, keep happy and well always. Lisa. Thank you so much for your informative post that has since been left on my blog. We were really fortunate to have parents who understood how precious education could be to regulate our future life. They struggled to get proper education themselves when they were kids. Lisa, MLLD, I could still remember my father teaching me every morning and night at home until I started to attend school on the 7th year of my life! . My parents wanted me to be a decent human being first. Thank you again for your post that you have left on my blog.Please take care . Have a pleasant weekend Lisa,MLLD. Regards. look
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Out here, in the rural area, they are either bused or driven to school due to the distances. My grandchildren who live in town either walk a short distance or ride bikes unless it is raining hard. I'm not crazy about that becasue there are so many human predators these days. Man may have conquered the physical obstacles with civilization but at the cost of nurturing human dangers. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog and also for leaving your informative comments there on. I can understand why you worry for the safety of your school going grand- children who live in town either walk a short distance or ride bikes to attend school unless it is raining hard. May be, all grand mothers feel like you do. Thanks again. Have a wonderful weekend.
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Very interesting blog and pictures Looklook. Gosh, that's looks really dangerous what those poor children have to go through every day to get to school.
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Very interesting blog and pictures Looklook. Gosh, that's looks really dangerous what those poor children have to go through every day to get to school. Thanks for your comment. Maudie. Glad to know that you have liked the pictures. Yes , these children are not fortunate like our grand children living in cities or even small towns with their parents. Merry Christmas,,Maudie.
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