HW 33- young and younger workers

For homework 32 I watched the episode called, “Iraqi Teens Work to Help Support Their Families”, from the Alive in Baghdad videos. It was published October 25, 2007. This episode talks about how young teens in Iraqi have skills to work in laborious fields to help support their families. With families being in such need of income, as soon as the children are capable of the skills needed they begin their working careers. Some of the young boys, ages thirteen to fifteen, were carpenters and painters. The mostly learn the skills from their fathers and work from home. Some used to work at a shop but it is now to dangerous to leave your home and they are not aloud to run business. One boy Hussein Kamal, who is fifteen, during the holidays works with his father in carpentry. His brother recently taught him a new career, furniture painting. The surrounding that theses boys are working are covered in dirt with green plants along the walls. It looks as if it could get very hot in the summers. This podcast was informative to show a viewer what the young life is like in Iraq. Due to the United States occupation, it is a solid example on how we (The United States) are affecting their country. I enjoy this video as well as others I have seen about Iraq. The translation is good and shown at a good speed. The most memorable part of this podcast was when a boy talked about how he was not aloud to work at his shop anymore because they will not let him. I found this sad and disturbing. What are we doing over there!!