1. Name one idea you have after this visit that connects to the idea of using resources!
2. Name one idea you have after this visit that relates to the word 'population'.
3. On a scale of 1-10, 10 being the top score, how would you rate the quality of the work environment you saw here, and why?
4. What does the word 'export' have to do with today's visit?
5. What do you think the level of safety is here? What makes you think this?
6. How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
7. What is one question you still have about the garment industry here in Bangladesh?
8. What types of issues does this factory cause or help solve in terms of resources here in Bangladesh?
9. What might you say about economic issues based on today's visit?
How old do you think the workers here are, on average?
At the garment industries there was more than a thousand workers, primarily between the age of 20-50 years of age. Although there were some workers younger than 20 and a few above 50, I was excited to see that there was no children working or very very old men or women. It makes me so angry when I see children working, because they deserve to be having fun, like a child, not sweating all around working there head off. It also hurts to see elderly people working because it shows that they cannot afford to retire and there family is not doing well financially.
So I can't complain, when the average age of a worker there is in their 30's, an understandable age for working at a garment industry.
Reflections
Looking at the factory, I was pleasantly surprised with the overall safety of the workers, but wasn't sure if that safety reflects on the visitors.
I was surprised that many of clothes made in Bangladesh were now being sold at very popular stores such as the successful Gap.
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