Our new President is bringing hope and the promise of change to people all over this country - but not just to the people who voted for him. As demonstrated by the kids at 826 Valencia, a non-profit child’s literacy center in San Francisco, a much younger (and shorter) demographic have also taken notice.
After Obama was elected, volunteers at the center asked the children to write letters to the president-to-be as an exercise in both writing and current events, and the results were hilarious, heartwarming, and brutally honest. The idea caught on at 826 Writing Centers all over the country, and the letters were collected into a compilation book (Which is awesome and wonderful, and you can purchase it here.
We really do think that kids say it best, so in attempt to say hello to our brand-spankin’ new President ( for the third time today - we know, we’re done, we promise) here are some of our favorite notes from kids to Mr. Barack Obama…
Dear Barack Obama,
Congrats on becoming the president of the United States and slaughtering John McCain. I think that, unlike W., you should dodge other countries and not shoes. You should not be so quick to go to war and negotiate with terrorists. I like what you said about bringing the troops home from Iraq.
If you like my letter, know that it’s from D’andre “the King” Legrand, age 12
Brooklyn
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Dear President Obama,
Are you going to be pictured on our money? How do you get in the White House? Do you like Abraham Lincoln? Do you have a big backyard? Martin Luther King Jr. had big fans. How many fans do you have? You could help us by giving us food. I am Luis Ramirez. I go to school at Mayberry. I like to play video games.
Luis Ramirez, age 8
Los Angeles
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Dear President Obama,
If I want anybody to be president, it’s me. I would clean the streets and give myself more money. I would also give everybody a piece of a Reese’s candy. Every homeless guy or girl would get $50 for help and a place to sleep for the winter. My family and other families would get free gas for our cars; single people with no kids would have to pay. The money would come from copying other bills. The $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, and $100 bills would be copied one thousand times.
The paper would not come from trees but from hardened glue. The way to make it is by mixing water and glue together so that it looks like paper. You then put it in a fire, then let it cool in the freezer.
Weslie Jackson, age 12
Chicago
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