This article is about the exhibit Journey to School that's on display at the United Nations Visitors Center. Its an exhibit that shows how children around the world get to school everyday and their often treacherous journeys they have to take. The exhibit shows 13 countries routes children have to take including walking for long periods, snowmobiling, canoeing and riding the subway. For example one of the developing countries featured is Nigeria and it shows the children of the nomadic Fulani minority in Kulumin Jeji. These children have to wake up at 5 o'clock am to do their chores that include fetching water and gathering firewood and then they have to walk to school for an hour and a half only to return back home to their herding responsibilities. This article is quick to point out though that transportation troubles are not limited to developing countries, but are also here in the U.S. as well. The article has a few words from Santiago Munoz who is a student that lives in Far Rockaway, Queens and has to travel 2 hours everyday to get to school at Bronx High School of Science, which includes two bus rides and a subway.
Transportation for children on their way to school and on their way home is a big social issue because it often puts children in danger or is not good for them physically. The children that have to walk for hours before getting to school often become dehydrated or exhausted causing them to not be able to focus as well while they are there. Also the long and tiring journeys can be the cause of children dropping out of school. Being sure that there is a safe and timely transportation to school is just as important as the classroom itself.
Sarah Middleton
3/8/2013
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http://transportationnation.org/2013/03/05/beyond-the-school-bus-how-children-around-the-world-get-to-school/
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