A monument to Emotions

Chaemi Kim

What do you think about your teachers? My fifth grade teacher, Mr. Tumolo, should have a monument of his own. He was the most open-minded, kind, and forgiving teacher I ever met. He wasn’t mean to any of his students the whole year. He always solved problems by talking to the troubled students. He always made me feel like I belonged in my class. He was funny and went along with all the jokes his students said and laughed with them. But he also made sure that everyone was following along and was having fun. Thanks to him, I liked going to school and looked forward to Monday on the weekends. I think he ought to be honored by everyone and everyone should know him. I think the monument that will describe him is a big teddy bear since everyone in my class called him Joshy Bear (Josh is his name). The teddy bear should be holding a big heart in its hands for the love he gave me. He should also have a smiley face to give me and my classmates happy energy. There should be a big heart shaped stone with his name on it. The statue must be very large. About as tall as the second floor. The monument should have warm colors painted on it. The monument should spin slowly and shoot sprinkles out of the mouth every ten minutes from 9am to 9pm for five seconds. The sprinkles should be made out of cotton candy.

A monument to the LGBTQ+ Community

Emma Voth

Do you have a friend or a family member in the LGBTQ+ community, or are you personally in the community but you don’t feel accepted? I think we should have a statue representing the people in the community. The reasoning of the statue is to help people in that community feel more accepted. It should represent the main LGBTQ+ flag and a heart for love. There should be some sort of consequence for physically damaging the statue. For example, someone throws a drink on it; that would be “destroying” the statue.