Hello people of earth that own computers! Believe it or not, yesterday, March 1st, 2011, a group of U.P.A. students that are attending a field trip to Washington D.C. and I visited Mayor Jean Quan in her office at City Hall. It was very surreal and I was very nervous. At the beginning of the meeting, she gave us each a gold pin of the Oakland tree for us to wear. I think it was a kind gesture of her.Then we were talking to her about the social issues in this world that are important to us, and we also asked her questions. She answered them very thoughtfully and gave her opinion on all of the topics we shared with her. She also shared with us all her ideas on what she planned to do as Mayor, to make our beautiful city of Oakland a better place to live in and with less violence. To me all of her ideas seem good and I felt that if she does everything she plans on doing, this city will be better. After talking to her about our issues we went to City Council Chambers, where we got to see where all the different people sit and we got to talk through the microphone! It was pretty awesome! After that, she showed us her main office and told us a little bit about the history of the building. I learned that City Hall was built after the San Francisco earthquake. We took a few pictures with her, and that was sadly the end of our visit. Not only was our visit serious, it was also fun because after our Vice Principal, Mr.Guikema, bought us lunch at Panda Express where we ate delicious food, and we all got to read our fortunes! Well, that was the end of our day. We went back to UPA, where we told all of our classmates about our trip!
The issue that I decided to write about is the dream act. This topic is important to me because I don't think it's fair illegal kids are being restricted from having an education because they haven't done anything bad. They didn't decide to to come here, their parents did, and they did that so their kids can have a better life, and it's not fair that they are not being treated with fairness. They are not getting what they deserve, so it's like their parents' sacrifice was for noting. We should all be allowed to have an education, and no one has the right to take that away from you, no mater who you are !
Hello people of earth that own computers! Believe it or not, yesterday, March 1st, 2011, a group of U.P.A. students that are attending a field trip to Washington D.C. and I visited Mayor Jean Quan in her office at City Hall. It was very surreal and I was very nervous. At the beginning of the meeting, she gave us each a gold pin of the Oakland tree for us to wear. I think it was a kind gesture of her.Then we were talking to her about the social issues in this world that are important to us, and we also asked her questions. She answered them very thoughtfully and gave her opinion on all of the topics we shared with her. She also shared with us all her ideas on what she planned to do as Mayor, to make our beautiful city of Oakland a better place to live in and with less violence. To me all of her ideas seem good and I felt that if she does everything she plans on doing, this city will be better. After talking to her about our issues we went to City Council Chambers, where we got to see where all the different people sit and we got to talk through the microphone! It was pretty awesome! After that, she showed us her main office and told us a little bit about the history of the building. I learned that City Hall was built after the San Francisco earthquake. We took a few pictures with her, and that was sadly the end of our visit. Not only was our visit serious, it was also fun because after our Vice Principal, Mr.Guikema, bought us lunch at Panda Express where we ate delicious food, and we all got to read our fortunes! Well, that was the end of our day. We went back to UPA, where we told all of our classmates about our trip!
