During writing class today, I told the kids that anybody in ourclass could become president when they're old enough. "Even girls?!" was the response. I gave them an emphatic "YES!" They couldn't believe it. Then I explained to them that before Barack Obama, we all thought that a Black president would never happen in this country. It makes me smile to know that for them, a Black president is the norm. With that, they envisioned themselves as president of the country, and went off to write with this prompt: "If I were president of our country I would. . ." Here are some of their replies. If these are our future leaders, we may just be in very good hands.
- give more money to the schools for good teachers and after school programs.
- make healthy food cheaper so people can eat healthier and be healthy.
- give food and homes to the homeless.
- make a rule that only the army can have guns.
- let everybody get married.
- make sure that we don't have war.
- help businesses make money.
Then there were the funny ones like:
- make people only eat fruit instead of candy because fruits are sweet too.
- go to tent city and build an apartment for all of them.
Oh, second grade. . .
