in my neighborhood, there are several jobs that have been occupied by local people. it's probably some kind of social compensation of buying the land to build real-estate. these people usually work as gardeners, security officers, baby sitter or house-maid. but this has been a reality that disturb me since this chance of gaining a proper income includes the local teenagers.
this girl is one of the baby-sitters that works in my neighborhood. her job is actually simple. all she needs to do is watching the kids; taking them to school; waiting and then taking them back home. there were times, she took the kid to my house and then she can escape awhile using her cell-phone. i ask her once, 'do you go to school?'...she said 'i used to...but not anymore. my mother said school won't do me any good'.
and i remember my father...
i was born poor too...i did not have much during the childhood. there were times when my parents only ate twice a day. and there were even rough times when my sister got sick and my father had to swallow his pride begging people to lend him some money.
and one night, he went to his father graveyard...crying his heart out. he said, 'this might be the fate i'm living through, father. but this won't be my daughters''...'they will go to school...have a better and proper life. swear to God, this won't be their fate'
all i keep thinking was 'why can't her parents have the same thought?'...this chain of poverty needs to be cut, but if parents keep believing that school won't do any good. how would you give a clearer view of future for your children?. why would you want your children to bear the same miserable life you've been living?
that girl and many others are probably going to live like their parents...and that high mountain where they come home to is going to be the only sanctuary of a never-ending misery.
and the old man who cried his heart out has fulfilled his promise.
