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You are going to share the facts you learned in your article with your group. You should write facts that you think will be helpful for others to include in their two-voice poems. In addition, you may ask questions or comment about the facts other people have written. Remember to write in YOUR CODE NAME only. Also, be sure to state what article you read (Diamonds, China, Chocolate, or Foul Ball).

THIS IS SCHMORLANDO. MRS. MYERS ASKED ME TO READ YOUR NOTES AND COMMENT. ANYTHING YOU SEE IN BOLD IS A QUESTION I'D LIKE YOU TO ANSWER OR A COMMENT.

I am choclate. Did you know that there are up to 15,000 kids working in cocoa fields in Ivory coast? This all started in 1998 when the international labor organized this in africa. these kids become slaves by being sold by there own family's and or being trcked into slavery. These kids do not get payed a dime and are in the fields from 6 in the morning till 6:30 at night. They are not treated well. they don't get the right amount of food, they mainly are fed fried bananas or corn paste.they also sllep in a tiny room and are beaten if they don't work hard enough and or try to escape. they would often beat you with bicycle chains. One of the worst parts was that the kids worked so hard aon producing the chocolate and never even got the opportunity to taste it. signed, umsmaik. GOOD JOB, UMSMAIK! This is usmaik once again, These kids have more negitives for being slaves. The worst part is that they don't even get to eat the chocolate in which they supply. They produce chocolates such as hersheys and m and ms. They are not treated very fairly and instead are treated in harsh conditions. Next time you eat a piece of chocolate think about all the poor kids in the world working themselves over the edge to produce this chocolate for you. Signed for the last time, usmaik. I read the Foul ballarticle and its mostley about child labor. It tells you that this little girl stitches soccer balls, she only get 60 cents for every 2 or 3 balls they cell. This job was recomended for people from ages 7-10 because people thing that they have the most energy at there age. Some children are only whey start doing all this hard work.REREAD THE LAST SENTENCE. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS. They never appreachite what they do eather. its not like they said this ball was made by someone who is hungry or sitting on the steets. and these children only get like the tinyest bit of what the soccer ball was made for. 60 cents is what gets them through the week, and there hands are never big enough to cut so help is needed sometimes too. signed umsmadden

I read the Child Slave Labor in China. Some children work in sweatshops where they get disciplined, like physical or verbal abuse. Sweatshop workers get paid less then normal so they won't have any money to save for thier futures. PLEASE ADD MORE, CHINA.

DIAMOND--WHERE ARE YOU?