Story originally printed in the Onalaska Life or online at www.onalaskalife.com
Published - Monday, May 19, 2008
LETTER: We must put a stop to all of this insanity
When is it going to end? The men and women dying in the war, the excuses for gas to go up and the amount of drugs that young people are able to get. It is bad enough that gas is close to $4 a gallon, but sending thousands of teens off to war is too much! We need a president who can put a stop to all of this.
A president is a person who leads and should be a role model. We need someone who can help our schools and keep drugs away. The government needs to give more money to schools and stop wasting it. We need someone who can make learning fun. Many students have dropped out of school. We must give them reasons why they should want to be in school.
The war is making many kids think fighting isn’t bad. They believe if adults are solving problems with violence, they can start mini-wars at school. We have had thousands of citizens die since the war began.
We need to stop worrying about what other countries think and take care of our country. We must take courage in the knowledge that we are one great nation. We must elect a president who will make these changes.
The writer is a sixth-grader in the Eastern Allamakee Community School District.
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