You have made new friends among the students in your global classroom. What do you have to do now to keep in touch with them? What do you have to do to nurture that friendship and make it grow?

From Kirstin at L.M. Dent Elementary School
I have made many friends through my global classroom. A lot of my new friends can relate to some of my personal experiences and some of the activities I love. To make my friendships grow I must be nice and be myself. For example, if one of my friends if I liked iceskating and I said yes because that was what she/he wanted to hear, that wouldn't be being myself. Being a part of the "Who Am I" program has really benefited me by giving me the chance to talk and relate to other children my age and they gave me new ideas of how to make the world a better place. I have enjoyed the program.

From Robin at L.M. Dent Elementary School
I think that to keep in touch with these friends we could talk online and write to each other. We could make our friendship better by telling each other our personal things. I think that if we do this we can become good fiends like if we were even next door neighbors. If we keep this up we could become best friends. Also one day if he/she moves around here they would have a friend.

From Kaitlin
I have made new friends in my global classroom. I can do a few things to keep in touch with him/her. For example, talking to them on the phone,or e-mailing. If I wanted to make our friendship grow,I would keep communicating them. We should also tell each other what's going on in life. From my personal ideas, I wouldn't want our friendship to stop. That is how I can make my friendship grow.

Our well being can be protected and destroyed by humans. Who is responsible for protecting our future?

From Katie at L.M. Dent Elementary School
I think that only you can be responsible for protecting our future. I think this because you are the only one responsible for your actions. For example,if I wanted a new bike and my mom would say only if your good and if I acted bad I shouldn't take it out on someone else because I did what I did myself.That's an example of being responsible for your own actions. Another example of being responsible for your own actions is when I wanted my puppy and my mom said only if you act right. I took responsibility for my own actions and did well and got my puppy. I have heard this figure of speech from my mom and teachers. You should always treat people and things the way you want to be treated.

Friends and family are a very important part of our life. How do you compare a peaceful family life to a peaceful community life? What elements are the common denominator in rivalry between brothers and sisters, rivalry between families and rivalry between countries? How can this be changed?

From Daniel at L.M. Dent Elementary School
I can compare a peaceful community to a peaceful family, because a community is like a family, because families can get in fights and so can communities. For example, some people could want to build houses somwhere that the rest of the community won't like. An example in a family is people might be decorating and some people in the family wouldn't like it there. The common rivalry between brothers and sisters are if they're having a competition to see whose better at something someone usually gets hurt,someone usually gets in an arguement, and someone probably starts a fight. The common rivalry between families are they usually sue each other or start fights. The common rivalry between countries are they usually want someone's land or the're jealous of someone's amount of money. This can be changed by donating things to each other,help them when they need help and don't get into fights.

Do you have any endangered animals in your country? Who is responsible for protecting them? What are you doing to protect them?

From Hannah at L.M. Dent Elementary School
I don't think we have many severely endangered animals in the United States. I do know there are some species that are close to extinction, though. The California condor is one of them. I read there are only about 30-50 of them left in the world! I think we are responsible for preserving these giant birds. We need to give back their habitat. A lot of these birds' deaths have nothing whatsoever to do with us. Some of their deaths are caused by their enourmous wings. Each of the 2 wings touches one side of a power line and poof, just like that, dead, electrocuted.alot of people are trying to do something about this situation. There are some places where people keep California condors, feed them, and breed them. I think these places are good things. I'm not really doing anything to help keep them safe and sound, but I guess I'm not really doing anything to get them exctinct, either. I could send money to the organization that funds for the California condor. I could write a letter to the president (which I already have done) and ask him to do something for this endangered species. I could do more but these 2 I think are enough for a 10 year old. I hope the California condor doesn't get extinct.