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I Would Like to Spend a Day with Gandhi


© Max Wallack

May 3, 2004


Max Wallack wrote the following article for the History for Children Writing Contest. Congratulations Max!!! You did a terrific job.

I would like to spend a day with Gandhi. He believed in justice and fairness for everyone. He saw that different races were treated unfairly in South Africa. He worked hard to get justice there.

Then, he saw injustice in India. The British made many unfair laws in India, and India had a caste system which was also unfair. Gandhi saw that the most unfairness was against the untouchables, so he worked to make things better.

Gandhi did everything in a nonviolent way. When there were unfair laws, he refused to cooperate with them, and he told other people to refuse, too. When the British taxed salt, he led a march to the sea for people to make their own salt by evaporating the sea water. Whenever there was conflict between different races or religions, he always worked for fairness.

That is why Gandhi became an inspiration to Dr. Martin Luther King and to many other people working for justice in the world. That is why Gandhi is an inspiration to me.

If I could spend the day with Gandhi, I would ask him a lot of questions about how he would deal with modern problems. I would ask him about the situation in Iraq, terrorism, and the problems in the Middle East. The people in the Middle East have been fighting and killing each other for 50 years. Maybe if I had a chance to spend a day with Gandhi, I could learn some ideas on how to help make the world a safer and happier place.

Max Wallack, age 7,

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5.   May 11, 2004 7:35 PM
Really enjoyed your writing on Ghandi, Max. I think we all have people we admire when we're growing up, mine was Nelson Mandela. I remember my dad telling me all about him and when I was an adult I ...

-- posted by thebattwoman
4.   May 7, 2004 8:18 PM
In response to message posted by muncrief:

Brenda,

Thanks so much for your wonderful post. I've written to Max to let ...

-- posted by Red
3.   May 7, 2004 8:03 PM
It's wonderful to know that children your age are concerned about helping the world become a better place. It is already a better place with you in it. :) I'm glad to have read your article. You d ...

-- posted by muncrief
2.   May 7, 2004 11:42 AM
I would really like to meet Gandhi, too! He was an inspiration to many people.

This is a very well written article, and I hope you will continue to write a lot. Maybe you'll grow up to be an Editor ...

-- posted by bici
1.   May 7, 2004 10:23 AM
Max,

Congratulations. You did a terrific job. I've started a thread in Kid's Korner that is titled, He's a Winner.

Here is the link.

http://www.suite101.com/discussion.cfm/18010/1048 ...

-- posted by Red



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