Letters to The President

What advice would you offer to our new President Barack Obama?

And just as important, what will you do to help him make our country a better place?

Mrs. Lopez asked this of her students and here is a sampling of some of their excellent ideas.

January 22, 2009

President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., 20500


Dear Mr. President,

I am very grateful that you are the new 44th President of the United States. As I use “our” I mean we the people, the citizens of this country. I know you will change our country or should I say improve it for the better. I know you can’t do it alone. Like in your speech during the inauguration you said “our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare for a new age.” You will have our generation to help you. You inspired me to achieve my goals and become what I was inspired to be. I now know that you can achieve anything. Now we have a black President, I will definitely tell this experience to my children and my children’s children. So, we thank you.

Sincerely,

Laniesha M. Dotson
Syracuse, New York
Institute of Technology



January 22, 2009

President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C., 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I am writing you to let you know that I am with you 100%. We can make change happen. One way I can start that change is in my neighborhood. I am going to start getting all the little ones (children) and doing early academic interventions with them. For example, I will teach them the alphabet and numbers, do hands on activities and care for them. I would the to see them ten years from now somewhere they should not be. After I make changes in my neighborhood I want to make other people realize that change can happen and even one person can make a change.

Sincerely,

Vanessa Rosado
Syracuse, New York
Institute of Technology


January 22, 2009

President Obama
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20500

Dear Mr. President,

I have all faith in you that you would try your best to make the United States a better place. My peers and I will do our best to support you in our community and in our city. I notice in your speech you mentioned the word “we” a lot. To me that mean us, the United States as ONE. I will try my best to do all I can do to help you out, to make our nation great again. I think the wars need to end first, and then from there we can solve any other problems. The United States is facing many economic hardships, from a housing crisis to welfare reform. Mr. Obama you have a lot of support from the United States including me in all the decisions you make.

Sincerely,

Jonteisha Jennings
Syracuse, New York
Institute of Technology


Have any ideas of your own? Please feel free to leave some in the comments section.