Hi! It's Zoe. Today I'd like to talk about something I started at school called a "petition". My petition was about starting a girls only Four Square court. Four Square is a game played with a rubber ball and four squares. It's popular at my school. I decided I needed 70 signatures for my petition so the school administration would see that a majority of the 5th grade agreed with my statement. Speaking about my statement, I made a page that showed why I wanted this petition, who was doing the petition, and signature lines. Here's a copy of it.
After drafting this petition with the help of my daddy, I decided to get started with my signatures. It was surprising to see how many kids were agreeing to this, and it wasn't only girls, it was boys too! By the end of the first day, 46 people had signed. The next day it was harder to find people who hadn't already signed the petition and wanted to sign it. In the end, I barely found all 70 signatures I needed, but I did. At the end of the day, I brought the petition to my coach and she agreed that a girls-only four square court was a good idea! Better yet, the teacher who runs the Canterbury Knights News (my school's news center) overheard my conversation and he said he would announce the petition on the school's news broadcast the next day!
Interestingly, after a few days of girls-only four square some boys wanted to play on the girls four square. So we made a compromise. Instead of an all boys and all girls four square court, we made "beginner" and "advance" courts because the real issue all along was that some of the bigger boys played too hard and it never allowed other kids the opportunity to play. The best part was that by the end of the week everybody was happy with the changes and the problem was solved!
Do you have something you would like to change in your school, neighborhood, or community? A petition might solve the problem. I know it solved mine. Bye!
Interestingly, after a few days of girls-only four square some boys wanted to play on the girls four square. So we made a compromise. Instead of an all boys and all girls four square court, we made "beginner" and "advance" courts because the real issue all along was that some of the bigger boys played too hard and it never allowed other kids the opportunity to play. The best part was that by the end of the week everybody was happy with the changes and the problem was solved!
Do you have something you would like to change in your school, neighborhood, or community? A petition might solve the problem. I know it solved mine. Bye!
RSS Feed