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I'm very concerned about reports that we may be going to
war with Iraq and possibly other countries in the future.
I think this is very, very wrong. War is never a good thing
because we hurt innocent people when we drop bombs on them.
We live in a country where we have so much and we should
help people in other countries instead of killing them. Last
week, for my 17th birthday, my parents bought me a really
awesome 1998 Saturn S-series™. It's the greatest thing
I've ever owned, but lately I couldn't help feeling a little
guilty that some kids around the world will never be able
to afford shiny, slightly used Saturns like me and my best
friend Haley, who happened to get one last year for her sweet
sixteen.
The truth is that I love riding around in my Saturn and being
carefree like a teenager should be, unlike those poor kids
in the Middle East who don't have new cars and have to worry
about getting shot when they ride camels or whatever they
ride over there.
All this really hit home yesterday in Miss Fineberg's physics
class, when I told this foreign girl that my Saturn was super
fast and fitted with standard features like bucket seats,
head-curtain airbags, anti-lock brakes, alloy wheels, and
a really great am/fm radio with CD player, and she got resentful
because American kids have so much money and get nice presents.
She also said that in many countries, they don't even have
Saturn dealerships because of unfair trade sanctions put in
place by an overzealous Republican-controlled White House
a long time ago.
I guess I'm glad I didn't also tell her that my Saturn consists
of a 135 horsepower, 2.2 liter, 4 cylinder engine that uses
aluminum components formed by a special lost-foam casting
process™ which results in greater precision and less
wear or tear on parts. I think knowing that would have gotten
her really upset!
In conclusion, I would like to see peace throughout the entire
world and for America to stop being totally in everyone's
face and telling everyone what to do.
Now I'm going to try and enjoy my youth before we destroy
the world with our bombs. Please don't mess it up for the
future of this country.
Thank you,
Suzy Gibbons, Woodland High School
P.S. Saturn Rules!
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