[Shanice] (Age 11, Living in Blackwell Forest)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a cardiologist because I know I would be able to take care of myself with that kind of job.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? It would be money because money starts trouble.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned about present, past, and past participle.

[Chris J.] (Age 14, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be an NFL football player and get my mom a house.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? The war and the killing would stop.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? A lot of stuff.

[Keonte] (Age 11, Living in Lake Carter Village)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A football player cause I am very good in it.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? The poor people would have houses.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? How to draw.

[Joseph] (Age 13, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a rapper because you make a lot of money and you get to buy big houses.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing, it would be the war.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I've learned a lot of words and read a lot of stories.

[Shalontay] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be a nurse so I can help sick people.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would bring my stepfather back.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? One thing I learned in Mr. Werner's class is when you work it can be fun.

[Terrence] (Age 13, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be an NFL player and a doctor because I love football and I'm nice in it, and I want to be a doctor because I want to help people.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change people using drugs. I would burn all of it up.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I used how to use the proper pronouns and adjectives in sentences.

[Cliftvon] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A DJ, because they can make a CD and have old and new school records. I also have good hands.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? Guns. They are not meant for this world and people get killed easy.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? Verbs.

[Lanea] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a doctor because I like to help people.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing it would be to bring my grandfather back.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to use letters and when to use them.

[Ashley] (Age 11, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a model.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? Peace.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to do a fairness project.

[Lucille] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to play in the WNBA when I grow up. I want to because I like playing basketball and because I like the Los Angeles Sparks.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing I would change the prices in stores and get what I want.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? One thing I learned in this class was the past, present and past participle.

[Amber] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a lawyer or a prosecutor because I can defend both sides of the law.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? It would be the violence in the world.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned about verbs.

[Chris R.] (Age 13, Living in Blackwell Forest)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a football player, that's what I want to do.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? My grades.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned to work faster in his class.

[Tionca] (Age 12, Living in Blackwell Forest)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a pediatrician because I like little children.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would make Al Gore president.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned all the different types of verbs.

[Corey] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a truck driver because I like 18 wheeler trucks.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change all the bad people and make the high price things lower.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned how to correct sentences and paragraphs.

[Hykeem] (Age 13, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? Business person because they make a lot of money.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? You can do everything at the age of 11.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? The one thing I have learned is self respect.

[Ian] (Age 11, Living in Skull Island)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be a director for Japanese kung fu movies because it's closer to being an anime cartoonist.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing in the world it would be that no one can die.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? One thing I have learned in Mr. Werner's class is internal conflict.

[Jonathan] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I'm still thinking, but it might be football or basketball. They are sports I enjoy playing.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? The war going between the U.S.A. and Iraq. Everyone would get along.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned that Mr. Werner is really fun and funny.

[Dion] (Age 11, Living behind Proper Falls)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A professional baseball player because I really love to play baseball.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? All of the crime in the world.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned about questions about the school and our class.

[Jovanna] (Age 13, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be a famous chef so I can travel all over the world.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change world hunger and stop violence against women, children and babies.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? In Mr. Werner's class I learned more about verbs.

[Monae] (Age 12, Living behind Proper Falls)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a poet because I like poetry.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? It would be the violence.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? One thing I learned in Mr. Werner's class was about concrete poems.

[Dena] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A doctor because I like to help people who are hurt or sick.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? No homeless people because they stay bugging me.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? When to put "s" on some words.

[Nolan] (Age 11, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? An artist because I love to draw.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? It would be for everybody to get along.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? The past participle.

[Mildred] (Age 11, Living in Hopkins Beach)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a teacher, to help children's education.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would make a lot of money for the children and make houses better.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? Internal and external conflicts.

[Alaina] (Age "11 going on 12", Living in Proper Falls)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A pediatrician, because I love babies, toddlers, and children all over the world, especially the needy.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? That there was no violence once so ever in the world, even hatred.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to increase my vocabulary and reading skills.

[Dedrick] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a comedian, because I like to make people laugh.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? To stop terrorism in the world.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned subjects and verbs with Mr. Werner.

[Cleveland] (Age 11, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a basketball player because I want to get mad money and get my own house.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change the bad guys in our world.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned how to correct sentences.

[Ashley] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a basketball player because I enjoy playing the sport.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change so it wouldn't be war. Or that everyone would get along.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned about adjectives and nouns.

[Daniel] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a basketball player because I can play real good.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change the beef between Iraq and us.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to do a rubric.

[Sheena] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City because "I like to party")
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a singer because I just have a love for it and I feel like I was born to sing.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing it would be that everybody would not be rich but be wealthy. So no negatives.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? A few things I learned from Mr. Werner were how to draw and how to be creative.

[Alease] (Age 11, Living in Blackwell Forest)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a pediatrician because I love little children.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? It would be to stop a whole lot of violence.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned about interjections and conjunctions.

[India] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a lawyer because I can debate real good.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change all the crime in the world.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned pronouns, verbs, and prinicpal parts.

[Terrell] (Age 13, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to grow up to be a good man with a nice job.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change all the killing and make people stay from doing bad things.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to do my work faster.

[Gary] (Age 13, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a football player because I like football, or a doctor.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would want everyone to be rich.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned principal parts.

[Bria] (Age 13, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a beautician. I want to be that because I have the skills and the effort.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change all the violence.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? In Mr. Werner's class this year I learned the verb tenses.

[Kanesha] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a basketball player because you can make a lot of money. And that is my favorite sport.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I could change that every Friday kids are off school. Every Friday everything in the world is free.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned singular and plural nouns (more than one). I learned how to use past, present and past participle.

[Jennifer] (Age 13, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? When I grow up I want to be a cosmotologist so I can be a hair dresser.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? My mother to buy me anything I want at that time I want it.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned the past, present and future tenses.

[Shikirra] (Age 12, Living in Blackwell Forest)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a model. I want to be a model because I think it is fun to do and it gets me a great head start. I think it is a good job for young women and girls and adults.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? If I could change one thing, it would be the violence in the world because there are too many people dead.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned cause and effect this year.

[James] (Age 12, Living in Hopkins Beach)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A lawyer because my friends tell me it's hard to win a fuss between us.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I was rich and world peace.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? Cause and effect.

[Shaquana] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a star or a singer so that I can get a lot of money and take care of my family.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would stop all violence.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? In Mr. Werner's class we learned how to correct sentences, like grammar and spelling.

[Mark] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a football player and an energy wielder. I want that because it is what I'm good at.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would make all people named Mark Bennett become energy wielders.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I have learned that Mr. Werner is very committed to what he says.

[Tyrone] (Age 12, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? Football player because that is what I like.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? The laws.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? How to write a creative poem.

[Diontay] (Age 11, Living in Kerner City)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to work at Fort Jones so I could be in the army. I would make a lot of money and have enough to buy a house.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? Criminals, because I would not have any worries on the street.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned how to do past participle, past and present.

[Wendell] (Age 12, Living in Fort Jones)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? I want to be a football player because I can play.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? I would change the president.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? I learned about verbs.

[Eric] (Age 13, Living in Hopkins Beach)
1) What do you want to be when you grow up? A football player, basketball player, artist.
2) If you could change one thing in the world, what would it be? That you could drive at the age of 11.
3) What is one thing that you have learned in Mr. Werner's class this year? That he tries to make the class fun for us.