Congratulations to Kevin Sites, Recipient of 2006 Daniel Pearl Award.
2 extremes of childhood. One filled with hard work and loss of childhood, the other filled with hard work and loss of childhood.
Scenerio One. Gulsoma age 12, recalling her what happened since she was 4 years old.
"But it wasn't for lack of trying. Gulsoma said when her father-in-law finally let her out of the shed, he bound her hands behind her back and beat her unconscious. She says he revived her by pouring a tea thermos filling with scalding water over her head and her back."
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Scenerio Two. Chew Ying Ting, age 14, recalling recalling her daily activities.
"The 14-year-old now begins her day with a 6 a.m. wake-up call and finishes it at 10 p.m. or later, after several hours of homework and extracurricular activities. What most adults would regard as a long daily slog is entirely unexceptional for Singaporean youth. "I've seen people studying till 1 a.m.," Ying Ting shrugs."
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Aren't our children fortunate?
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