If I had an education 1 - Erika F.G.2ºAR

                                                                                        

IF I HAD…

If I had an education, I would always do my homework, I would go to school every day and I wouldn’t skip class, even if school was far from the shack where I live. Because school is a fantastic place where you can learn lots of things like writing and reading.

Maybe in your countries these things are very simple, but if I had an education I would know how to add and how to subtract and salesmen wouldn’t trick me when I go to the market. They always charge me more than it costs and that makes me waste the little money I have.

Also, if I had an education, I would know that I wouldn’t have to be anybody’s slave. And I wouldn’t have to work with other children. I work 10 hours for only $0.25 and without breaks but here this is such a good job. Anyway, I have to work to support my family because my father was killed.

That’s why if I had an education, I would study hard to become the best doctor of Africa. I would take care of all Chipinge's people, the town where I live in Zimbabwe. And I would take care especially of my mother and my baby brother, because they have got malaria.

If I had an education, once I would become the best doctor of Africa and I would help Chipinge’s people I would take my family to a developed country so we would finally have a better quality of life and live happily.

But I’m not that lucky and I don’t have an education. I’m writing this ‘letter’ to show how important education is for me and how it would help me. I would like you to improve education here in Chipinge, Zimbabwe, so every child can have a better future. Like the future I’d wish for me.

Thank you for your help, Faraï.