Dear Sir Obama: Presidential Advice

[groovedaddy]

Every day after school about 65 children come to our center to get help with their homework. The place is always vibrant, but on Nov. 5, 2008, the 20 tutors in the room essentially played zone defense to keep things in order. For the students, the election of Barack Obama had overturned their world.

The children had been interested in the election all year but few of them, truth be told, really thought Mr. Obama would be elected. When he won, their talk quickly and excitedly turned to what would happen next.

We decided to channel this energy into a writing assignment. We asked our students — not just those in San Francisco, but ones in Ann Arbor, Mich.; Boston; Chicago; Los Angeles; New York; and Seattle — to offer their thoughts, hopes and advice to Mr. Obama in handwritten letters (many of which came with drawings). Here is the result of their work; some letters have been edited for space.
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Dear Sir Obama,

These are the first 10 things you should do as president:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/16/opinion/16lettersintro.html?th&emc=th

[FSogol]

1. K & R. Good article. I especially like the future tin-foiler who wants the

data on Area 51 and the girl who feels he should sanitize his hands before touching anything in the Oval Office.

[T Wolf]

2. Was one of them related to Palin - Hawaii as another country?

[stillcool]

3. all valid requests..

but I especially like the 1st one.