Arifa, The Garment Worker

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Arifa, the Garment Worker (Kelsey Timmerman 55). This woman Arifa is one of the toughest females I ever read about. Where Am I Wearing? has educated me about things I never knew of, besides the high school I graduated from would never give young people knowledge of these things. As a young teenager I always seem to take life granted, and never appreciated how good of a life I had. As a result, I read the book only one main story caught my eye, and that was Arifa’s, Arifa helped me learn her intelligence and understanding how she handles her life, this plant a huge impact on like giving me more things to think about like responsibility. Sweat shops is place where people like Arifa make a living for their families, I surely would not do anything

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