I am learning about events that happen in the world.
After reading an article about hair being cut, bought then imported really makes me wonder... "Is the world coming to an end?" It might sound funny and all, but really it's not. The article I have read this morning is called "Black Gold" and it talks about hair being cut in China and then being sold to places all around the world. Some women shave their hair for religious sacrifices, and I think that is fine, but in the article there is a girl named Qingwen Liu, 14, and she had her 1 metre long ponytail cut off by her mother, they sold it to a man with one leg, they agreed with the price of $140. Qingwen Liu, wasn't afraid she had done this before.
I think the author's purpose of writing this article was to get people from all over the world to know where some wigs are coming from. In the article it says that some salons don't know where the wigs come from, the customers just think about the price not the origin. As I write this article a question attacks my head over and over again, "If the people knew where wigs are coming from, would they still buy it?" I still need some time to research if people knew where wigs are being imported from, and if they would still buy them. About 62,500 shorn ponytails are imported into NZ every year, that is ALOT of hair being cut off and then sent here for people to wear!
I think that there is such a high demand for hair because many people in the world don't appreciate their hair, have cancer or simply just lose hair. Many people use their hair for fashion, just to look good for someone or something. Male celebrities like, Dwayne Johnson, Vin Diesel, LL Cool J, Bruce Willies, Kobe Bryant and many more, don't mind having bald hair. To me I think they suit having bald hair, not to mention, they have had hair on their heads before. Since these celebrities have had no hair for a long time if I see them with hair, it would be unusual for me because I haven't seen them with hair for along time. I've been hearing stories of hair not growing back if you shave the whole thing off, I don't know if it's true of false but I will find out. I myself try and use the best hair style with my hair when I go to school, I can't imagine my self going to school with messy hair. It just isn't my thing. When my hair grows to long I get a haircut from my uncle, I get the same haircut everytime he cuts my hair, 0 fade on the side, and 2 fade on top.
If hair wasn't on demand I think our society would change, or wouldn't change. This is a really hard thing to answer. I think that our society will change, and it would stay the same so technically I think it would, and it wouldn't change. I will start off with why I think it would change. I think our society would change because if hair isn't being imported into NZ people might not have the courage to leave their houses with a bald , mostly for women. Of course, it doesn't matter if you have a little hair but being completely bald is something that many people around the world get bullied or laughed at for, and that can affect their social skills. They might not want to leave their houses again. Now I will be talking about why our society won't change. If hair wasn't on demand, I think that people wouldn't care to much because some people might already have hair, but what about the people with no hair? I have had weird looking haircuts in the past and as I look around I seemed like the only kid with that kind of hairstyle, but I was too young to really look at myself and say, "It's alright, I'm too young anyways"
Overall, I think that people in China and all around the world, should really look and think about their daughter's. Many girls around the world have their hair cut off and then send for money, If I were a girl I wouldn't let anyone cut my hair and then sell it, to me it seems pathetic. I know that people in China don't have that much money but if you lost one of your children it would be a heartbreaking situation. It also states in the article that some girls try to run away, but then get dragged back by their parents... Then they get their hair cut off! That is really sad to hear, but at the same time it's life. Qingwen Liu has her hair cut every 3 years... I feel sad for her, but it's her parents who predict her future.
Here is my reflection about an article I have read called "Black Gold" if you want to read the article yourself, you can! Just copy and paste this link http://www.nzherald.co.nz/indepth/national/black-gold/ I rate this article a 8/10 because it has some really sad news in it. Something that I enjoyed about writing this article is that I got to release all my opinions onto here, the thing that I found challenging was reading the artice, it was the longest article I have read in a while. But as a year 7 this is helping me learn what being a year 8 feels like. My next learning steps is to read the whole article, I was using my Skimming and Scanning skills, and I still understood what the article was about.
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