Sunday, February 19, 2012

President's Day

http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/history
This week was President's Day. The United States has had 44 different presidents. What do you think it would be like to be President? Click here for an activity that will give you an idea of some of the things a President has to do. When you complete the activity, tell us one thing you learned about what it would be like to be the President. Here is what I learned:

Wow! The President is really busy all day with extremely important things. He has to meet lots of people and make some very hard decisions. I was glad to learn that many of them took some time for exercise. It is important that our president stay healthy!

Note to teachers: When completed, there is a nice little article that summarizes the choices the student made.

57 comments:

  1. Wow! President work really hard. I thank he has to work hard so he can stay at his job. I'm glad that presidents are healthy because if they wern't healthy they would die. I like presidents because they help us. If you was a president what would you do?

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  2. I liked being President but doing all of that WOW. I didn't know the President has all of decisions. I learned he can choose what he wants to do. I also didn't know that he has a limo. I also didn't know that some Presidents have a family.

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  3. Wow! being a President sounds really hard. I learned that the president has to be born in the U.S, they have to be at least 35 years old, and they have to be a U.S. be a U.S. citizen. I don't really get why the President has to kiss babies when they aren't even in your family. I wonder what the President does when he is sick. I wonder if there is like a substitute President.

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  4. Wow being a president is rilly hard.I learnd that you have to be 35 years old. Also learnd that they work relly relly haed. I wander if they are bize evey seced of the day. Being a president mased be relly haerd. I never want to be one.

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  5. MAN! It is hard to be a president. I haft to read all these questions and answer them. Brock Obama must have a hard life meeting with all those people. I wounder who the next president will be?

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  6. Wow,being a President is hard work. It would be neat to meet a president. Every four years, there is a chance for a new president. The White House is a really cool place. They deserve alot of respect for all their hard work.

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  7. WOW the president does a lot of work. I would not be the president. It would be too much work. I would hurt my bran. I would be the vice president.

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  8. Wwwow the president has a lot to do. I wouldn't want to be the president. I would have things to do all the time. My brain would explod! But I think it would be nice to live in the White House.

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  9. I think being the President would be really fun. You would be able to do whatever you want. Everyone would have to do what you say. You would make the rules that everyone follows. That's why i would like to be the President.

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  10. I learned the presidents have a lot of work. I would not like to be president. I would not like it because it will be a lot of work.I also would not like to get up early.I also would not like to travel around the world.

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  11. I think Presidents have alot of work to do. I Think I could ever do a job like them. You will have to take care of alot of people. I think it would be neat to travel the world. I would like to see different countries.

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  12. beinging a presidents is not hard because it like a job .and you see people all around the states. and i think it really fun being that person i wish i would a president some day.

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  13. I would like to be a preseident it looks fun but it would be hard.The things are hard to do because it is a lot and you have to think hard. And you get to see other preseidents. That is a lot of preseidents to see and 44. It would be hard doing the stuff that thay do and how many stuff thay do that is so so so cool!

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  14. I would like to become president because you don't just have to do hard stuff but you can do fun stuff as well. One thing I learned was there was 44 presidents. another thing I learned was the president has his own pool. That's pretty cool! That's what I learned about the president.

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  15. Do you want to become a president? I don't really want to become a president. But, I'm gesseing it will be fun. There are 44 presidents. Broc Obama is our president now.

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    1. I would have to do hard work but I'm ok with that.

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  16. I think that being a president is hard. Because, you make up the rules of that state I think. And you never know if your gonna make a bad choice or not. So, I wouldn't like to be one. It's to difficult! If I was ever voted for president I would bring my bestfriend with me. I only know that there are 44 presidents and that's it. I don't know a lot of things about presidents.

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    1. I also learned that it's very important that presidents are healthy.

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  17. I learned that it is hard to be a president. I wonder if it would be hard to remember the speech? I would be so sleepy at the end of the day. I wonder how the president feels at the end of the day. Would you want to be a president.

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  18. WOW, that is a lot of money to go up in the hundred thousands. If I added $400,000 a Year, $20,000 dollars a year for Entertaining+ $100,000 =$520,000. That is a lot of money for a kid. Do you have that much money because I don't.

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  19. I would like to be a presadent. It is reel hard to be a presadent. You have to make a lot of disishin's. But you get a lot of money. But I am not going to be a presadent.

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    1. That's cool! I am going to be a priesedent of the united states of america so i can help my family with food and money.So america are you ready for the next preisedent kasai ashantee!

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    2. thats cool! i will be preisedent of usa when i grow up. and i will help my family with food and money!

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  20. WoW that is a lot of money. I wish I was president . one of the thing I learned was 44 president. Our president now is Barack Obama.

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  21. Being president would be an absolutely amazing experience. I would love to meet people from all over the world and help make decisions that hopefully help millions of Americans. That would be the most rewarding part about being the president. I would also like to not have to worry about doing the laundry, cooking dinner, or scrubbing toilets...no housework would be a perk. However, I do not think I could do this job for an extended period of time. I would become very stressed out knowing that mistakes I make along the way could hurt people, unintentionally. For example, if I made the decision to go to war, I would be putting thousands of troops in harms way. I don't think I would be able to sleep at night.

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  22. I can't imagine getting to do all of this neat stuff that I don't even know a president could do during his spare time. But on the other hand there is a lot of stuff to be done in your whole time of being president. The thing I know best is there are no chores for you and I would absolutely love that. But most of your time is spent working and signing for a really really long amount of time! Plus a lot of people in your building are asking you to come somewhere when your all ready busy doing something else with a different person like with the gardener!

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  23. I learned that if a president wanted to order a pizza his agent would have to order it with a private name private number phone and then his agent would have to pick it up. To be president it would be very stressful. All through out the day you would have to go to meetings and go to very top secret things in the pentegon. It would be hard. If you made some decisions other people might not agree and get upset and some decisions can be hurtful like if I decide a war is going to happen. Or if I decide to make gas prices more that $6.00 a gallon. That would be wasting people's money. Some good thing are that you do not have to do chores.All chore's are done for you. Also some people will be fans of you.

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  24. I knew that presidents have to work ALOT but I did not know that presidents have so many pets like president George H.W. had 5 dogs.But if I was president I would go swimming in the pool in the White House and I would fly a jet to Germany to see what Germany looks like.And I do not want to be the President because you have deal with all the bills and ALOT of work witch I do not want to deal with.

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  25. I can't imagine that I would do all sort's of new stuff. Like having an interview done, going anywhere I really want, meeting queens and princesses, meeting kings and princes, that would be totally awesome! But, I can't imagine leaving my family and not seeing them much. I don't really like to ride plane's, either. So being a president is not really my thing. I will never ever in my hole entire life will run for president.

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  26. I can't imagine being the president! But the bad thing about being the president because all the mistakes I would make the whole country would be in BIG trouble. Another bad thing about being the president is that you might be thinking one thing and someone else might be thinking another thing and then they will think that I'm a bad president. So if I had to choose to be the president and I chose yes and then I won the election and then became the president of the United States I would be sort of disappointed that I won and made the other canidents mad at me. So I would actually rather not be the president because I would just be traveling around the world not being able to see my family and when I do get to I will be signing papers and pretty much doing boring stuff all day. So I would rather not be the president but I would actually rather be the president's son because I think that it would be the awesomest thing ever to live in the national awesome White House!

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  27. Wow. There is no way I would ever become the president. I'm the kind of person who hates to work. I like to relax ALL day! When you're the president, you have to go to all these conferences knowing that the whole world could come out in a war if you say something a little wrong. Sometimes you can have a little fun with your family and have lunch in the gardens though. I would like to be the president if it was easier and the fate of a whole country wasn't in my hands. It would be awesome to be president if you could spend even a tiny bit of free time in the TV room watching TV on a flat screen. But you know, you wouldn't be able to spend a lot of time being with your family and friends. Plus, you would have to work all night so when would you go to sleep? I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing I could destroy my country. When I did something wrong, it actually mattered! But if I did something good, everybody would cheer for me and be happy. So there are perks and bad things. I would be eager to just live in the white house, though!

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  28. I learned that the President is a very busy person! I really like to travel and I learned that the President has to travel a lot throughout the year. One thing I learned about being President that would be very hard for me is all of the decision making. Every one of the President's decisions could affect millions of people! I have a hard time just deciding what cereal I am going to have for breakfast! I also learned that Presidents take the time to exercise. I know that is important for everyone!

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  29. I learned that to be President you would have to kiss babies and shake hands. I also know that it would be very stressful because of all the paper work you would have to do.

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  30. If I were to be President of the United States, I would be sure to have a king size bed that I would share with my pet dog. I also host many parties and invite important people from all over the world. I would also like to have my picture put on newly made quarters. I would only be president for four years and then I would retire.

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  31. If I were president for a day I would make sure I had a back yard party. I would ride in a limo to the candy store. I would have pizza. And go to a rock party . And buy every video game I can get my hands on.

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  32. If I were president for a day I would take 1 million dollars from the bank for ME! I also would have a king size bed just for me.

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  33. If I were the President for a day I would take my cat for a walk just like it said. I would also take a swim and I would have the best pool party EVER! But if I had a pool party I would probably want a pizza, but if I tried to order one I be able to just order a pizza, I would probably have to send one of my security guards to go and get it, because if I tried to get it I bet someone would adult-nap me. What would you do if you were President for a day?

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  34. If I were president I would help the poor and donate money to the hospital. I would retire in four years though.

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  35. I know if you are the President you can tell anybody what you want them to do or do for you I know that when someone is bullying tell them to stop if they do not stop tell them they need to come and see me i will take care of them i will tell them to stop bullying.

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  36. I would love to be president because I can do anything. I could be a millionaire. I can even play mini golf. I will help every person in medical care.

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  37. The president can take a jog around the white house track. Make phone calls also to like other presidents.

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  38. If I were president I would make a hotel for home les people.I would make shure they had food for them and water. And make shure they had comforble bed!

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  39. Well,I would add in a 29 hole golf cours. I would build a secret room .

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  40. If I was the president I would defiantly take my dogs for a walk in the garden. All though the test took a while where should I go and all that stuff that is a lot of work is what I think. I have all ways thought that being president is a lot of work that is one part I would not like. I know that if I was president I can not stand the pressure of knowing that the choices I make can hurt a lot of people.

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  41. If I were the president I would love to go to the bowling alley. I would meet the Queen of England. And after a long day of hard work I would go to bed.

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  42. If i was president i wold put my face on the dollar. I wold remake the white house and make it bigger. Next I would make a big picter of me.

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  43. I learned that the president is a very busy man because he has to make phone calls. And I also learned that he has to do lots of papers.

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  44. If i were president i would go bowling at night because it would be fun to have fun at the end of the day from all that work.

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  45. If I where president I would swim every day and meet the qween of england that would be awsome!

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  46. If I was a president I would get pizza and share It with my helpers and ice cream. and get a dog for the Whit House and it's name will be fi fi.

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  47. If i were president i think i would be lazy. I would be lazy because you would not have to do as many things my self and i would be rich and i would be able to live in the white house for a couple years. And thats why i would be a lazy president.

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  48. If I was president I would be exausted. From all the different things I would need to do.

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  49. I would not like to de a President because I would have to do a lot of papers to do. Also I would have no time to have fun. I would not have time to wach T.V.

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  50. If I were president I would be agood one I would tell evey one to be good or they will be band from the city.

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  51. I think it would be hard as the presadent of the United Statesbecause you have to fill out stacks of papers and people taking pictures of me and following me. You would make all the big hard dicicins. Thats why I think it would be hard to be the presedent of the U.S.A.

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  52. Pereseds day is awsome!

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