In today's class we had a Socratic Seminar on child labor and the effects it can have on kids. I brought to the discussion the fact that child labor isn't just long days of work but it can be physically, mentally, and emotionally harmful to the kids. I also said that when kids work in fields the company will spray harmful chemicals and pesticides into the air and onto the crops which may burn the children and be horrible for their general health. I said that you can never really know if something is made with child labor because the companies will not classify their work as child labor and won't announce it to the public. Therefore never truly making it known that an item is made with child labor. One person had brought to the discussion that if you write something on the label that says made with child labor nobody is going to want to buy it. Other people said that if they were parents they would heavily look into their child's job to see if they will be apart of child labor. Some people also said that they were surprised that child labor still even exists in America. What I think we did well during the seminar is giving everyone the opportunity to speak and express what they thought about child labor. We also answered the questions with great description. Some things I thought that we could work on were coming up with original ideas and not saying the same thing somebody else had said. Another thing I thought we could work on is moving along quicker so we can give everyone the chance to speak in a good amount of time.
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