Now we teach kids that it's illegal for them to work until they are grown ups, then when they are grownups they still think it's illegal for them to work.
Where are the black ones?
Oh the shame! The horror! Children engaged in productive activity, without the benefit of government employees to enforce indolence and stupor, to dispense mind numbing drugs and even more mind numbing official propaganda. I’m sorry, I’d rather have worked in a coal mine at age seven than waste my time in the indolence of the modern American public school.
Where is the Chinese Lewis Hine?
THIS American is not “shammed”.
I thank God that my parents taught me the value of work and instilled within me strong work ethics, that has been the cornerstone of my successes throughout my life.
I started working for money when I was about 11, lawn work, strawberry picking, newspaper routes on my used $26 bicycle and on and on.
My dad also taught me that “any job worth doing, was worth doing well” (I remember the day he first told me that, I was raking leaves), and that as long as I put 110% of myself into a job and did the job at least 10% better than the guy standing next to me, I would always win. For me, he was right.
I retired at the age of 53 because of those lessons/blessings.
A good many kids of the present generation are in for a very rude awakening.
Let’s see pictures of children working in the UK about that same time. Maybe the BBC could show us those. Always convenient to bring up certain events in US history during a bash the US theme. Let me help the BBC here: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRchild.main.htm
Better to have a work ethic.
AT LEAST THOSE KIDS WERE WORKING..........
What!.. what... did I say something WRONG?..
Nevermind then....