BBC World Class and our partners The British Council worked with schools around the world to share their pupils' views and experiences of work and chores on the BBC News Workarama map.

Sydney Russell Media Arts Specialist School, Dagenham, UK

'I get kisses from my mum and sometimes I get money.'
'I never wash the toilet because it’s disgusting.'
'I do (chores) because my mum forces me to otherwise she won't take me rugby training.'

I help my mum cook, clean and wash up etc. My mum is an Ethiopian (Amharic) speaker so I help her with her English. I also help look after my brothers and also I go shopping for my mum.

I do washing up and I sometimes need to cook because my parents are tired from work. I get kisses from my mum and I sometimes get money.

I sometimes go to work with my uncle. He's a mechanic. He pays me for this. I also clean my room and sometimes wash/wipe up. My mum gives me pocket money weekly.

I do my bed every morning and make it up. I also make a cup of tea every morning for my mum. I do them because my mum forces me to otherwise she won't take me rugby training or to any of the matches.

I do my chores because when my mum gets home from work, she is really tired and worn-out and so I do all of the main chores and she does all the small jobs.

I make tea and coffee because tea and coffee taste nice.

At home I wash the dishes, sweep the floors and I wash the bathroom after I use it. However I never wash the toilet because it's disgusting. Unfortunately I don't get paid.

Washing up the plates, vacuum the house, wash my underwear and cook breakfast and clean my room and do my bed. Why? To help out in the house. I gain nothing except respect and responsibility.

Barkly West High School, Northern Cape, South Africa

‘I love my girlfriend. I buy chocolates for us.’
‘I help my people at the house. I buy meat, sugar or electricity.’
‘We cut our friend's hair at R10.00 a hairstyle.'

I own my own carwash. I make lots of money from which I buy clothes for myself. I love my girlfriend. She is 15 years old and I am 14. We hang out most of the time. I buy chocolates for us.

I wash dishes round the house and wash my neighbours’ stoops and polish them. I don’t get paid for washing the dishes in our house but I get paid for washing and polishing stoops. With that money I buy reading books because I love reading.

After school I eat, then I go to my neighbours and work. They are old so they send me to the shops, take the dogs for a walk and give me the money to buy food for them. When they need me they call me. They pay me for that work, though I’ve told them it’s not necessary, but they insist. I even wash their cars and clean their yards.

I clean every Friday my bedroom. I wash sometimes people’s cars for some pocket money. Saturdays me and my cousin go fishing and sell them for R20.00 each. We also cut our friends hair at R10.00 a hairstyle.

I help out at home by washing dishes and cleaning the yard. I don’t get paid for it, but also do chores at a tuck shop. I sweep the floor, wash and polish it. Doing that everyday I receive R250.00 per week. I keep the money in my safe. I like this job because it keeps me motivated and keeps me from wrong friends, drugs and all bad things.

Sometimes I go to my sister and help her clean her house, wash dishes and also clean the yard. When I’m finish she pays me R20.00 or R10.00 and with that money I help my people at the house. I buy meat, sugar or electricity. My next door neighbour likes to send me for electricity and when I come back she pays me R2.00 with which I buy sweets for myself. I share the sweets with my mother.

Sainampeung School, Bangkok, Thailand

‘Now I am bored of scrubbing the floor.’
‘I don't have a lot of money. I spend it on food such as vegetables and fruit.’
‘I give money to old women at Baan Bang Kae 2. I am very happy when I do good things.’

I do several kinds of housework at home to lighten the load on members of my family. I usually help in the house, for example, sweeping the floor, doing the dishes, cleaning my room, scrubbing the floor etc. I like cleaning my room. However, now I am bored of scrubbing the floor.

At the end of semester, I work as a waitress. I help my parents. I work from 9am to 12 and 1 pm to 8pm. Sometimes I get some money from customers. I keep it for buying a snack. I receive some wages from my mother. She pays me 50 bahts a day and if my customers give me tips, I can keep them. I spend the money on books, CDs, knickknacks such as a pen, doll, notebook etc.

I go to the fruit shop to help my aunt. My aunt is a fruit seller. I help her from 6am to 4pm and then I go home. I get paid when I help my aunt selling fruit and when I go to school I get pocket money from my father but I hardly spend it.

I don't work to get any money for myself. However my team collect papers and bottles for recycling. Then we sell them and keep the money to donate to the poor.

I take extra courses. I study at tutor school on the weekend. After school I go home and do the housework. Generally I help in the house. My father gives me some pocket money. I usually spend money on necessary things and video games.

I play in a Thai classical music band at school and the mall with my friends. I sell clothes with my grandmother in Bobae Tower. I’m not paid. I don't have a lot of money. I spend it on food such as vegetables and fruit.

At school I always keep plastic bottles. When I have a lot of plastic bottles, I sell them. When I have lots of money, I give this money to old women at Baan Bang Kae 2. I am very happy when I do good things.

How did they do that?

Barkly West High School in South Africa, Sainampeung School in Thailand and Sydney Russell Media Arts Specialist School in the UK all took part in the Workarama project.  Read more in depth pages from schools around the world.

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