The first thing I notice is that in this neighborhood of simple homes and farmland , which is the school , not a shopping center, which is the cleanest and most impressive building in the area . Elementary Lian Qiao Tou He can afford only 29 staff to care for 714 children attending . Most children go to school all week as they have to walk several hours to reach their homes . So the school has become his family, although one where children have to take an incredible amount of individual and social responsibility , with a very limited adult support.