Child labor Today

                          Child Labor Today

    Child labor is a on going thing going on all around the world. Making kids work harsh hours, hours not even working citizens do with little to no pay. There also many things you can do to prevent it. For example be aware about this on going thing happening. Another thing you can do is talk to businesses involved with production of goods make sure there is no there products are child labor free. Make events/presentations showing this on going thing happening all around the world. Get people involved in the cause of spreading the word, let people know how serious of a matter this is.  Also encourage people to find and get more information on this topic. "Few humans rights abuses are so widely condemned, yet so widely practiced. Let us make(child labor) a priority.Because a child in danger is a child that cannot wait."- Kofi Annan. There are children in danger everyday we wait to make this a big discussion of the worlds issues.(1)

Kylych living his everyday life working at a mine.

 
    Some people ask why is there child labor? There are many reasons why . One big factor is poverty. Some families do not make enough income causing them to have to make there children work. Another reason why there is so much child labor is because companies are trying to become more competitive and win greater market share. Children are paid little to nothing which can help the company increase profits.Children are also used because they are unlikely to organize trade unions and have little power to demand better health, safety and wages.There are many real world examples of this happening all around the world. One example is a kid named Kylych he works at a mines, where there are life threatening conditions. Kylych only makes 3$ a day , but this money feeds his family. Kylych wish he could go to school but this job his family would have no way to eat nor survive. Kylych has seen his friends die right before his eyes. (4,2)

political cartoon of child labor. 

     There are many places where child labor occurs. In India there is about 14 percent of children working from the age of 10-14. Child labor problems are worst in Asia with around 44.6 million children have to work. Africa also has a high number of people of children working with 23.6 million. In these place these kids are working in harsh conditions where they can lose limbs and maybe die. In the past 10 years child labor has dropped by one-third.(3,4)

This political cartoon is showing how business man exploit kids just to make a profit off of them.

 sources:
   1. http://www.un.org/en/globalissues/briefingpapers/childlabour/whatcanyoudo.shtml
   2. http://www.apheda.org.au/campaigns/child_labour/resources/1071218647_7800.html
   3. http://www.ilo.org/global/topics/child-labour/lang--en/index.htm
   4. http://laborawareness.wordpress.com/child-labor-today/

Gladiator v. Athlete

Gladiator V. Athlete

  In both ancient Rome and our society today we see some of the same things happen . In both society it shows how what we value ,  we pay to see people get hurt as entertainment. Roman gladiators were mainly prisoners or had a criminal background. In both ancient Rome and our society today you need to have certain features. For example a athlete and a gladiator both need a good amount of agility but you also have to be strong and also smart. Also in both our society and in ancient Rome we pay big money to see people get hurt , injured and sometimes even  maybe killed. Both society follow the same traditions , the better the player the better the life they live and the more they get paid . We have crowds willing to pay to watch these dangerous but exciting sports. One thing that differs in the roman society then in our society now is the social status of gladiators never changed. There social status was barely better then a slave. Athletes in general have a lot higher social status then more people because they sacrifice there bodies for entertainment and also they do a lot of hard work and determination . Both gladiators and athletes are alike in that they make a lot of money and also get a wealthier way of living . they also sacrifice the same things and risk things like being killed or even severally injured . In this assignment we can see how different the values of each society are. For example the lack of social change for gladiators even though they are fighting for their lives. 

sources: http:///gladiator/

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