A terrific demonstration of how the migrant parents know the importance of their children getting an education. Many of these kids are going on to college. They will be able to succeed in this country, paying taxes, starting businesses, teaching other kids. This is the American way. DP
By MEGAN KENNY
TCPalm FL: INDIANTOWN — When Consuelo Macedo was little, her parents, like many parents in Indiantown, took her and her six brothers and sisters into the fields to pick fruit on school breaks to teach her a lesson even school couldn't.
The fields were crowded with children.
It was hot and her back ached from stooping, but the experience had her parents' desired effect — Macedo decided she would never work in the fields, choosing education instead.
Her parents, Mexican immigrants from towns near Guadalajara, came to the United States to give their children a better way of life, she said.
"I knew that this was not what I wanted to do," Macedo said. "Even though my parents didn't have an education, they knew the value of it and wanted it for us."
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