Hi I’m Billy,
I’m twelve years old and I have
been going to Eastern middle school since the sixth grade. I love to play
basketball and soccer. I also enjoy playing videogames, watching television,
and eating my boogers. One time my friend Jonathan jumped off a swing from very
high and broke his leg when he landed; he got in big trouble. I get bored
pretty easily because I’m an annoying twelve-year-old boy with attention
disorder, or so my step-dad tells me all the time. School can be cool, if we
had more playtime, but most of the time I just sit in class and daydream about
pizza and Pokémon.
One day we
had a visitor in class that talked to us about water and stuff. I think her
name is Erin, but she told us how there are kids just like me in other
countries such as Uganda that have to walk miles to get fresh water every day.
I also learned that there is only a very small amount of clean water on our
planet and we need to be aware of how to prevent all the clean water from
disappearing. I didn’t realize how important water is and it makes me feel bad
that other kids like me have to walk forever to get it clean water. I didn’t
think I could do anything to help, but Erin told me I could help make a
difference.
Erin said
she is part of the Wavemaker Program, and they travel to different schools
across the country speaking with kids. It would be kind of cool if we got to do
games or activities that were fun, but still relate to learning about water and
stuff. Also I love getting free stuff, so maybe a sticker or something so I will
always remember the speech.
Hello my name is Mrs. Johnson,
I have been
teaching history at Segway Elementary School for eleven years now. I enjoy
teaching, learning, reading, and scrapbooking. I have a wonderful husband whom
I’ve been married to for eight years now. I love my little Shih Tzu Tinkerbell,
she is my world. I consider myself I nice easygoing person with a positive
attitude towards life. I do volunteer work at a local organization called
Segway dog resue, where we take in abandon dogs, I just can’t stand seeing dogs
suffer.
This past
Tuesday a young Lady by the name of Erin Huber came to the school to speak in
my class about the water issues going on around the world. I knew we had a
shortage of water on our planet, but I had no idea so many children in
third-world countries had to walk for hours to drink fresh water. I figured the
children would learn from the lecture, but I actually learned a lot of
important information about water and its importance to us.
Erin’s
program, the Wavemaker Program, was designed to teach children and teens around
the country about water issues. I would love to be a part of her program and
maybe help her teach children at Segway school, so the rest of the children
hear can listen the same things that my class learned.
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