Letters to the President
Wednesday, January 21st, 2009while working on the Obama campaign i came across letters written by 1st and 2nd graders from around berkeley. all made me smile or laugh but several also revealed ills in our society as seen thru a child’s eyes. i made copies so i thought i would share all the letters here. All were written on October 21, 2008 and transcribed exactly as written:
Dear President,
I would like t.v.s and computers and frogs tanks on ours desks. I would like frogs in class.
Sincerely yours, Harry
Dear President,
I would like you to put 16 computers in my class room. I want to go to bed when its midnight. I want to drink chocolate milk before I go to bed.
Love, Quaseem
Dear President,
I would like Obama to win The Vote. I would like to bring a DVD to school. I would like to stay at school.
Sinceely Yours, Imani
Dear President,
I would like School to be longer. I would like to learn much more. I would like to do science everyday.
Sincerely Your, Khopera
Dear President,
I would like something to happen in my school. I would want to get out of school at the next day. I would like to keep playing and playing and have hot chocolate from Starbucks with whipped cream and extra caffine and strawberry and blueberry ice cream with sour gummy worms.
Sincerely, Jason
Dear President,
I would like a nice park in Vallejo, California. I would like to have everyone to go to bed at midnight. I would like all of the children to have coffoe during class. I would like children to drink chocolate milk befour we go to bed. I would like for us to not go to school on Monday.
Sincerely, Regina
Dear President
I want to be the President. I like Obama. Will you be the president?
Sincerely yours, Shaunte
Dear President,
I would like you to give Black People more money than White People. I would like you to make more video games and for kids to have coffee. I would like if you stop the war and for you to make stores free and for everybody to go to the doctor even if they don’t have money.
Sincerely, Njata
Dear President,
I would like school to be only on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays and science every day at school.
Sincerely yours,
Chase
Dear President,
I would like you to put computers in our school.
Sincefely yours, Kanya
Dear President,
I would like Obama to be the President. I would like to bring costume to school.
Sincerely Yours, Allen
Dear President,
I would like you to give the world some more money. I would also like some more education. I would also like some more love to the world.
Sincerely Yours, Ahmara
…………as you can see, some requests are beautiful in their simplicity and some painful in their complexity. good luck mr president!!! i am behind you 100%.
Peggy Rehm