Children hold on to the side bars of a collapsed bridge as they cross a river to get to school at Sanghiang Tanjung village in Indonesia. The flooded Ciberang river broke a pillar supporting the suspension bridge, which was built in 2001, on Monday. Sofiah, a student crossing the bridge, says she would need to walk for an extra 30 minutes if she were to take a detour via another bridge.Show these to your children if/when they complain about having to wait for the school bus. Alternatively show them this photo of a mountainside path to school in China, or this one (a three-hour hike for the privilege of attending school...)
The two photos come from a photoessay of eight posted at an MSN affiliate. Text translation via The Telegraph. Photo credit Reuters/beawiharta.
Addendum - veganboyjosh remembered another example I posted two years ago of children using a zip line to cross a chasm to get to school.
sort of makes my 4miles to skill uphill both ways story I tell my kids about when I walked to school a little weak.
ReplyDeleteI thought for sure one of your links would be to this video:
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Kids in South America take a zipline across a valley without much in the way of safety equipment...
josh, I posted a still image of that story a couple years ago, and totally forgot about it when writing this post.
ReplyDeleteAdded as an addendum. Thanks for the heads-up.
and to think my daughter whinges about having to get up early enough for us to DRIVE her to school!
ReplyDeleteWow. I am so lucky to go to college.
ReplyDeleteIf there's a will, there's a way
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