Note: This is the essay MSAA 6th grader Terrell Patterson wrote for the Elks Club essay contest earlier this year (see previous post here). Thank you, Terrell, for sharing your work with us and for being a credit to Wallace Middle School.
I am proud to be an American because there is a working government, soldiers who would give their lives for their country, and citizens have fair rights.
I am proud to be an American because there is a working government, soldiers who would give their lives for their country, and citizens have fair rights.
America has a very successful government. They maintain freedom, democracy, school systems, laws, and try to keep peace with other countries. Freedom is being able to be free to do what you want to do, while still obeying the law. America is a democracy, which means that citizens over the age of eighteen can vote for who runs the government. in America, the government requires that everyone under the age of sixteen must attend school. This is why America is one of the smartest countries in the world. America has written laws, which is why they are followed. If these laws were not written nobody would follow them because there would be no evidence of their existence. Also, America is always trying to keep peace with other countries
America has many had working citizens who wake up early in the morning to go to work so they can provide for their families. Also, there are many soldiers who would give their life for America. That is why they are honored with Veteran's Day.
I am also proud to be an American because there are equal rights. Women and men are treated equally as we white and African American people.
Now you know why I am proud to be an American and live in the amazing country of America.
--Terrell Patterson, MSAA 6th Grade Student in the Yeshion House
