Flowers and Sweat
- added June 9, 2007
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An immigrant farm worker writes a letter to his father back home. In the letter he writes of his work in the fields and dreams for the future.
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this moved me. I teach 8th graders in a "failing" school district but they all have the expensive sneakers. My students don''t understand how hard it is to make a buck. I kept thinking how much his back must hurt each night and how grateful he was to make that money to send home where they have even less!!
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Lithuania on WikiNot sure if I am hearing him correctly, but here's some information on his home country.
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There's a sad joke in Lithuania these days:
"6 out of 10 Lithuanians are depressed. The other 4 are in London."
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