Questions About the Revolution: Part Two

Not really a question but a story that explained how were those hard times for children:

5) Look at the photographs of child laborers in factories during the Industrial Revolution. Write a poem or story about the life of the child laborers and their hardships.

A// A 12-year old boy named Furman Owens. Furman, who was the only child on the family had a mother who really loved him (but couldn't work), but he had no father at all. So he had to work, everyday, to mantain his mother, and himself. One day, the person who paid him, offered him a deal, which consisted in this: if he worked a bit more, he would get him a good teacher, so he could learn to read. Furman really wanted to learn so he immediately accepted. After many months, he learned to read and his ABCs and he could find a better job to mantain himself and his mother. From that day, his life was fair and happy, although he had to make a big effort and work very hard to mantain his family and be happy.

6) What Revolution are we going through now? A// Well, according to many people that we interviewed we're are in the revolution of technology. Because in this moment, there are thousands of people working on something that will change the way we live. These people that we interviewed said that in those times there were no cars (it was a luxury), no internet, and of course no computers, which made them walk to the libraries to investigate for any homework. However, because there weren't so many technical advancements, there weren't so complex subjects to study, so it was easier for them.

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