Wise Words of Second Graders

To give you some background...It has been quite a week for the second graders in my class. We have spent the week talking all about Martin Luther King Jr (try breaking the concept of racism to 7 year olds who think the world is perfect- very depressing actually) and then were inspired by watching (a whole 10 minutes) of the President Obama's inauguration. As a culmination, I had them write their own "I have a dream" speech. You know what's coming... here are my top 10 favorites. Probably not nearly as good as the last round I sent you on election day, but I know you will all appreciate this based upon the overwhelming positve response I got last time. Enjoy!


1. I have a dream that people will not be poor. It's not fair to people that are poor because they don't get anything but like stuff from the trash basket. Now that's just sad because they are freezing and cold and they have to see people who are warm... and they are freezing so they feel bad! So... please, give something to a poor person."


2. "I have a dream that people will never die. They will get kinda old, you know, like 20, and then stay that way forever."


3. " I would want no one to smoke, because it doesn't just hurt you, it hurts people close to you who you love. Or even your baby sister."


4. "I have a dream that one day scientists would invent cars that don't pollute the air so Americans won't get asthma."


5. "I have a dream that all principals would give teachers more money". (yes- A+)


6. "My dream would be that people never sad bad words. Bad words are very bad".


7. "Every person will have electric cars and no one would litter. Because littering is very bad for the solar system."


8. "I have a dream that one day I can make a lot of friends."


9. "I have a dream that one day nobody will pollute the earth cause if you do pollute you won't be healthy and if you are not healthy you will get a cold."


10. "I have a dream that people will only use their words, not violense. Well except if you can't talk... so I guess that would mean sign language is ok too."

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