In honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Westside's Librarian, Sylvia, read books to the lower school students about Martin Luther King, Jr. and his "I Have a Dream" speech.
When asked to dream about the world they'd like to see in the future, here's what our students wish for:
- People can marry anyone, boys or girls
- Girls and boys can do all the same stuff
- You can feel like a girl or boy, like in that dresses book. Nobody can tell you what to feel.
- Safe
- Stop polluting the ocean
- Peaceful world
- Play and work together, no excluding
- Children have rights
- Equal rights for all
- A world without judging people if they are different
- Everyone has shelter and everything they need to live.
- Everyone has a home. All the people in tents get homes.
- Everyone is friends.
- Bad guys become good guys.
- No polluting
- No bullying
- Respect everyone, even if they are different
- Peace for the whole world
- Healthy world
- The world could be more fair because of talking more nicely
- Not hitting anybody
- Everyone has a jacket so they won't be cold.
- Everyone has a home and food and shoes and water.
- No weapons
- Everyone will have a house
- You use less paper towels and then there will be more water
- Everyone can be who they want to be and feel who they want to be on the inside and not be forced to be one way.
- Stop making weapons. No weapons in this world.
- Don't laugh about how people look or talk.
Don't put garbage on the street- a clean world. - Stop building so many buildings so the rain can get into the earth- respect the earth.
- No wars- a peaceful world.
- Stop killing people. No one will be killed.
- No killing animals. They have feelings too.
- Everyone is nice to everyone- a kind world.
- Help each other, like in a team.
- All children have a loving home.
- Full bellies every night for everyone.
- No stereotyping people by their race.
- Be happy.
- Be kind.
- Hold on to love.
- I have a dream that global warming will end.
- A leader that cares about the planet as a whole.
- World peace.
- Everybody has a home.
- That someday soon everyone will be equal.
- That racism will no longer exist.
- An end to sexual discrimination.
- Treat people how they want to be treated.
- Everyone should be kind to each other.
- Everyone will be equal and loved. They will also have houses.
- Everyone will have someone to snuggle them
What do you dream about for our future?