What Would You Say to Dr. King?

(Liz's class was asked this question: "If you could talk to Dr. Martin Luther King, what would you say to him?" These are some actual responses:)

• "Did you get everything for your birthday? How did you tell people to get along? How did you make them allow blacks go to the same schools?"


• "How was your birthday? How is your wife? How is your children? How is your brother and sister? How are your mom and dad? How is your friends? How are you?"


• "How did he change the city. And how he made white people get along with black people and that is all."


• "I'd ask why don't black and white people like each other? And I'd ask another question - can black and white people be friends forever? Can other people get married to each other? Can black and white people get along?"


• "I would ask him if his child hood ment somthing to him. What wood you say? And was your child hood ruined? The man that shot you did he die? Why did the white people think they were better than black people?"


• "Can I have some toys?"


• "Great job man! So how did you do that stuff? because it was awesome. And how old are you? Did you like your birthday? I think you are cool."


• "If I saw Martin Luther King, I would be in shockt. I would be so happy. I would give him a big hug. I would tell him how old I am."


• "You are brave talking to thousands of people in your speech. Saw did you read books?"


• "What is your favorite food?"


• "Can you take me with you? Want to see what your world looks like. Does it look like my world? How did he change help people to get along like one big happy family?"


• "Why do black and white people fight? Why did you do what you did?"


• "I wonder how you felt at that time. I think it would feel scary to do what you did for the world and make people of all color get along to make the world a better place."

"I Have A Dream..."

(Liz's second-grade class has been studying Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. She asked her students to complete the sentence "I have a dream..." and these are some of their actual responses.)

• "I wish every family in the world would get back together and never fall apart."


• "I wish my community would love each other and be friends."
  
• "I have a dream for candy to fall out of the sky."


• "...for all toys to be a dollar."
  
• "...for that it won't get really cold."


• "...for people to stop killing people."


• "...for nobody to kill another person over again."


• "Everything for my community just to make them happy."


• "...I don't want any wars in my country."


• "...for people to be very nice and peaceful."


• "My town is a great place for all the people in the world."


• "I have a dream I have a cat."


• "...for black and white people to be friends all day if they want to."


• "I wish this town had a Gattiland [pizza and game arcade - DK]."


• "I wish it would rain money and gold."


• "I want everything to be free. I want hamburgers to be free, I want hot dogs to be free, I want snow cones to be free, I want ice cream to be free."


• I have a dream wrestling toys fall out of the sky."


• "...for everyone to always play with white children and black children. I wish everyone would be treated the same and for people not to fight and for people to like each other."