A 11 year old Filipino girl hung herself because she was too poor.She left a letter and a diary showing a life filled with p0verty.Her father said she did it because her family was too poor.A letter was found under her pillow saying that she wished to have a bicycle, bag , new shoes and jobs for her parents so she could finish primary school. Reports said that she wanted 100 pesos ($3.30) for a school project but her father did not have any money because he had been out of job while her mother earned last then US $1 ($1.45)
New words I learned from this article.
1.shanty-An area of badly built temporary buildings where very poor people live.
2.depict-show.
3.rampant- something bad that is rampant is increasing or spreading quickly and is very difficult to control.
4.blight-damage or spoil something.
5.economy-good economy=rich bad economy=poor
6.poverty-poor
Saturday, November 10, 2007
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