Education
It’s an essential part of culture to pass on
knowledge to the next generation. In most
countries, this knowledge is taught in school.
What you learn in the classroom and beyond
gives you the skills that you will need for the
future. Without education, you would not be
able to read this book.
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Millions of children around the
world cannot go to school. This
is especially true in poor parts of
the world, where there are places
without schools and teachers.
Some families can’t afford to pay
for schooling, so children have to
work or are kept at home to help.IN SCHOOL
Children have been going to school for thousands of
years. Archeologists discovered a school building in the
ancient city of Ur (in modern-day Iraq)—a city that
died out 2,500 years ago. School hasn’t changed very
much since then. Across the world, children still sit
together in classes to be taught lessons by a teacher.TAKE A PICTURE
Pens and books are taken for granted in most
schools—but in the developing world, there
might not even be one book per class.A CLASS APART
Not all schools have the
same facilities. While
computers are used in
most American schools,
this primary school in
Senegal, Africa, has
no electricity.170 SCHOOL UNIFORM Many schools around the
world have surprisingly similar uniforms. Some schools
have unusual extras as part of their uniform—children
who live near the Sakurajima volcano in Japan have to
wear hardhats to school because the volcano hurls rocks
daily onto the nearby town.CULTURE
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