https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j What is the most interesting or surprising thing I learned? en-us 2019-02-21 18:36:28 UTC 2025-12-20 05:44:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/333804485 The most interesting thing that I learned while watching this video was that the children are supposed to work with the parents, and Samba the kid had a dream to be a soccer player and to go to school, but he was still in the mines trying to make money to send to his parents. What surprised me was that the parents only get paid four dollars a day for their hard work, while the children get nothing.]]> 2019-02-21 18:39:15 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/333804485 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/333826167 the thing that i found interesting is that they have kids in the gold industry and the adults and kids dont see any benifit and they only get 3-4 dollars a week.the part i saw/heard that a little boy named Samba has a dream to be a soccer player but he was put to working in the mines.]]> 2019-02-21 19:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/333826167 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/334289346 What i found interesting is that adults get 3-4 dollars per week, and children get only paid a bag of dirt , hoping to have gold dust, all the kids want to go to school and get  job. ]]> 2019-02-22 19:00:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/334289346 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335018115 i found it really surprising that the people that got the gold in the USA didn't know were there gold come from and the kids in Africa are working very hard and they got payed so little and its unfair ]]> 2019-02-25 18:29:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335018115 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335023402 Something that I found really interesting is children working in a bad environment and getting exploited to toxic chemicals while the government does nothing to address the problem.]]> 2019-02-25 18:38:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335023402 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335023776 What I found most interesting is that there are many kids working in the Gold fields and that they travel very far away from their homes. Also I found it interesting that they get paid at least 3 dollars or 4 a week for all the hard work they are doing.]]> 2019-02-25 18:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335023776 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335034546 Something interesting I learned is that gold is at its highest price right now, and the people mining it are not getting payed that much. ]]> 2019-02-25 18:55:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335034546 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335177490 What i found interesting is that parents who dig for gold get paid $3 each hour kids get no money. Parents actually pull there kids out of school just to dig for gold. one piece of gold is worth only $30.]]> 2019-02-26 02:02:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335177490 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335552151 What I learned was, Mercury exposure at high levels can harm the harm the brain, kidneys, lungs, and immune system, also methylmercury in the bloodstream of babies and other young children could probably harm the developing nervous systems , in doing so it can make them less able to think and learn things.]]> 2019-02-26 18:27:16 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/335552151 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336064451   What i found I found interesting is how by just holding Mercury in your hands you can get many health problems .]]> 2019-02-27 18:25:30 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336064451 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336071427 an inersting thing a found in the video that mining gold is dangers and hard why you only get a little money.]]> 2019-02-27 18:34:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336071427 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336567865 After I watched the video something that was interesting was that children were being pulled out of school to get gold.]]> 2019-02-28 18:39:52 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336567865 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336991183 2019-03-01 18:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/336991183 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/338060415 the thing i found interesting is that the children don't get paid]]> 2019-03-05 18:29:43 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/338060415 https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/338070300 what i found interesting was that some kids work almost all day and don't get paid for it.]]> 2019-03-05 18:44:09 UTC https://padlet.com/jgarza4/jgw825xdu16j/wish/338070300