'Speak Truth To Power' Benefit Reading

The narrator, a child, struggles with the courage to ask why a peer is cleaning shoes instead of attending school. After hesitating, the narrator questions a teacher, who dismisses the inquiry. Seeking answers, the narrator asks their mother, who attributes the situation to poverty and destiny. Unsatisfied, the narrator approaches the cobbler, the child's father, to understand why the child isn't in school.

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