Graduation

 

Humans Vs Robots

“Ugh, why do I have to clean the car?” Henry complained.  “Because you made your friend do it two weeks ago.”  Dad explained.  “Daaaad…..”  

“NOW HENRY!”

“Fine…”

As Henry filled the pail, he fetched the hose and headed outside.  The car was really muddy from the road trip Henry and his dad had two days ago.  Once the pail was filled with soapy water, he carried it outside on the driveway making a trail of water leading from the faucet to outside.  

“You’re cleaning that up Henry.” Henry looked behind him and said, “Oh poop.”

Henry’s dog went barking out to Henry,  “Be quiet Charlie, don't you have a bed to poop on?”  2 minutes later…  “Charlie that was a rhetorical question.”  Henry whined while he was cleaning his dog's droppings off the bed.  

When Henry was heading to the car he saw his science project just sitting in the corner looking like her date ditched her for a buy 5 for $2 pizza sale.  When Henry looked at it his project he had an idea.  “Dad?  Can I skip doing the car and make a robot that can clean a car for my homework?”  “It’s a win, win you have the car clean and I get my science project done for the summer holiday.”  Henry asked.

“Alright son, but the car must be done by tomorrow. *Whow, ouch, what did I step on?  CHARLIE*

As Henry ran to his project he jumped on the couch, did a summersault and landed perfectly on the ground, or in reality… Charlie's poop pad.  

“Why today?”  Henry sighed.  

After taking a shower he ran and jumped on the couch and did another somersault and landed on….  No I’m just kidding. He landed perfectly on the ground with sore ankles.  

Henry approached his project and started working on this car cleaning robot all day until he was so tired he slept in Charlie's dog bed.  

In the morning Henry woke up with a surprise.  The robot was perfectly made in the middle of the living room.  “Hey, dad who made this robot?”  

“Me son.  I mean cmon I felt like doing something other than repainting the bathroom.”  

Henry was so amazed, without having breakfast he rushed outside with his dog and tested the robot on the car.  Henry put the robot in place and controlled it with a remote that his dad made as well with the bot.  

Everything was going so fine until…  Henry was nudged by his dog and pushed the wrong button,  and in a big label saying, “END WORLD, DO NOT PRESS.”  

Henry saw what he pushed and he was furious of what was going to happen but excited at the same time.  It took a few seconds to make the command sink into its brain, but wait do robots have brains?

The robot turned around and started to walk around the neighbourhood.  Henry just stopped and stared.  But he didn’t have to wait for long beforeafter the robot broke…  Mrs Potts garden!  Mrs Potts was the old, hag and the meanest neighbour in the world that Henry HATED so much he would trade her for a big, deafening barn.  

Henry ran to his neighbour until he heard…  “HENRY, THE NEXT TIME YOUR LITTLE ROBOT TRIES TO BREAK MY PROPERTY I WILL RIP YOU APART!”  

The robot went sliding out of Mrs Potts house and headed to the Community Park.  Henry tried to keep up with the robot as he panted, “Why did, *pant*  dad,  *pant*  make a button to destroy the world  *pant*?”  

The robot made his way in the park and started making all the children cry, trip up people jogging by and eating ice-cream that he didn’t pay for.  “HEY, THE NEXT TIME YOU EAT ICE-CREAM PAY FOR IT!”  Henry tried to use his remote to stop it but nothing happened.

The robot ran out of the park wearing a baby’s bonnet.  Henry followed the uncontrollable bot.  The robot flew down the street until he reached the city.  As the sun was going down Henry didn’t give up and kept on going.   Meanwhile at home dad was cleaning the faucet pipe.  “Hm… I swear I put my slippers somewhere?”  “CHARLIE!  THOSE ARE MY SLIPPERS NOT YOUR PLACE TO DO YOUR BUSINESS.”

“Why today?”  Henry complained.

The robot was causing so much chaos that the city was burning down, people were screaming and the robot psychopath was headed for the white house.  Henry was regretting everything he had done yesterday morning.  Gradually Henry was getting closer to the bot and almost had lost his breathe.  He ran and jumped on a ice-cream truck and did a summersault off of it landing in a trampoline and on the grass.  Henry thanked his gym teacher after that.  

As the bot went in the elevator Henry went to the stairs and ran up.  When he reached the top where the president was he saw the robot quietly going up to the president and got out a…..   Butterknife?  The robot was using a butter knife to kill the president.  As Henry was getting tired he tried to shout out to the most important person in their country.  When Henry tried to shout he gave out a quiet squeal.  As the robot was starting to swing the knife something unexpected happened… the batteries died.  The bot was inches away from hurting the president and the robot just dropped and shut off.  

As Henry went back home he was feeling very exhausted and guilty.  He hadn’t even touched the car and Henry’s dad must have been irritated.  When Henry saw the car clean he closed his eyes and opened the door.  While he closed his eyes he heard his father’s voice,

“Henry!”  

Henry got really scared and he kept his eyes shut.

“It’s alright son but next time clean the car.”  Henry’s dad said.  “We can recreate the robot right now if you want I already finished everything I have to do.”

Henry then felt less guilty and more of delightful.  

An hour later…  

“Nice job son!”  Henry’s dad said.  “Do you want to get some ice-cream?”

“Okay!” Henry accepted.     

When Henry entered the car in the front seat next to his dad they started the car, and backed out from the driveway.  As dad was backing up, the car made a unpromising sound.  It sounded like a gun had reloaded and broke down as the guy got… um let's stay PG rated for this writing.

“Oh dang it….” Henry’s dad said.  “You want to make a robot that makes ice cream?”

“ Dad?  I think today was enough chaos.”

Child Labour and Poverty

Child labour is happening around the world. I believe it should be illegal in all countries.  Some countries already made child labour banned but most are still treating kids terribly.  Child labour is usually when parents or caregivers take discipline and chores to the next level just to be able to survive.   This occurs mostly in Africa and southern and western Asia.  Children everywhere have been given a horrible life that they don't deserve.

Poverty is the main reason why they have to be treated like a caged animal.   Kids, such as the age of 5 and below have to participate in the work they are given.  Most child labourers happen when there is a lot of children in the family.  This makes that parents have to pay multiple bills to give their children good education and food for survival.  Children should have free schools to be able to have an easier life later on.

Some schools are too expensive for parents to afford so their children often have to do work around where they live to earn money. If the parents are able to afford their children to go to schools they will have to have a long walk in the early morning, up mountains across multiple rivers.   There is just no way out to have an easy life.  Once they reach school they go to the classrooms and learn in horrible conditions.  Sometimes they have to use everyday things to be able to write, rub out and to rule lines.  Children in these conditions are desperate to go to school.  They will do anything to have education and a chance to live.  Unlike us who plead to stay home and play video games and do other entertaining stuff.  

Parents at home have a hard time to keep their children on track, help do their homework and make sure they’re feed right.  This causes their children to be sick and uneducated because the parents weren't educated at our age.  So they don't think their life through, no education, no work, no future.  They don't think about their money, food supplies and things that keep you alive.  But these things don't usually happen to all families out there.  There are multiple reasons why they’re living in poverty.  I think in our community we should be more generous and give out some equipment to help with their life, like an umbrella and school bags.

We could donate our toys, provide good shoes and clothing.  Just at least 10% of your help can make a change. Maybe just start with one, and you’ll see.  It might not feel like being superman but you are a hero to them.  Children always comes first and all children should be treated the same.  Therefore, I believe child labour should be illegal all around the world.                        

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Wild Wet Day!

On a steaming hot day there was interesting and exciting activity at school.  There was screaming, laughing and mostly the spirits of excitement.  The water in the pool was glistening like the stars in the dark, night sky, and how the water flows like the waves of the sea.  The water was also pretty cold like the ice in Antarctica.

I was ready to feel the water running through my feet.  I then hopped in and swam one whole metre of the narrow pool.  I was so cold that I couldn’t move.  Meanwhile it was time to go out of the pool and move to our next wet activity.  Next it was the slippery water slide. It was placed on the huge ledge on the field, so it felt like it was a real water slide.

I felt anxious like if I forgot my homework when the teacher specifically asked to bring our homework the next day.  I was ready to leap into the slippery doom. I ran and ran then slid on my belly trying to get to the end.  I always got that pesky soap in my eyes.  I did it about 5 times until we had to switch to the other activity.

 We then went to the water activities.  We did so many difficult things like holding a cup filled with water on your back.  We had so much fun things to do but then the excitement ended and it was the end of school.   I was wondering what other amusing fun we would get up to the next day.