So School Has Started!

As we get the kids ready for school this first week of school we hear alot of complaining from our kids.  For example, this morning my oldest was complaining that she wasn't going out until she absolutely had to cuz it was cold out. Yet, as adults we tell our kids of how we had to walk to school in 5 ft of snow and up a hill to and from school. There are kids around the world who have more of a journey then we do just to get to school.

Lets take a look at some.

1. Gulu, China -to get to the most remote school in the world kids have to travel 5hrs on a 1 foot rail up the side of a mountain.

2. Now if your child was complaining about the bus and how crowed it is.  Well, then they can be thankful they are not in Delhi, India! Now that is a crowded bus. 

3. How about a trip across an old suspension bridge in Lebak, Indonesia!  Who would be brave enough to cross?

4. How about having to climb ladders to get to your school?  That is what kids in Zhang Jiawan Village in Southern China do. 

5. How about walking across a tight rope 30 feet about a river? That is what kids in Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia have to do. 

It makes you think about how good we have it.  It makes you want to stop complaining about the cold, or a crowded bus.  

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Have a wonderful School Year!