In today's diverse and complex society, a perplexing phenomenon is emerging: families who are not financially well-off are obsessed with wanting their children to work in jobs that seem to have no prospects.
From jobs with no technical requirements, to assembly lines in factories, to jobs that are called high-risk, why are children from poor families so persistent in this path?
The hidden truth behind this may be worth our in-depth **. On the stage of life, everyone has the expectation of success through hard work, however, the cruel reality has put children from poor families on a more difficult path.
In modern society, the phrase "three hundred and sixty lines" seems to be a bit outdated, because young people from poor families seem to be more inclined to pin their fate on seemingly mundane work.
In a remote mountain village, young Xiao Ming embarks on a journey away from his homeland with a fear of the unknown and a desire for change. His parents hoped that he would transcend their destiny and no longer live a life of hard work like them, but with limited resources, Xiao Ming had no choice but to give up his studies and become a waiter in the city.
He stepped into a bustling restaurant, and the hustle and bustle of city life made him feel endlessly unsettled. However, it was here that he broke free from the shackles of poverty. Dealing with all kinds of people every day, Xiao Ming became cheerful and positive, he gained more knowledge, and these seemingly trivial jobs became his medium of communication with the city.
Despite their ill-fated circumstances, children from poor families have their own difficulties when faced with choices. Some people walk into the production line of the factory, and every day they are faced with the monotonous sound of machinery, and life is as boring as the production line.
Xiaohong is one of them, and she watches her dreams being worn away by time. For her, the factory was once a symbol of hope, but in the end it turned into endless loneliness.
There is a group of young college students who are full of dreams and expectations, but the real society is like a huge whirlpool, gradually eroding their ideals. Xiaohua, a college student from a poor family, was forced to drop out of school due to heavy academic pressure and began to get involved in high-risk professional fields.
These situations, these experiences, show the great challenges faced by children from poor families when facing life choices. Constrained by the law of poverty, do they have to devote themselves to these three seemingly bleak careers in order to make ends meet?
In the life journey of children from poor families, the factory assembly line has become an unavoidable choice for them, and they can only enter this labyrinthine world early because they cannot afford the high tuition fees.
Xiaohong, a girl from a small mountain village, had to drop out of school to work in a factory in order to make ends meet for her family.
Every morning, Xiaohong stepped into the gray industrial park, as if entering a mechanical castle. Her life is like a product on an assembly line, monotonous and repetitive.
The roar of the machine accompanied her throughout the day, and time seemed to stand still here. Compared to the poetic life she once dreamed of, Xiaohong gradually became taciturn and lost the vitality of the past.
On the factory assembly line, the hard work and endless boredom day after day are like tempering again and again. They work with ruthless machines, and their figures weave through the monotonous workshop.
When the work was over, they left the factory and returned to the silent hut. In that barren life, they have no time to appreciate the colorful society, let alone chase a broader future.
Although Xiaohong may have earned more income in the factory to make ends meet, the working environment has brought her closer and closer to the margins, isolated, and less connected to society.
As Xiaohong gradually gets used to the work of the assembly line, a change is quietly brewing. The rise of artificial intelligence is pushing factory assembly lines into the abyss of fate. The pace of mechanization is ruthlessly encroaching on the jobs that children from these poor families depend on, indicating that this direction will face greater challenges in the future.
The factory assembly line was once seen as a stable job, but with the change of society, this position is facing the danger of becoming obsolete, making the future of children from poor families more uncertain.
This may just be an experience in their lives, and it is also a challenge brought about by social development. In the face of difficulties, can they find a job without thresholds? In a poor environment, high tuition fees have become a major barrier to their entry into the higher education system, and many children have been forced to drop out of school and leave their hometowns where their parents had lived for generations.
In an unfamiliar city, they face unknown challenges and confusion. In order to make ends meet, they have chosen those seemingly easy but actually hard jobs, such as waiters, porters, security guards, etc., these jobs are not highly technical, and for them who have just entered the society, it has become a road to self-redemption.
Xiao Ming, a young man from a poor mountain village, resolutely gave up his studies and embarked on an arduous journey to the city in order to take care of his parents' illness and maintain his family's livelihood. He believes that the work of waiter, porter, security guard, etc. can not only meet his life needs, but also be easy to use, which is in line with his actual conditions and background.
While these jobs pay well and are relatively easy, the lack of prospects for development is a barrier that cannot be overcome. This may seem like the starting point for entering society, but in fact it can become a stop in life, like a web that is difficult to break free from, tying children from poor families to low-tech jobs.
For many young people, earning thousands of dollars a month is enough to lift them out of poverty, far beyond the mountain villages they once lived in. However, choosing such a job may make them miss out on the best period to learn new knowledge, improve their skills, and broaden their horizons.
This is an example of wasting growth opportunities in the prime of life, and it is also a portrayal of the difficulty of children from poor families to get ahead.
However, this lack of technical requirements for the choice of work became part of the law of the poor. In poor families, children are often satisfied with the status quo because of their immediate livelihood when making choices, and do not have the courage to explore a broader future.
We should think about how to break this seemingly inevitable cycle.
In extremely poor family environments, children's strong desire to change their destiny often leads them down dangerous paths. Xiao Gang, a young man from a poor family, bravely stepped into the unknown world of the mine for the sake of his family's livelihood.
In the deep mines, Xiao Gang has a heavy responsibility. Together with his peers, he shuttled through the narrow tunnels of the mines, the cold ore close to their bodies, but they chose to endure it all for the sake of a good salary.
Although these young people are well aware of the dangers of high-risk work to their bodies, in desperation, they dedicate their youth and health to this dark world.
Although many students make it to university, they find that their knowledge and skills in the professional field do not seem to be sufficient when facing society. For example, Xiaomei, a college graduate, is in a difficult situation when looking for a job.
She found that her major was not a field that was in high demand in society, and it was not easy to find a job related to her major.
Under the pressure of survival, Xiaomei is faced with a difficult choice: either continue her graduate studies to improve her professional skills; Either choose a non-professional but higher-paying job, sacrificing professional development in pursuit of a better material life.
This is a decision that Xiaomei must make now, but this decision is not only faced by her, but by all children in poor families.
Parents of poor people always expect their children to become independent as soon as possible and realize their dreams of buying a car and a house. In order to make ends meet, they sometimes have to support their children in choosing jobs that pay well but can be detrimental to their health.
In their minds, a firm foothold in the big city is a priority, and children can only accumulate wealth in a short period of time through high-risk jobs.
Behind this, however, lies an even more serious challenge, where they may be able to achieve material satisfaction in a short period of time, but inadvertently at the cost of their bodies and health.
This is a journey of survival against the wind, and for children from poor families, this journey is not destined to be easy.
Educational challenges: Children from poor families have a difficult path to education. Despite policy advances, children from poor families still face unfair challenges at the starting line.
Xiaofang, a girl full of wisdom, lives in a remote mountain village. She is passionate about knowledge, but her family's poverty prevents her from accessing quality educational resources. Although she was supported by various grants and scholarships, she still did not have access to quality educational resources.
Her path to study was full of twists and turns, and she had to struggle forward in a difficult environment.
The children of rich families have already received a good education because they live in a superior educational environment. Their learning environment is excellent, with state-of-the-art facilities, excellent teaching team, and abundant learning resources.
Such a contrast makes people think deeply, and the inequality of educational resources is a stubborn stone in the social system, putting children from poor families in unfair competition.
In today's society, we continue to promote the just redistribution of social wealth, reduce the gap between the rich and the poor, and let all children have a fair chance to compete. This is an era when knowledge is king, however, children from poor families often struggle in the desert of knowledge.
They need to overcome all kinds of difficulties and overcome challenges from their families and society in order to have the possibility of changing their fate.
Although society has been working to equalize educational resources, the reality shows that this problem still exists. The rich are getting richer and the poor are getting poorer, and this gap between rich and poor is perpetuated in the field of education.
Therefore, we strongly call on the society to pay more attention to educational equity, reduce the gap between rich and poor, and open the way to the future for every soul hungry for knowledge. In this process, we have reason to believe that children from poor families will have the possibility to escape the tricks of fate, and they will thrive in the sunshine of fair education.
The three job choices in the Law of the Poor reveal the reality that poor families struggle to produce good talent. However, it is precisely in this understanding that we should strive for a fair redistribution in society.
Let the children of poor families spread their wings and soar in equal educational opportunities, and we firmly believe that they can also climb the wall of destiny and welcome a brighter future. Only by working together can we break this law and create a more just and equitable social future.