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2nd Place - $50 Savings Bond
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My Friend
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by Levi Cuellar
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My friend’s name is E****. He has Tourette Syndrome, but he is still a great friend. He is originally from Pennsylvania but moved here right after he was born. He is home schooled and I am not, but we are still good friends. We have other friends, too, but we hang out together mostly.
We both like motorized stuff and airplanes. He likes to build stuff and I like to draw. He is a good drawer, too, and he can draw engines and stuff. I usually draw the outside of airplanes and other stuff and he draws the inside of it.
E**** can’t sit still for very long, he can’t stop twitching, and always makes grunting sounds, but it doesn’t bother me a bit. He is good at baseball and he runs fast, too. He has two younger sisters and we have fun annoying them because they bug us.
We both go to the same church and a camp that our church sponsors. We both stay in the same cabin with other kids who are in the same grade as us. We both like to eat but he can eat a lot more than me. At camp, he eats a lot my Aunt’s cooking because she is a cook there. E**** says he likes her cooking.
We also sing in a church group with one of his sisters and two of mine.
It is fun being his friend and I hope we can be friends forever and I hope he does, too.
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2nd Place - $50 Savings Bond
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We’re Different, Aren’t We All?
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by Kelly Witucki
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I am writing about one of my friends. She is about five years old and has a disability. Her name is J****. She was born with Tracheal Stenosis. She has had more than forty-eight surgeries.
Even though she is five years old, she is still my friend. Sometimes in friendships, differences only make friendships stronger. I know my friends respect J****. I know it means a lot to me, but I can’t imagine how J****’s mother feels when she sees people talking to and helping J****.
I also have a few other friends that have disabilities. Everyone should be treated equally. And the kids I know that have disabilities should be treated like any other person. It is not fair to those who have disabilities to be left out of a game, not to have anyone to talk to, or to have people laugh at you. I think people should ask themselves how they would feel if they were the one with the disability who was being made fun of.
I really hope when J**** grows up, that she will feel like any other person. Just knowing who she is now, I know she will.
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