November 21

Keep our earth clean

There are 3,091 active landfills in the U.S and over more than 10,000 old landfills. That’s a lot of landfills! What if we all recycled more? Then the U.S would have less active landfills. Many people recycle to save trees, and keep the earth clean, happy, and healthy.

If you start recycling there would be less landfills. People throw a lot of things in the trash can, instead of recycling them. Why don’t you  go in the recycling bin? Many say things can be recycled such as bottles and boxes. Bottles and boxes take up a lot of space, that space can be saved in the recycling center. If we don’t recycle all that trash goes into the landfill.

How do you know it can be recycled? Should this bottle go in the recycling or the trash? You know it can be recycled because on the bottom of a water bottle there are little recycling symbols on the bottom. in the middle of the bottle or container there is either the #1 or #2, and that means that it usually goes in the recycling can in your house. Instead of throwing away things that should be recycled, makes sure you go in the recycling bin. Usually people don’t look on the bottom of a bottle and just throw the in the trash. That is a landfill waiting for you.

Don’t use plastic bottles. Use a reusable bottle instead.

People reuse water bottles or reusable bottles to save money but this also helps save the environment. When people do this they don’t have to keep buying so many water bottles. There are over 2 million tons of thrown away water bottles in landfills in the U.S. says the Water Bottle Project. I think that we shouldn’t buy any more disposable water bottles. You should buy a reusable bottle so you don’t have to keep throwing away the plastic bottles. This will help save the environment.

You can recycle or reuse paper too. Use the front and the back of the paper. You know the scraps that you get after your done cutting? You can reuse those scraps to make anything you want without throwing it in the trash. This means less trash in the landfill too.

Do you want the world to be filled with trash? Think about it for a second. The world depends on this. You can use a reusable bottle and check the labels to make sure if something can be recycled. It just takes a minute to recycle things. Many people recycle to save trees, and make the earth clean, happy, and healthy. 

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November 21

What are you eating in the school cafeteria?

Do you care about the students who don’t know any better than to eat unhealthy? Do you care about what your child is eating? If you do, you should watch what your child is choosing to eat at lunch. So many kids are getting sick or are obese from school cafeterias.This is unacceptable, because these are the future generations of our nation.These are the kids that will grow up to be scientists, engineers, explorers; so, we DO need to take care at least to be sure they eat healthy!

Young kids are eating this food, and it develops a liking to this food.When people eat this food, it can make them sick and then they can’t do many things, like run and play.One of the worst illnesses to get is diabetes,and it can be really bad to have.When these children grow up, they make poor eating choices.

If kids eat the bad cafeteria food at school they will eat it at home, too, because the food in school cafeterias might taste good, but isn’t good for your body.Some schools serve pizza for breakfast and lunch, and then the kids eat it for dinner, too.

At some schools, the kids don’t even know what lettuce is! Much of the food in school cafeterias is at least 40% bad for you. At some schools,what they do to make chicken nuggets is basically grinding up the chicken, bones in, later breading and cooking, and worse. At some schools french fries count as vegetables! The meat they use is treated with growth hormones and that can get into humans. Then of course the milk is bad too. If there is also natural milk, the kids choose the flavored milk.

Each year, hundreds of kids get sick from cafeteria food.The food in school cafeterias is not healthy, especially to young kids.Some kids know this and are okay with it, but they should not be. Most kids don’t though, and they need to. If kids know this, they might want to stop eating the cafeteria’s food!

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November 20

Bring Back Dodgeball

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Do you like dodgeball ? Kids across the country have played during recess and in PE class for years and a lot of people say it is fun. We need to bring back dodgeball for schools that got banned from dodgeball.

Dodgeball can be a safe game for kids to play. Why not use gator balls. Kids won’t get hurt. Gator balls are soft foam balls that are easy to throw. I have played dodgeball with wall balls and it hurts but when I used gator balls I didn’t get hurt.

It is a PE game so that means that you could play it during recess and PE we could have another game to play. It is a fun game and a lot of people have played it and they say it is fun. My school does not have dodgeball so at PE we play the same game over and over.

Dodgeball builds  teamwork and is a good form of exercise. It builds teamwork because people have to make a plan. A way of using teamwork is all the people in through the balls at once. I have played dodgeball and we had to make a strategy.

Dodgeball is fun and a lot of people play it. If we bring back dodgeball a lot more kids will be happier at school when they play dodgeball. Our school and other schools will have fun and be happy. I hope you will agree to bring back dodgeball to schools.

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November 20

We need better computers

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We need better working computers for all schools so that the students and teachers won’t have any problems with computers anymore. If they work properly students wouldn’t need to ask teachers for help because of network problem or computers crashing. My class would benefit greatly if we don’t need to worry about computers not working or crashing and finished our work on time.

The computers we have sometime turned off after they’re fully charged and won’t turned on, almost every month at least three times or more the tech guy comes to my classroom to fix our computers and we have problem almost every day! He fixed them, and then he comes again the next month or the next few weeks. Sometimes, he comes and it’s chaos because a lot of people get the same problem at the same time.

Most of the time when we are working on the computers the screen blacks out. We have to hold the power button 5 seconds or maybe less and it can damage your computer or the battery. If we had better and newer computers, we wouldn’t have network problems it won’t shut down by itself.

Then we would not need to buy new computer for at least 3 or 5 years so the schools won’t wasted that much money. Schools in New York wasted $542 million dollars a year for technology. That won’t happen if we had new computers that’s why we should have new computer so schools won’t have to spend that much money a year.

This would help schools to not spend a lot of money, students won’t have to run to the teacher for help then there won’t be chaos they won’t need to replace the battery or hard drive. The computer will not have scratches or fingerprint on the screen and it will not have little rocks in the keyboard. We can go to website like Glogster and My Big Campus. That why my school classes would prefer getting newer computers.

My class computer are about 5 years old, that’s maybe one of the problems it’s not working that well my class should get newer computer because we can finish our  work and have time to finish other work that we didn’t finish. If we get newer or more improved computers none of the reason that I’ve listed will happen.

November 17

Let’s save paper

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save paper save trees.

Have you ever wondered how much paper people waste? People waste
70 million papers each year in the U.S.A. Well people waste lots of paper for no reason and I think that’s a waste of paper and a waste of trees! If you want to waste paper you better recycle it instead of  throwing it in the trash can. We shouldn’t waste paper because it’s better for us humans in my personal experience.

When people print they should use both sides of a paper instead of using  one paper. We also waste paper on classwork, homework,and jobs. In my personal experience is that I often waste paper when I run too many copies. I often make copies of things that I end up not using too.

We should save more paper because when we don’t it kills the beauty of trees and it matters because it kills lots of trees. We should also save paper because its better for our environment and helps stores with paper. People should also save paper because its a less of a cost.

What are ways to save paper? Wasting paper needs to stop. (Ways to save paper) You can save paper by using both sides of a paper. Other ways to save paper is to really shorten receipts  because at a lot of stores they give you these really long receipts and at some gasoline stations they ask you if you want your receipts or not, and I like that about the gasoline stations. The last way is recycling paper and use energy instead.

Saving paper really helps our environment,and animals. Also around the world we use 1 million tons of paper every day, that’s a lot !The world would feel less costly if we were to use less paper.

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November 17

Start School Later

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Do any of you wake up and want to go back to sleep? Well I do. Do you want to sit at your desk nodding your head like a zombie? I don’t. And think of the teachers! Staying up late a taking care of their children and checking our work, looking for mistakes that we made. And I think here the most important fact that I learned when people don’t get enough sleep, they could get sick. All kids and teachers should benefit to start school later.

If kids got more sleep, they would stay more focused in the lesson, and would get better grades. Imagine you’re a teacher and you saw one of your students dozing off in La La Land(La La Land is what we call in our class if one of our students is not paying attention). How would you feel???

Think about the teachers staying up late doing chores and taking care of their family…Well I think when people don’t get enough sleep the could get pretty grouchy. And I experienced that with my mom every school morning.

Here is the most important fact-when people don’t get enough sleep their immune system get weaker and people can catch the Flu or a cold really easy. If we could start school a little later kids would miss less and get more progress done because their organzm gets enough sleep.

I suggest to start school later so that kids would have much more fun, stay much more healthier, much more energetic, much more focuse etc. And I hope you agree with me.

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November 17

Let’s work to save endangered animals

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Endangered white tigers in a zoo.

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Do you like to many animals such as the tiger or the pandas? Do you want future generations to see and enjoy them? Very soon they might become extinct! There is as little as 3,062 tigers left in the wild! And only 1,590 pandas left in the wild! According to recent studies the number of pandas and tigers are going up because zoos and fundraising to bring them back. We should save endangered animals so future generations can see, enjoy and learn more about them.

You want people after us to see, enjoy and learn about animals. They will learn about them and do many things with them, like reports, read a books and visit them in zoos. How would they feel to know they’re extinct! They will want to see them  in real life not hear stories about them (like what happened to the wooly mammoth). We want to show that we didn’t just give up on trying to save them. They will want to have them thrive and make sure the the animals don’t die out. We want to save them, they will too.

We should stop cutting down trees in the rain forest  because many of the endangered animals live there. I know that  many endangered animals live there because I watched a TV show and it showed tigers and pandas living in the rain forest. Many species die out because of loss of habitat. I also know that poachers are friends with loggers because when the loggers cut down trees the poachers can find animals. Hunting leads many animals to the break of extinction.

If one species dies out it affects the whole life cycle. Also if one species dies out others might too. It might makes some species stronger and some species get weaker. The ones that are stronger then have more space to takeover. The species that takes it’s place also might overpopulate and that may lead to it going into places where people live. If that animal is a carnivore it may harm people or pets.

If we don’t save endangered animals they will die out. If we do save them then people can see and enjoy them, the life cycle will not change and people can visit them in zoos. Studies show that we can bring them back, and we should. People should save endangered animals so future generations can see and enjoy them.

November 17

Say no to guns

We should stop the shootings caused by guns.

Did you know that over 320,000 people die each year from a gunshot, and that is only in America? Think about how many more people die in the world from a gunshot. People die every day every hour every minute in the world from a gunshot. If we didn’t have guns then we wouldn’t have to be concerned that we could be hurt, and we would have a lot more people  and we would be a  happier and a safer world. That is why I think citizens should not own a gun.

If citizens didn’t own a gun there will be less random acts of violence, and, with that said people feel safer. On the news I have also seen that a group of men set and open fire in the mall in Kenya and more than 50 people were killed and 100 people were injured. When that happens people starts talking about the accident then people get sad because of their loved one or friend got injured or died.

People feel great sadness losing their loved ones. Without guns that would not happen as often. When people lose their loved ones it can lead to many problems and many circumstance. It can cause stress and coming back into a shell. It can cause it can lead to losing money if you’re a housewife and your husband died and you’re trying to find work and you have kids you need money. A friend of mine lost her father in a shooting. She is so devastated she was so young. If that man didn’t have a gun than her dad could still be living.

If citizens don’t have a guns the world would be a safer place and a better place. A few weeks ago there was a shooting in the  airport a person walked into L.A.X. and shot one of the security guards. Also once my mom told me at a movie theater at the premiere of the batman a guy went into the theater and shot almost everyone in the theater. Not just adults die from gunshots kids can to. Once a man went into an elementary school and killed all the kids including the teacher!

In articles of the constitution the second amendment says you can own a gun…Well our founding fathers wrote that 226 years ago in 1787, and back then you needed a gun to get food because you had to hunt to feed yourself, there were no supermarkets now there is where you get all your food. The revolutionary war just happened and the people didn’t know if they would be attacked by Britain once again. Many of the amendments in the constitution have been edited over the years and some of the amendments have been X out/deleted from the constitution.

People are better not owning a guns because there will be less random acts of violence, people won’t be loss and suffer from losing loved ones and friends, also we will feel safer in the world. If someone breaks into your house you have knives in your kitchen that you can use to protect yourself.  If people didn’t own a gun we could have a better country like happier people more people in the world and a safer world. I need all of you to help me make the world a better place.

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November 17

Straight Shooter

Do you think people should have the right to own a gun? I do think people should have the right to own a gun in order to protect themselves, it’s a second amendment right and for hunting purposes. However, I also think that the right to own a gun needs to come with rules that should be followed. I think that people have to be already licensed. To own a gun they have to take many classes and lessons, take a test and they have to renew their licenses every two years. If people follow the rules, all people will be safe and there won’t be any deaths. According to a recent poll, more than 50% of United State citizens own a firearm.

If a robber comes into your your house you could use a gun to protect yourself.  If  the burglar comes into your home and he/she tries to hurt you, you can kill or scare him with your gun. If the robber stole your valuable belongings, if you have a gun you would be able to protect your belongings. But if you didn’t have a gun your belongings would obviously be stolen. In fact ,some of my family members (my grandparents) were robbed. If they had a gun nothing of theirs would have been stolen.

The second  amendment of the United States Constitution states that  ‘’You have the right to keep and bear arms.’’Our founding fathers say that we should have the right to own a gun and I agree. Can you name any amendments from the first to tenth amendment that were changed? I can’t because there aren’t any.The first ten amendments are the ones that our founding fathers wanted us to keep forever.They did lead the way to a free and amazing country and only had a few rules they wanted us to keep and one of them was to keep the first ten amendments. So I think we should follow them. Another amendment says if the government ever turned against you, you could use a gun to protect yourself. So if that right was taken away we would now have two amendments that our founding fathers wanted us to keep but we didn’t. Our current president Barack Obama would like to change the law and say that you can’t own a gun and many people disagree with him.

If you like to hunt, you can’t hunt without a gun. Hunting has been an important part of survival for many Americans. and without guns, all the animals that we hunt wouldn’t be hunted. Every year there is a hunting season in the spring so that the deer don’t get overpopulated. If hunters didn’t go hunting,  the deers would get over populated and starve. Also, there are many books that I have read that include hunters as the main character. And the storyline is about their daily lives and how they survive on animals they killed through hunting.

The benefits of owning a gun are protection from burglars, being able to hunt and it is a tradition that has gone back hundreds of years. Poor families who can’t afford to buy good meat and can only buy organic meat, because they can hunt with a gun they can have fresh meat  that is healthy to eat. Many people just enjoy shooting a gun on a range.  It can also save your life. Without guns other countries could do a surprise attack and we would have nothing to protect ourselves with. According to Dr. Marshall St. John of Ammoland “Armed Americans prevent two million crimes a year with their gun”. So I think we should be able to have the right to bear arms. It is a basic right that everyone deserves and needs, and I hope you all agree with me.

November 17

Pick up after your dog!

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People should pick up after their dog’s poop.  They are inconsiderate when they just leave it on the ground. People step on it and it gets everywhere.  It gets in your shoes, your house, and even in our storm drains.  It stinks and it’s disgusting! It’s like you didn’t brush your teeth for weeks.

One time I got it on my shoes.  It got into our house and into my room. Our house really got smelly.  It attracts flies. The flies start to bother me when they multiply. Dog poop is stinky.  I have to say it’s gross.

It pollutes our water supply  because it has bacteria.  The bacteria goes down into our storm drain and contaminates our water supply.  The good news is that our water supply gets filtered before we drink it.

People should pick up their dog poop because it would make our environment cleaner and our water safer to drink.  This can help reduce some of our pollution problems. If you want to help live in a healthy environment see more websites that show how you can help the earth.

November 14

Shorter Receipts

This is the receipt for a pack of gum!

“Most receipts are really long!” I think in line as I see the lady in front of me getting a five foot long receipt. Help the world shorten receipts. Shorter receipts will make everyone happy. Fifteen percent of California’s trash is receipts. Shorter receipts mean less paper in dumps. And that’s awesome. If we use the back it will save a lot of paper.

Long receipts can do a lot of bad things. Receipts that are really long wastepaper wasting paper. Long receipts also waste ink. Did you know that about one cartridge a day. I went to CVS and got five things the receipts was like three feet long.

Not everything is useful on a receipts. Coupons are a waste if it is already in a book, (if you don’t know coupons are things that save you money). I saw the same phone number 3 times on a receipt. Lots of people think we need all that stuff but they really don’t.

People don’t like long receipts. I want to help people to be happy. When I go to Sprouts or another store and I see all of the junk on the back it makes me angry. (And that’s what I want to get across). Come with me and ask for no receipts. People Really long receipts waste a lot of paper.

Source: http://www.dailyfinance.com/on/cvs-receipts-coupons-consumers-complain-too-long-wasteful/

November 14

We Need To Recycle!

We have to recycle more for our Earth.

Recycling makes Earth beautiful, and there’s other good ways that recycling helps Earth. Do you know what helps Earth a lot? Here are three reasons.

We can save a lot of money. We won’t have to buy new things to make recyclable resources. When factories make new resources, the air gets polluted. But if we recycle, we won’t have as much polluted air. Recycling’s meaning is similar to the meaning of reusing. We can keep reusing things and save money.

If we don’t recycle, we are wasting recyclable resources! If we keep wasting those resources, there will be no recyclable resources and there will be many trashes on land or landfills because we can’t recycle. But if we recycle, we’re not wasting recyclable resources!

Less recycling means a lot of landfills. If there are so many landfills, the earth will get wasted by all of the trash! But if we don’t  recycle, landfills will get bigger and bigger and there will be more trash on the land. We put big boxes in landfills and landfills get bigger, but if we recycle we will make smaller landfills. If we have so many landfills, there will be no place left for anything!

If we recycle we can save many things. We can save money, resources, and Earth. To shorten that, we will live happier lives if we recycle!

November 14

No more littering on the beach

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Do you enjoy the beautiful beaches of San Diego?  Well, guess what? They are literally getting destroyed! The beautiful beaches of San Diego, California, and others in the United States are being littered and quickly being destroyed by trash. The beaches of the world are being trashed too. One little piece of trash might not seem like a big deal, but littering is a major problem in the United States. In fact, litter cleanup costs the country about $11.5 billion a year! That’s a lot of money! If we did not litter on the beach, The United States could save a whole lot of money!

When people litter on the beach that means other people have to waste their time to clean it up. Once when I went to the beach do you know what happened? I laid right down on a bottle! You know, bottles are not comfortable! So then instead of playing in the water I had to pick it up, and then find a trash can. The worst part is, by the time I got back someone threw a bottle onto my towel!!! Also, Some people (like myself) try to keep the beach clean and/or litter free, but when people litter, the people trying to keep the beach clean have to spend more time on that instead of enjoying other time spender activities like playing games or even just laying in the sun.

Guess what, when trash goes to sea dolphins and other creatures can die from it. If a pile of heavy trash attaches to an animal that breathes air the animal can drown! Also even worse all of those beloved water animals of ours can die from choking on all that trash! The worst part is that like if you have a super rare fish that is the last of its kind or any animal  (I’m just being creative with the fish) that needs water can get pulled out of the water and suffocate and die.

Hey, Trash on the beach, really? sure you are lazy and don’t want to pick it up but it is ugly and really dangerous, especially to kids! When trash is everywhere it looks like a dump and you know what, dumps are really ugly!!! Also if people into the sand they could hurt themselves really bad like when I was on the beach just walking and then out of nowhere boom! I stepped on a piece of broken glass and got a really nasty cut!!!

I really hate dirty beaches aren’t they the worst? Well, I think dirty beaches are the worst because of these reasons. First, when people litter on the beach that means other people have to waste their time cleaning it up and that’s not fun at all! Second, when trash goes to sea,dolphins and other people can die from it and that could lead to extinction. Finally, Third of all it is ugly and super dangerous!!!

November 14

Buy alternative cars

the Tesla has landed

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Alternative cars are cool with all these gadgets and stuff but do you know why they are good for the earth? They don’t use gas! Gas costs money and is harmful to us. They don’t harm the Earth’s environment so they will be better for the planet. Fuel efficient cars are better for the environment and will be the future cars.

I have seen a lot of cool cars but the coolest one I’ve seen is the new Tesla Roadster at the mall because it is fuel efficiency.This means this car does not use gas this is good because is doesn’t bring out harmful gases.Regular cars bring out harmful gases and if this keeps on our species are going to be extinct! Harmful gases are in the air that are dangerous to us and we can die because of them.

These cars don’t need gas so you pay no money for gas but you still have to charge the car. Sometimes cars use regenerative braking.This means the car charges itself when you brake so you don’t have to charge the car and the car charges itself.

So how can harmful gases harm us? When cars bring out harmful gases  they go into the air and make a hole of ozone.Ozone is something that keeps the suns harmful rays away from us. This is called global warming. The suns harmful rays melt ice and heat up the planet just like Venus.

Alternative cars are the future of cars and more alternative cars are being produced. If people use them more there will be less global warming.. So remember  that alternative cars are better, don’t use gas and are the future of cars.

November 14

We need new computers

Our school needs new computers! I’m going to give you some good reasons why. I hope I can convince you that we need new computers here at Curie Elementary School. We need the best computers to be the best students.

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Totally frustrated with a netbook!

One reason we need new computers is because our old computers don’t always connect to the internet. Many of our computers turn themselves off while we are using them. Another reason our old computers need to be replaced is because when we try to turn them off, sometimes they don’t turn off all the way, and the batteries run out. Often, they freeze in the middle of a project. Losing work slows me, and other students, down and wastes our work time. These days, we use computers for almost everything: writing, research, word processing, etc. We students deserve to have computers that run smoothly.

Our classrooms would benefit from having new computers. Please consider the examples I have presented. I hope you will agree that we are in desperate need of new computers at Curie Elementary School.

 

November 13

Better songs for our jog-athon

I Giovani e la MusicaIn our school we have a fundraising program called the jog-Athlon. What we do is we  have  an hour to run/walk laps, while were running they set up a nurse table water station and orange slices at the same time they play music.  It sounds like fun right but to make it  more fun they should play different music. I have 2 older teenage siblings so I know a lot of fun songs and there bands for example ‘Imagines Dragons, It’s Time. Imagines Dragons is my favorite band along with lots of other songs in my top ten favorite.

The songs they have now are way too old. They might as well play the Hokey Pokey every single time I go to the Jog-athlon I get annoyed from how the songs are from 1970s. I’ve heard complaints from others about how they play dumb song that are even too old for the radio. So I hope you understand why the songs they play are weird and old and how it wouldn’t hurt anything to update the songs.

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November 13

Women Deserve An Education

Malala Yousafzai speaks at World Bank headquarters on the International Day of the Girl

Malala Yousafzai speaks at World Bank headquarters on the International Day of the Girl.

Do you think women deserve an education? A huge problem in the world is women and girls’ rights in Pakistan. They are ruled by the Taliban who think women and girls don’t deserve an education. I think women and girls in Pakistan deserve an education.

If women in Pakistan are not educated, their child probably won’t have a good future. For example if the mom is not educated she might not talk in correct grammar in front of a newborn kid and the child might not talk well later on. That is only one reason. Imagine all the things that could happen to a child that is raised by a non educated parent. It is a forever going list, huh? My mom makes dinner for my family most nights. If she was not educated it would have too much or not enough of something. Do you know how you would do without an educated mom?

Women and girls in Pakistan deserve equal rights to men and boys. It is unfair and cruel to be treated like that. Most women and girls are offended and mad. What would you do if you were a girl in Pakistan? It makes no sense to treat women like this because we are almost the same as boys except for our gender. This reminds me of Martin Luther King Junior because he fought for black rights a made a difference in our world.

If women are educated they can make changes to our world too. Women have made huge contributions to our world. If Marie Curie, Sally Ride, Amelia Earhart, Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Anne Frank, Eleanor Roosevelt, even Sacagawea. Now there is a brave girl named Malala Yousafzai who is fighting for women education. She started as a kid wanting anybody’s rights and then started discussing this to the world because not a lot of people knew then but know many more people know, like you! She got shot at when she was 14 because her beliefs were not accepted and they tried to stop her from adding on to her thoughts of making changes in her country. She is alright now and still fighting for freedom. She was asked to talk on the news in London because of her amazing thoughts and courage. I think Malala Yousafzai is going to make a change in the world for her country and others.

To sum it up today lets see what we learned. If people make a change new women can make a contribution by inventing something or find cures for diseases. Women and girls would be happier, feel more respected, and have education if Pakistan’s rulers changed their minds. I think women and girls in Pakistan deserve an education.

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November 13

Stop Ocean Pollution Now

About 14 billion pounds of trash is in the ocean right now. Do you care about that? People throw cigarette butts in the water off the boardwalk and dump sewage of their boat and that’s just really gross. I’m an ocean person I go sailing and surfing and when I see a trash bag or soda can all I think is how selfish whoever did that is. Ocean pollution kills animals, and spoils the beauty of our ocean.

When it rains the rain washes it in the rain gutter then it all goes to the ocean then the ocean current pulls it into the middle of the ocean. In the ocean there are all these floating islands of trash from all the currents in the sea. Out of all of them they weigh up to 14 billion pounds. About 70% of that is from people littering on the street.

Every year more than 100,000 marine animals die because of pollution (that means trash too.) Fish get stuck in fishing nets, lobsters get stuck in coke cans, and bad liquids kill multiple animals. All of this we can use for resources so by polluting the ocean where also wasting things that we can use for resources.

If we stop polluting the ocean we won’t kill animals and it wouldn’t ruin the fun for others.  All of this comes from us and we need to put a stop to it or the ocean will soon be a giant bowl of water full of junk. I know that if we work together that won’t happen. So if you through your trash in trash cans and dispose of boat waist in the right spot you and others would be much more happy.

Image source: http://www.oceansoffun.org/index.php/147

November 13

Abusing Kids is Wrong!

AloneChildren are helpless against adults and don’t deserve to be abused. They are smaller, weaker, and not able to defend themselves. Also their brains are still developing and can’t fully think for themselves. If they say no or try to defend themselves they will get abused a lot more than they did the first time. They also won’t defend themselves because they are way to scared to try because the parents are big and smart and kids are not. Parents know that is wrong and they think it is punishment but isn’t it is a horrible thing to do when kids can’t defend themselves. Child abuse is one the most cruelest things to do to a kid.

If parents don’t abuse their kid they won’t get hurt. When parents abuse their kid they will get hurt and if we stop that they won’t get hurt at all.  Parents are supposed to love and care for their kid or kids and when they abuse their kid that is not caring for them at all and it is mean to them. It is not nice to abuse kids, people, dogs, etc. because you are supposed to love your things and not treat them like a piece of trash. it is not caring to abuse your kid or anything that is yours. it is not nice to abuse.  I do dangerous things outside mom?” and they said “I don’t care do whatever you want.” It is sad.

Any type of child abuse is illegal.  It is against the law to abuse kids. There are lots of different types of child abuse and a lot of them are inappropriate and wrong to  do to a kid. Lots of different people  can abuse children strangers can and your friends parents can and lots of different people can abuse kids. People can be separated from their kid and they can be arrested for abusing kids. Kids don’t feel safe when they get abused and they will need secure not unsafe. People know it is wrong and it is sad to see kids get hurt and get sad and cry and get bruises on them.

When parents abuse their kid they are being a bad example to their kid. Parents are suppose to be a good example to their kid and when they abuse them it is like saying it is OK to abuse their kid when are older. It is being a horrible example to their kid when they hit and do very bad things to them. It makes me sad to see parents be a bad example to their kid and do bad things it is like they don’t care about. Like if they said can “I do dangerous things outside mom?” and they said “I don’t care do whatever you want.” They are not being a bad example.It is disgusting to see that happen to kids.

Child abuse is the most horrible things to do to a kid. If we stop child abuse there will not be anyone will get in trouble and go to jail and there will not be any separations and the world will be more happy. There are a lot of benefits to stop child abuse like no hitting the kids, more love in the world, no separating anyone from anyone , and lots more things. It will change the world if we stop child abuse. Do you think that we should punish child abuser more harshly? Think about that for a while.

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