Gabriel Korsmo, 8 years old, citizen of Austria & USA, residing in Bellingham, Washington, USA
* What do you hope the world will be like in ten years’ time?
In ten years, I am going to be 18 years old, and I hope there will be peace and less pollution. I hope that there will be less violence and war, because it is very bad. People are killing each other for no reason and so I hope that will stop. I hope people will stop getting cancer and other illnesses because it could kill them. When I am 18 I hope that people will pick up after themselves to stop the pollution. This includes my friends and me. I hope the world will stop getting really bad storms because they destroy buildings and people will not have their homes and people can get killed.
* How do you think it’s going to change?
I think that the world will change because I am getting older and I won’t be able to play with my friends a lot as I did in my childhood. The world will change by kids now meeting new people.
* What are you looking forward to?
I am looking forward to going to a good school, still being able to have my friends, to get a good deal on a car, and I am looking forward to meeting new people. I like to meet new people because it is interesting. I would look forward to meeting lots of people from lots of different countries.
* What are you afraid may happen during the next ten years?
I am afraid that I could get very sick, my school or house can burn down, of moving, of people breaking into houses, and I am afraid that the things that I am wishing for to stop may get even worse. Like pollution, sickness, war, or people being homeless.
* What do you hope will happen during the next ten years?
I hope I like the schools I am going to, the people I meet are very nice, and that I will be safe and OK. I hope that I can grow up to be strong, that I can get a job, and that people will stop making fun of each other because it could offend them very bad.
* What would you like to say to people in power?
I would say that war should be stopped because people are dying and we keep sending in more troops and they are basically taking other people’s lives, and their own lives away.
* What would you do if you were in power yourself?
I would put a stop to war, make sure people that don’t have homes go into homes, and that I would make sure people would stay safe and peaceful.
Sophia Korsmo, 6 years old. citizen of Austria & USA, residing in Bellingham, Washington, USA
* What do you hope the world will be like in ten years’ time?
I hope I will meet new friends at my school, and I can have times with my mom and dad more often. I would like to have a picnic outside on our front porch with my mom and dad. I hope the world will be better when I am not so young. If I could have more snuggle time than last time.
* How do you think it’s going to change?
I think it’s going to change that I will be bigger and I will be much more older and it might be different than when I was young. Maybe it will be different because there might be other kids that we meet and new friends and more kindness for each other.
* What are you looking forward to?
I don’t know. I might have a better life without falling off the bed. Or breaking my wrist, and that I will have no more fighting with people over toys or anything like when I was young.
* What are you afraid may happen during the next ten years?
I will be afraid of picking up snakes. And that towers might fall down and people will have to move to a different city or country.
* What do you hope will happen during the next ten years?
I hope I will have lots, lots, lots more fun, and lots more meeting other kids, and that I will be a lot funnier and people will make me laugh.
* What would you like to say to people in power?
I would say hello and to please make sure everyone has a good life.
* What would you do if you were in power yourself?
I don’t want to be in power. I don’t know what to do.