A: You don’ t know how lucky you are. Some kids want to go to school and can’ t. Many kids don’ t get much of an education at all and some don’ t even have the chance to learn to read or write! B: You’ re exaggerating! A: No. Really! A lot of countries don’ t have enough schools or teachers. In fact, over 15 million teachers are needed all over the world. B: Wow! That’ s terrible. A: I know! In many under-developed countries all the children in a village go to the same school and share one teacher. There can be anything from 30 to 60 students in one class and different age groups, too! That means a 6- year-old could be sharing the same classroom and teacher with a 12-year-old. B: How do they do that? It sounds practically impossible to me. A: Well, some people have no choice. At least they learn something and make some friends and have access to a teacher who can teach them how to learn and help them as much as they can in the circumstances. It’ s better than nothing! Only larger towns and cities have better schools and not many families can afford to send their children there. There are many children around the world that don’ t go to school at all. B: So what do they do when it comes to getting a job? A: They end up working in a family business or doing a manual job or working in the fields. B: That’ s terrible! These children aren’ t given any opportunities. And how do they make friends? My friends are all from my school. A: They have their siblings and other family members, I suppose. And maybe they know children in their neighbourhood. B: Isn’ t anyone going to try and change all this? A: Only the government can really make a difference. Each country’ s Ministry of Education needs to take responsibility and try and change this situation by creating more state schools with enough teachers and supplies to cater for all the children in every area. B: But we need to raise awareness too, because a lot of people don’ t know that many children are deprived of an education just because of where they live. I didn’ t. A: That’ s right. If the media got involved then more people would take interest and maybe start to raise money to help or set up a charity or something. Why don’ t we start by writing a letter to our Minister of Education explaining our concerns? Hopefully, they’ ll be able to do something to help children who are less fortunate than us. B: That’ s a great idea! I’ ll get a pen and paper.
A letter about a new school
Dear Lucy, Thanks for your email. I hope you’ re feeling better. As for me, I’ m quickly getting used to my new school. It’ s really nice and much better than my old school. I’ m taking lots of interesting subjects, and there are plenty extra-curricular activities. I’ m now on the football team. The school has rules of course, but its not that strict. I’ ve made plenty of new friends and I don’ t feel lonely at all. I do miss my old school a little bit though. I’ m glad to hear that you found a job. What kind of job is it? Are the wages good? What hours do you work? I hope everything goes well on your first day. Write back soon, Alexei
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