Sunday, April 22, 2012

The Stolen Generation and its Cruelty


The Stolen Generation was a terrible idea. Innocent children were taken away from their families and put into white home families. They were treated like slaves for the rest of their lives. Their rich culture and language were taken away, just in a blink. The white people, in that time, were enormously reckless.


Aboriginal children were snatched from under their mothers' noses. They were put in to children's home and stayed there, until white families adopt them as their slave. They were devastated because of being taken away by the ones that love them. 


The children were treated like slaves. At the end of the day, they were exhausted and tired. Their hands bled from cooking and cleaning. Their feet wobbled, like jelly, because of the sweeping and they were sunburned by gardening. They were forced to do adult work for all their lives.


Their rich culture and language were taken away from them, faster than the speed of light! they were shouted at if they spoke their language. They were banned from their language.


The strict rules at the childrens' home, were too much for children. The Aboriginal children were enslaved by the white people. I am glad it doesn't happen today.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Alien Stacey finds a Friend

Alien Stacey was an alien. But she didn't live on an alien planet. In fact she lived on Earth! Today is the 1st day at college for Stacey. She was really hoping that she would fit in , due to the fact she was an alien. Oh no! Not at all! From the first moment she set foot on the doormat, (this college was made for teenagers to feel like they were at home) a bully would come up to her and tease her about her antennae or her green skin. It had only been two weeks, and Stacey was well known at the  college, even though there were roughly a thousand teenagers at college. Stacey was starting to feel a lot of home-sickness. Her mother said she will feel warmth, as if she was at home. But Stacey felt like she was in the World of Bullies. She felt She felt like she would never escape this World of Bullies. Would never survive, to see her family again... But one  day, everything changed. Someone new came to college. Her name was Stella. Stacey found out many similarities between herself and Stella. Both of them were shy, both of them got bullied and ( most importantly) they both felt home-sick. One day, Stacey got up all her courage, and asked something she never thought she'd ask to someone at this college. " Of course, I'll be your friend!", exclaimed Stella. "Funny, though. I was about to set off for your  room to ask you to be my friend.", said the half-confused and half-amused Stella. " So it's settled then? Friends?", Stacey asked, forcing her hand up. "Friends.", answered Stella. The next day, Stacey and Stella were in for a big surprise. Stacey woke the next morning at 5:00am sharp, to find that Stella was surrounded by a group of bullies. "Do something, Stacey!", trembled Stella. " Well, well, well.", sneered James, the leader of the bullies. " Miss Stacey's friends with Miss Stella. Perfect match, eh?", he asked his gang of bullies. This was the perfect thing that Stacey wanted. She took a step forward and started speaking in a strong and brave, loud and clear voice. Everybody could hear her, absolutely clearly. " Bullying is not a good thing. How would you feel if somebody bullied you? It's not about the look on the outside. It's more about the look in the inside. Make friends by communicating with each other.", finished Stacey. From then on, no bullying went on at that college. What a happy ending!!!!

                   

Chopping down trees should be banned!!!!

You shouldn’t cut down trees for many reasons. Trees give us oxygen to breathe and air that crashes and sways onto our skin. Trees give us the freshest and juiciest fruits in the whole world. You DEFINETILY must not chop down trees.

Trees give us very special oxygen that we breathe in and out and the oxygen keeps on coming! Did you know that trees take the bad air away and use it for their food and to use it for the oxygen? We will never run out of oxygen if trees stay!

Trees give us smooth, fresh, juicy, luscious fruit that we munch and crunch down in seconds. Trees produce fruit in just hours. Trees produce scrumptious fruit that we just can’t delay. You could make anything with fruit. You could make an apple snake!

Can’t you see we need trees? Without oxygen, air and fruit we wouldn’t be here. So, help me convince everyone to stop cutting down trees. I love trees and I hope you do, too!!!! Trees are very helpful!!!!