I asked my first graders what they’d do if they become president…

Who gets your vote?

• “I will teach people how to be friendly.”
• “The most important thing would be to make sure everyone obeys the laws.”
• “Say no to illegal drugs.”
• “I will help people and tell them what to do.”
• “I will let everyone be healthy, safe and be nice and treat others the way you want to be treated.”
• “I would be careful what I do because I don’t want to do anything that hurts our nation. And also, I can make fair laws if they’re…a little bit…you know…out of hand. And I’ll go anywhere for our country to be safe and stuff. Well, I’d like to do anything, basically go anywhere. And…yeah.”
• “I would help the world and make sure nobody gets killed by other people.”
• “I would say that kids could do whatever they want and they could have candy.”
• “I’ll teach people to respect the world.”
• “When I’m the president, I’m gonna be sleeping.”
• “I’ll show people how to speak Spanish so people can understand you when you’re in Mexico. And I’ll show kids you can exercise at school with the weights.” (PS. This came with a free weight lifting demonstration.)
•  “When I will be president, I will tell people to not kill.”
•  “Um, I want to do lots of good things and don’t do bad things. I would wash somebody’s car without asking.”
•  “Um, I would eat.”

xo