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If our kids are not allowed to enter your schools, your paddies will grow mere weeds.
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The speaker warns that denying their children access to schools will have consequences for the people who control the fields. “Your paddies will grow mere weeds” is a forceful comparison: if education is refused, the rice fields may no longer be tended or productive. The quote links schooling with the future care of the land.
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