Re: Education
well not retire, but then again no MBA in pak retires by 35 either :p.
I think the perception of a lot of people who dont send kids to school is that they didnt go to school either nor did their parents, and they did fine, why should my kid go. that attitude towards education is not limited to safai walay, I know people from lower middle class families who have the same thoughts on educating their daughters. on the other end of the spectrum there are people who go to amazing lengths, work extra shifts etc to ensure their kids can go to school, can get tuitions, and dont have to work. not just limited to cities, in rural areas too, education is often the hope for a lot of people to see their kids rise upto a level where they couldnt get. if the parents have that attitude, they will live without the money their kids will bring in. i know a family where the father earns 6-7k, and sends 4 children to school, 3 of them girls.
there is disparity in earnings, there is poverty, and there is exploitation. but it is not a homogenous issue or social group, and it isnt entirely one class victimizing another. and where regulation doesnt stop exploitation, market forces often do. if we didnt pay our safai wali the wages she wants, we'd have to be looking for another one. and we dont want that.