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, says the father, Sandu, a white-haired tall man with pale skin. Sandu is also at home this Monday, at noon. He says the family is waiting to cash the social and school allowances to buy shoes for Nicuşor and then send him to preschool. But, says Marcela, the oldest of the children, the boy is not accustomed to preschool yet. Marcela spent a few years in school but cannot read or write. She can tell numbers from letters but can’t find meaning in either. She is kept at home now to look after the younger children as she can’t work either, a consequence of a complicated knee surgery. The next in line, Georgiana, a sturdy 16-year old girl with a similar school record, goes to work as a day laborer along with her mother. The other kids in the family– aged 11, 9, 7 and 6–all attend school.
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