Those people reading this blog post on their computer or
phone are more than likely in part of the more industrialized part of the world
we inhabit. Depending on how much you
travel, where you travel to, and just how far you get off the beaten track
depends on how much you will see and learn about other cultures, their
standards of living, their customs, and their way of life.
We seem to forget that many people of the world may never
fly in an airplane of any kind. Most
people of the world will never own a car much less learn to drive a car. Compared with the population of the world
most people will not complete the average equivalence of a high school
education. Most places don’t have
libraries, internet cafes, e-readers, or other means of reading or self-study
available for their people to use at their will.
We take for granted that food is readily available and
affordable for most people in the more industrialized areas. It still amazes me the large sections of the
world without regular electrical service, water purification, much less indoor
water facilities. We take for granted
being able to walk to the refrigerator or sink and get a glass of cold clean
drinking water.
Most homes don’t have clocks in various rooms of their
homes. They don’t have microwave ovens,
washing machines, clothes dryers, or dish washers. They don’t own lawn mowers, weed eaters, or
leaf blowers. They don’t own
motorcycles, jet skis, or have recreational vehicles.
So ever since my trip to the village in the Yucatan
Peninsula during my vacation I have been thinking about those people and others
who live in lessor industrialized areas world when I do simple things of my
daily life, such as switch the clothes from the washer to the dryer, or empty
the dish washer, to even getting ice from the door of my refrigerator and then
right beside it cold purified water to drink.
One thing I did notice is that the children had matching
uniforms when they were walking to and from school. I like that idea because no matter what back
ground you come from or where you live, all the children look the same. I don’t know if that would curb some of the
bullying and abuse American children dish out to each other because not all
kids have the same clothes, shoes or coats.
If school uniforms would prevent the abuse that ends up leading to
children bringing guns to school it would be worth the extra cost.
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Unless you've lived without you can not appreciate what you have.
My husband and I were talking the other day about this subject. Our grandparents lived through The Great Depression, our parents lived through the shortages of WWII, and we learned from the best how to make do. I personally have lived in countries that have none of the modern luxuries.Our children, who may have "suffered" through some lean times, have no idea what this like let alone our grandchildren.
Where is the value in our elderly? Knowledge and experience.
As far as school uniforms, I wore them, my children wore them, my grandchildren wear them...it didn't stop my daughter from tackling a boy in high school with a gun, nor my grandson from cowering underneath a desk when some strung out kid fired a round in his classroom. Uniforms are not the answer--it's parents.
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