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The importance of education

Today I am teaching Spanish. Fortunately few students drop out of school. But there is a general lack of discipline. Unemployment has forced many parents to emigrate and the children are raised by grandparents.

My biggest dream is to see my children graduate from university. I managed to graduate as a schoolteacher, but with great effort, as I was already a mother and running a household. Now I earn some 14 000 pesos (US$400) a month.

 
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