29.10.06

Children are happy by their own nature.


In spite of all the problems that lead them to become men and women full of fears, frustration, sadness, bad education, psychological problems in general., they are able to live, in their childhood time, laughing, playing, singing, and doing eveything that makes them happy. It looks like a paradox! Problems that affect their family as a whole does not seem to affect themselves. At least, with the same intensity.
It may be a false assertion, indeed. We must be careful in observing children day by day. They are fragile, weak, defenseless, and almost completely dependent on adults. We should pay special attention to them. There are, in public schools, mainly in a northestern city of Brazil like Salvador, a lot of underage sudents that bear all the problems that affect all poor students all over the world: Poverty, hunger, abuse, deseases, exploitation, etc. We deal with these problems in our classes every day and it is our duty to try doing everything to give our children, at least, more dignity to their lives; help them to find appropriate ways to be successful in the future.