Way back on MLK Day the kids learned about Martin Luther King Jr., his accomplishments, and studied his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Then they made mobiles expressing their own dreams. Each mobile included students’ dreams for themselves, their school, family, and country. I recently took the mobiles off the bulletin board, but they are too interesting, inspiring, and moving to be forgotten. Their dreams for America are my favorite so I have put those first. Here are their dreams:

My Dreams for our Country:

Peace

End the war

Stop the violence

Stop hunger

Stay neutral

Everyone to get along

No more racism

Everyone to have something to eat and somewhere to sleep

Famous people to be punished like regular people

Quit getting fat

Be fair to all types of people

Recycle trash and stop pollution

Keep my mom safe and make sure she comes home safe (her mother is in Iraq)

Dreams for Myself:

Control my anger

Be int he NFL

Get straight A’s

Go to college and get a good job

Become a singer

Become smarter

Be a better person

Become a basketball player

Have a career

Do my best

Live forever

Not get upset about little things

Dreams for My Family:

Be nicer to my brothers

For them to be rich

Be happy

Have a good life

Be loving and caring

Have more family time

That everyone would be safe

For everyone to get along

To get to a good neighborhood

Come together and talk at holidays

To not get in fights

To get out of the ghetto

Help each other out

Dreams for My School:

That I will not get in trouble

Better grades

Better food

No more uniforms

Nicer teachers

More field trips

Everyone gets an education

Less arguing

Pass 7th grade