Article Title: Horrific use of child soldiers rising in Colombia, report finds

Source: http://thecnnfreedomproject.blogs.cnn.com/2012/10/15/horrific-use-of-child-soldiers-rising-in-colombia-report-finds/

Date: October 15, 2012

Writer: Rafael Romo

2. In this article this speaks on children in Colombia being kidnapped and recruited to be soldiers. While children in the United States are able to live fairly normal lives in society other children and being held against their will to fight for things that they are too young to know or even comprehend. This relates to the class because when speaking about children and family this is a major and gives a different outlook on how many people are living and it takes one back to realize how grateful they need to be. No matter how bad you think you may have it there is always someone that has it worse than you do.
3. Everyone is affected by this issue because even though this is not in our country there is still a major sense of compassion for these families that are going through this turmoil.
4. List three facts or fallacies from the source. * Sara Morales is in her early 20s, but already, she says, she's been to hell and back. The Colombian woman who lives in Bogota says she was forcibly recruited by the main guerrilla group in her country when she was just a young girl. * The findings of her study are chilling. Springer says she found 69 percent of those captured are 14 years of age or younger, some as young as eight. Ninety-eight percent reported they were abused or witnessed atrocities. * The Colombian government does not dispute that children are being recruited in large numbers, but questions the study's statistics.
Conclusion: This is terribly sad for the children in this country that have no sad and it’s even more sad for their adulthood.
5. If I were writing this news story, my title would be: Looking at Life Through A Different Telescope.”