This weekend, I read through the Will Reynolds submissions and I am blown away by the kind, thoughtful, and generous actions that the students have done or would like to do. The sixth graders already have made the world a better place and I am sure that they will continue to! Check out the comments in Google Classroom. The winners will be announced shortly, so stay tuned!
There were so many beautiful sentences and ideas throughout each essay, so here is a collection of lines from all of the submissions...
People are suffering like this every day and I want to change that by giving back.
After all of these months of doing these two things, I learned that doing the best you can for things you love is what going to make them happy even in pain or death.
These are people we’re talking about, they're part of our world, they’re a part of our community and we have to support them. Supporting them isn’t just letting them use the bathrooms they identify that’s only the first step. Supporting them is accepting that that’s who they are and nobody can change that.
I believe that all people are worth it, no matter any of their circumstances.
I think that they are changing the world
it was worth it as long as it was making someone radiate the calm energy of happiness.
But as I grew up I learned that kids have just as much power as adults and anybody else to make a change.
This is what my family and I did when I was only 6 years old, but there are so much more that I would like to do to make the world a better place.
It is important to do this because you never know how long you have until the species of animals disappear.
I wish that everyone had a home.
I want to help people heal and try to cure this unbreakable disease that steals and hurts.
I decided to do this event not only to train and progress in swimming but also to raise money for non-profits such as Na Kama Kai.
If that one person goes to another person and does the same thing (Be nice) this cycle can go on forever.
You can change the world with your ideas because everybody has power even though it may not seem like it.
It doesn’t phase me anymore because I am not under the rules of stereotypes and not tied down with certain society’s expectations. I am free to be me.
I would rather not need to foster dogs because they all have families than have to foster dogs because of their owners’ neglect.
I am on an all girls softball team, majors. We don’t sit in the field picking dandelions, we play ball.
The quote “Be the change you wish to see in the world” by Gandhi has made me think of things I could do to make Jamestown even better.
While there are many great women leaders in our our world (like my Mom), I would personally like to see even more active female leaders in our schools, businesses, governments, community groups and other organizations.
So I began thinking, what if change didn’t have to be so extravagant? What if all you had to do to be the change in the world was help someone feel happy; make them smile.
And lastly, to make a difference in the world, you don’t need to start big, you can speak up about the little things.
After they learn english they will have the ability to “be the change” to help to make America better because they can communicate with others about their ideas.
So extend a hand of warmth, a hand of gratitude, we are all the same, so help them, be the warm sunshine in someone’s storm.
I will try to “be the change” and tell people what eating meat really does to the environment.
Every person changes the world just by being in it.
I was having a “toonie party” for my birthday. Everyone brings 2 toonies, one for me to save up for something and the other is for a charity or to donate money someplace.
We will never achieve this goal if we all don't pitch in and help our cause
I think with a lot of funding, my brains of the operation, and test dummy I can accomplish anything.
I can boost morale of troops by telling my dad to share the stuff with Marines in his barracks, as well as some of the wounded Marines.
I am the change I want to see in the world.
The biggest excuse of all, though, the one that a lot of people use, is ‘Somebody else will help them. Somebody else will do something.’
I wanted to write about my experience because it's a subject that a lot of people are uncomfortable talking about.
We could make america greater than ever before.
I can fix this problem.
One idea I had was that with all the carbon dioxide going into the atmosphere, factories could have huge plant crops filled with flowers and ferns and other plant species, since plants feed on carbon dioxide, the carbon dioxide from the factories could go into the crops and feed them.
When kids get split up by gender, they won’t be able to work together and solve problems as they go along in life. If both boys and girls are together, then there will be a better outcome.
If we can make a small improvement now, we can keep making the small steps and will eventually meet our goal, never having to worry about doing something huge in the future to reach the so called “success”.
I wished that the bombings stopped and the war stopped and everyone just got along and accepted everyone's different opinions.
In conclusion the car will probably be a good help to the environment and much more things.
Bullying is not ok for kids.
I feel I changed my family members worlds, even a little bit, that they can look at me as a director, and I hope my future movies can change the world.
Now that I’m old enough to understand how many beaches are basically landfills in America alone, I have come up with multiple solutions.
I took it as a wake-up call, “You have to change things yourself; things aren’t getting better in a lot of places!”
Overall I think changing the world is recycling yes, but I don't think that should be the ONLY thing people think of when we think of changing the world.