you can't even imaginary...

Just thought I'd share some of the great essay responses I get to read. (I'll leave in the spelling/grammar errors which often add to the humor)

To begin...how they feel about the casino being built on their reservation:

"I think the goverment should stop giving the indean's money (which is how that stupid casino was bilt) I dont like it at all more and more drunk pople come out of there every night." --6th grade girl

"The games aren't fair. 1 in a million you could get a royal flush." -- 6th grade girl

"I think that casinos are not at all helping the aconime we are in." --6th grade girl

"the people in charge should get together to talk about the conflict in a calmly manner. Also why should they even be fighting it was their idea." --6th grade girl

"everyone here doesn't have to drive all night to get to the closes casino. My grandma was oh so very happy that she doesn't have to go towards Albuquerque." --6th grade girl

"I think that it is good to let Churchrock have a casino because now older people can have fun." --6th grade boy

"Think casino suck Because the children stay in the lobby thats crazy Because mother need to stay with there childen they can't stay with stranges Thank you for lisning." --6th grade boy

"They like money, and eat, and drink at the same time. I guest she or he just want die and live in heaven." --6th grade girl

"I don't like having it there because of all those people being drunk and blocking people's view sure it is good because of the money but it blocks my view and other people's view." --6th grade girl

"I do not care about that casino because its not for kids. Also there's nothing in there that we could do. Evan when my mom and dad took us to eat over their. I did not like the food." --6th grade girl

"I not like the casino because its small, it smells and they wont let kids in there. There were a skinkwalker in there so it means that it is bad for Gallup." --6th grade girl

"There should be a casino because our parents want to have time off to play. I also like it because there is food inside." --6th grade boy

Next, their take on figurative language:

"For example a simile would be like saying "as big as a cow butt" and a metaphor would be lik saying 'he was a cow butt tonight." For example in my head I think that I am correct on all the things I have writen down on this paper today." -- 6th grade girl

"I don't know about you, but similes and metaphors are very fun to use for me. We need to learn more about them, if possible. Please at least take it into consideration." -- 6th grade girl

"A Example of a similes 'He smell like pizza." Another Example of a metaphor 'he a pizza.'" -- 6th grade boy

Q: Compare and contrast similes and metaphors.
A: "Somebody stelles her bike and she is sad sitting on the porch and the police calles and says they find her bike." -- 6th grade girl

"an example of a metiphor is she is smalt as a bus full of nerds." --6th grade girl

"Metaphor has Figurtive language or simile but I am saying that they are the same and some are diffrent and the same way. I don't know simile becuse Everybody is talking when I didn't here the teacher is saying." --6th grade girl

"I found my anwser by seing what are the sames and differents, for exsample there like both different from each other in different ways." --6th grade boy

"for a simile your dume as a donkey." --6th grade boy

"The first one is going to be the metaphor because it is hard. 'I feel a fish on me.' Next is the simile. I'm in a pickle." --6th grade boy

Next, their thoughts on the near extinction of the bald eagle:

"This would be important because you need to find the key to your heart and stop hunting the bald eagles cause it will get you drunk then you will get crazy then you will shoot a bald eagle cause it will hurt and the eagles might be eggstink then the envirment will have nomore eagles to look up to...I think they should put the pople that shoot a eagle and put them in electric chair to get their punishment." --6th grade boy

"Without the bald eagles, we'd have an extinct bird as a national symbol, and we'd lose the beauty of the famous bird in our memory over time. We'd never ooh and ahh at the sight of an eagle nest on a cliff ever again. We wouldn't have that one extra animal to get rid of extra fish. We'd fall apart. They're beautiful and what keeps this country alive. We don't appreciate the eagles long enough. We think about killing them, putting them on a string, hanging them from the ceiling and showing them off. STOP NOW!!!! please help." -6th grade girl

"Normally I disagree with America but right now I don't I want bald eagles to live." -- 6th grade girl

"They ain't doing anything to disturb us so I think the people should leave them alone. Because birds like the eagles don't bother us because they eat different animals not us, uless their hungry." -- 6th grade boy

And my favorite of them all...

Q: How would you change the story if you were the writer?
A: "If I was the writer I would write about things you can't even imaginary." -- 6th grade girl