Tuesday, February 9, 2010

7th grade utopias

Today I got to grade brochures made by the 7th grade class I'm working with. They had to write a brochure about their utopia (we are starting "The Giver" next week), detailing the government, education, law enforcement, economy, etc. Enjoy.

-"If you do anything bad in this government, you get launched out of a cannon over the town fence and you don't ever come back in."
-"If your brother or sister picks on you, you get to launch them in the lake with a catapult."
-Under the heading "Problems In Our World" (the ones they propose to solve in their world)"Prepy people, know-it-all people, some school subjects, inequality, poverty." I like that poverty was on the list. At the bottom. First? Preppy people. Who wrote this? You got it, the resident goth.
-"I will be the leader. I will be treated like everyone else with slightly more respect."
-"Everybody workds on a farm and there is a set amount people can ask for their crap and everyone who lives in Utopia starts with one billion dollars to spend how they want."
 -"The reason that Yankeetown was made was because some young people were being corrupted by Red Sox fans...For girls, the coaches [for baseball school] are Megan Fox, Taylor Swift, and so on. It's the best kind of school."
-"Serenity Island-- We always take to the most peaceful of solutions. Violence is quite unneeded."
-"Stealing will not be tolerated, as all houses have an active burglar alarm."
-"I am in charge. Everyone follows my orders. We have the popo, just in case."
-"Society of Happiness! No parents allowed."
-"Everyone has whatever they want, including the best cheesecake."
-"Democrats are NOT allowed. If they enter they will be shot in the head. Same goes for Obama, Jonas Brothers, Lady Gaga, Mick Jagger, Brittnay Spears, and Justin Bieber. Others may apply."
 
this example's utopia was named, creatively, "Utah." At the bottom of the brochure it says "That's basically it." 

3 comments:

Haley said...

No Democrats, eh? That kid better live in a hole in the middle of Utah his whole life, if he's that anti-liberal. lol
Overall, those are pretty cute though!

Tessie said...

seriously made my day!

Sarah said...

hahahhaha... teaching junior high (in Utah especially) was always good for a chuckle =)
Thanks for sharing!