Beautiful children dressed in tatters. Becoming a teen-aged parent, because there is little else to do. Some teachers walk 4-5 hours each day to and from school. In Potosi, some teachers sleep on the classroom floor during the week and ride the bus to their hometowns on weekends. Many classroom floors are earthen.
Rain often flows in through the classroom roofs.
Few textbooks or teaching supplies. Wall charts were often drawn by hand. Walls often serve as chalkboards. Not one of them asked for something for themselves. Nicaraguans might feel like they are in a forgotten place.