Healdsburg Junior High School

8th Graders Write About the Election

Recently 8^th grade teacher Denise Rose asked her students to write about the Presidential election. She gave them each one of the following assignments: 

Why do you think some people don’t vote?

Do you know someone who doesn’t vote? What are his/her reasons?

If you could vote in this election, which candidate would you choose for president? Why?

Who do the adults in your family want for president? Why?

Here are their essays:

 

Jaime	Alyssa	Katie 1	Natalie
Jessica	Lawrence	Rubie	Alayna
Grace	Devin	Maddy	Laura
Kristina	Addison	Taylor	Lauren
Allison	Colin	Sierra	Andres
Wes	Greg	Stephanie	Emma
Katie 2	Kyla	Emily	Sheela
Katie 3	Jonathon