Circuit By Francisco Jimenez

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Children should be at school getting education instead of working.
The first reason why is by the fact that the children won’t have any education or won’t be able to fully understand subjects like reading or math that could be helpful for them when they get older. A quote to support this would be in the short story Circuit by Francisco Jimenez, “‘Would you like to read?’ he asked hesitantly...I could not begin. “You can read later,’” Since he had never had a well enough education wasn’t at the level at reading as the other kids and struggled with many of the words in the book. Other than loss of education the most important reason is that it could be a safety hazard. Having a child work could be very dangerous for their health. This was clearly

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