SPONSORED BY:

‘You Opened A Door’

 

Email To A Friend

Please fill in the following information and we'll email this link.

Separate multiple addresses with commas

SPONSORED BY
 

I think your changes will be the greatest thing that happened in the USA. That's my opinion because change is the greatest thing in the world! I'm still wondering what changes you're going to make.

I really, really hope you and your family stay safe. I hope you and your family have a really fun and exciting life in the White House. I hope your children have a great educational experience at their new school too.

Sincerely,
Jeremy Miranda
Grade 4

Dear President Obama,
Hi my name is Reuben Petrus and I go to school at A.L.L. P.S. 208 Elementary School. I think it is a great school. Also, I am happy that we get all of the opportunities that we get. I think that all of the opportunities that we have recieved would hardly match up to you coming to our school and in our class.

When I found out you were President of the United States of America, I was so enthusiastic! When I was informed I was at my mom's house. I was so happy I jumped off the walls and off my bed. I felt like I drank twenty cans of Pepsi and Coke in one gulp. I wonder if you will ever help us have a better school.

I can tell that you will have the eye of the tiger when you are officially President. Mr. President, you have to be on the ball when you make changes for the greater good. I think you can do this with ease if you focus on your task and do the best you can. I realize that you have the potential to be the best president ever.

Your election has changed my hopes and dreams because when you were elected that made me think that a black man can do anything if he believes. Also, that tells me that you have raised the bar for Americans all around the United States of America. I have a dream that you will help all the poor people on the street, on the train and in the train station. Actually, all around the United States.

Good Luck,
Reuben Petrus
Grade 5

Dear President Obama,
It is an honor to have you as President; you are an inspiration to me. I know you will make a good President. You could just imagine me and my family's faces when we found out you were elected president, I was astonished and excited! You're very important to our world and my community. You taught me I can be anything I want.

President Obama, how does it feel to be President of the United States? You have the ability and power to change the world. I can't wait to see all your changes and good deeds. Hopefully they will make all the hate and anger go away throughout our nation.

Here are a few things I was hoping you would address. There should be no pollution. Just imagine what it will be like to grow up in a clean world, filled with fresh air. Also, President Obama, I recommend that you lower prices of things in stores to less. My life will change with you as president because I won't have to live with pollution, and with hate, I will be happy when you make your changes.

Label

Newsweek Top Stories
Visions of a Decade
Visions of a Decade

From 2000-2009, one photo per month.

The Failure of Copenhagen
The Failure of Copenhagen

Why there could be a silver lining in a failed climate treaty.

Sex Scandals of the 2000s
Sex Scandals of the 2000s

From John Edwards to Mark Sanford, the decade's memorable affairs.

118 Days in Hell
118 Days in Hell

A NEWSWEEK journalist recounts his captivity in Iran.

Discuss

Sponsored by

Member Comments

  • Posted By: unapolagetic american @ 02/08/2009 3:46:22 AM

    Dear Mr President,

    Please expand welfare, medicaid, and every other program you can think of so we don't have to work so hard when we grow up. Oh and thanks for shutting down that awful prison down south. We are so much safer letting the terrorists go back to their home countries to get back to business as usual.



  • Posted By: ben.whitechocolate1 @ 01/28/2009 2:56:09 PM

    Thank you so much for these kind words to Barack Obama. He is himself a great man of letters. By sending him these letters, we do him tribute. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream and as one student writes, it has come true. Whether this statement is true or not, it is a touching sentiment and it is right that we compare these two great men, while acknowledging that the latter still has yet to prove himself in office. But he has certainly done a good deal in the right direction.

  • Posted By: ben.whitechocolate1 @ 01/28/2009 2:47:39 PM

    Aw, these are really cute. Thank you!

Reply

Report Abuse

Enter comments if any for reporting abuse

My Take

Customize the NEWSWEEK homepage
to feature your favorite columnists.

Customize Now