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January 31, 2019
Nico Rouse
San Mateo
Many things can bring us together: holidays, family reunions, sleepovers and even funerals. Many people love to get together and have fun. Maybe somebody has a friend and they sleepover with their family.
When you walk into a store and see somebody of a different culture or race you don’t judge them do you? Well, that used to be different.
Back then if somebody was of a different culture or race they were judged right away. But one person didn’t like how he was being treated. His name was Martin Luther King Jr. He did not like the way other races and cultures were being treated. He had a dream. A dream for equality.
There was a devastating fire that hit California. Many people lost their homes and many other possessions. Many locals felt badly for the people who were hit by the fire. Due to the fire many people missed Thanksgiving. So the locals brought Thanksgiving to them. More than 15,000 plates were served. More than 50 people donated time and food. That was a chance to get together and eat. What happened was a big act of kindness. It helped many people who were hurt by the fire.
Everyone should love each other equally. We should all love everybody no matter their race, culture or belief. No matter what we are family.
God made us and we should appreciate our place here. We are one. We have to treat everyone like our friend. We have to make friends with them. It’s our job on Earth to make the Earth a safe place.
We are one. We should love every race. No matter their belief we should love them. We should always treat everyone the same. This Earth is our home and we should never destroy it. This is our home and we should love each other.
Editor’s note: Nico is a seventh grader at Bayside Academy in San Mateo and wrote this essay for a school assignment. His grandfather, Tony Rouse, chief financial officer for the St. Vincent de Paul Society of San Mateo County, shared it with the paper on the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr., Day, Jan. 21.Letters policy
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