I would like to talk about the violence in the community. I personally think that guns should be off the street because it’s killing most of the kids in the community. People would pick up a gun and shoot innocent people, but they wouldn’t pick up a book and educate themselves. It breaks my heart to turn on the 9:00 news and hear that a young and innocent kid was killed. Children can’t even walk to the store or the park safely without someone on the streets acting a fool. The Board of Education should have more programs where teens and children should go to right after school; that’s a must. I would also like the Chicago police to put 100% effort in trying to get guns off the street. Even though they try to get guns off the street, somehow or somewhere it keeps coming back. The world is not full of perfect people; we have some dangerous people that need to be in jail and not in the streets killing our youth. School safety is very important to me because the principal should have several exit plans where children and teens should go to get out the building. Everyone should be able to know where to go when its’ an emergency. Our schools have to be safe as well because the criminals are finding a way to get in the schools. I truly believe that we can get the bad guys off the street and in jail that way we can live our life happily. Ashanti wilson
April 17-2008 p-2nd