Maddie has told me several times why crossing your fingers is actually bad luck -or rather for wishing something to NOT happen- but for the life of me I can't remember why. Anyhoo. She finished her essay for her middle school application and we turned in all the paperwork. She had the option of either writing an essay or creating an art project. Surprisingly, she chose the essay. Well, it probably shouldn't be surprising, considering her CSAP scores in writing. Nevertheless, she had a choice of 3 topics about which to write. She chose to write about a concern or interest in the world today and how she would like to affect that concern, if she could. She made a list of about five topics ranging from AIDS to war to homelessness, etc. She narrowed it down to those top three and made a list of what she knew about each. Finally she narrowed her topic to war -in Darfur, to be exact. We watched a bunch of documentaries and she checked out some websites. And she wrote her essay. What an overwhelming topic for a 10 year old. She was so involved that she couldn't eat because of the guilt she felt for having the privilege to eat. This research has only strengthened her (current) desire to go into medicine so that she can volunteer with Doctors Without Borders. Mad had quite a few fund raising ideas and is going to write letters to politicians.
Let's hope her hard work pays off for her middle school acceptance (interview will be in January). And lets see how we can help keep this initial fire burning for her political involvement. I mean, she is the kid who really wanted the "Most Likely to Change the World" t-shirt at Forever 21, but opted out of it because she didn't want people to think that she was "bragging".
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