Katie

Dear, Editor The school needs air conditioning. In the hot weather, the school gets to hot for everyone to handle. I believe, that air conditioning is a need for Doyle Elementary. I think that when the students come inside we all get really hot. Also, if we don’t have air condoning, the smell of sweat fills the room. Next, the students in Doyle get over heated and dehydrated. You might say we could just get up and get water from the water fountain, but because the pipes are warm so is the water! Having air conditioning will help us in many ways. First, with air conditioning we can focus better because we are not uncomfortable and really hot. Second, with air conditioning we won’t have to drink the “lava” they call water. This helps us because, we will stay cool and collected. Hence, the school needs air conditioning. Please help my ideas grow. Sincerely, Katie Samkavitz

** __Smoking Stinks          __ ** By Katie Samkavitz “Look at the gray smoke those kids make” said Tom. “Why would you even start to smoke?”, asked Lilly. “I don’t know, but I do know that cigarettes have dangerous things in them, they cause many diseases and they make unattractive appearances.” “ Wow”, said Lilly. “That’s a lot of reasons not to smoke” “You bet”, agreed Tom. Each year 3 million people die of smoking cigarettes. And here’s why: First, there is 1 out of 30,000 grams of nicotine in 1 cigarette. Even this small amount is terrible for the human body. Also, smoke itself contains 4,000 chemicals. This smoke blows out of your mouth and your family and pets breathe it in. So your family and pets breathe in 4,000 chemicals in 1 breath. This is called Second-Hand Smoke, Lastly, tar is in cigarettes. Tar comes from the road. Do you really want that in your mouth? In conclusion, there are many harmful things in Cigarettes. “Cough cough!” There are lots of diseases for you to get if you smoke. First, you could get Emphysema. If you get this disease you may not be able to walk or breathe. Secondly, you could inhabit Lung Cancer. Lung Cancer stops you from breathing. Last but not least, you may get Throat Cancer. If you get this type of cancer, your throat will puff out red and you will need surgery. As you can tell, there are many diseases possible if you smoke. “Yuck!” Smoking affects a lot of parts of your body. First, smoking makes your teeth yellow. No matter how much you brush, if you continue to smoke they will stay yellow. Second, wrinkles! Wrinkles will occur at a young age. If you smoke you will look older than you are. Lastly, you will get stains on your hands. These stains look like brown flat moles all over your hands. To conclude, smoking makes people a lot more unattractiv e.    Hence, never smoke. Cigarettes have dangerous things in them, they cause many diseases and harm the outside of your body. If you want to live a long, healthy, successful life, remember, never ever smoke! Your friends and family will thank you. 