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7th Grade WinnerThe
Most Philosophical 7th Grader in America Oak
Harbor, Washington
“Good luck
in life and just be good for your family,” are the last words I heard from my
neighbors who moved because people did not respect them for the color of their skin. Evilness is starting to commence good and love in
the Nature of Humankind. Weapons, drugs,
death, and terrorism; too much to handle.
Many years ago,
one of the worst events happened, there was slavery, wars, execution, and again, deaths. The question is why, how come, and what for? Here are some examples:
Slavery, why
should people be judged by what you look like? It
doesn’t matter what you look like, it matters what’s inside. Just like the event that happened in 1839, people
in Africa were paid to get people from the village and chain them up to go on the La
Amistad; a ship that would take them to slavery. For
food, they’d only feed them oatmeal. Also
the people who were sick didn’t get fed. When
they ran out of food, they tied the sick people to a bag of big stones and drown them. Even a baby had to drown with her mother.
Almost everyone
knows about the terrorism attack that has occurred on September 11. 2001. Ever since the terrorism attack my school has
changed. People became more protective,
stealing has happened a lot lately, friendships have been broken. Why? Why
us? What did we do? My teacher’s opinion is that since we are a
free country and have more complex hardware, the terrorists hated us and began to attack. She said that it’s like a bully is trying to
take away your lunch money, well, we’re the bullies.
In February 11,
1999, my father past in Saudi Arabia. I was
in the fourth grade. Now I’m in seventh. I’ve struggled in school, I am quieter than
usual, and got into more trouble in school. I
changed ever since I heard about it. But why
my dad? I guess it proves that God only
accepts the best. But not only I know that,
the family that has lost their loved ones in the tragic event of September know that too.
I’ve chosen
that the nature of humankind is evil instead of good.
Amistad, terrorism, and the deaths of a loved one; look at these horrible
things. I hope that you have understood my
examples. Try to find the goodness inside
your heart – not the bad.
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