CELEBRATION
WHO BRUISED OUR WORLD?
LIGHTEN UP
As our children come under scrutiny for poor writing skills, we look at how
inspiring teaching can actually foster extraordinary creativity. Martilla Morrison,
Head of English at The English School in Kuwait, asked her pupils their thoughts on
the state of today’s world. Here are some of their responses…
So many problems around us Stop damaging the world Imagine an apple.
So much pain and loss I implore you to stop That apple is the planet.
The world is falling apart World industries please take note What does it look like?
Yet no-one seems to care. And make a new start. Is it ripe, rosy?
Beaming with good health?
Innocent people are losing their lives The factories today
Or is it bad?
In never ending, unnecessary wars Produce what we need
Rotten, Bruised.
Children being trained as killing machines But throw gases into the sky
Who did it?
Yet no-one seems to care. Where they gather and stay
Who bruised your apple?
Creating a blanket
Life threatening diseases persist
Who bruised our world?
Keeping everything warm.
Murder rates rise
Anyone. Everyone.
Pandora’s box has been opened again Clearing the evergreen forests
Each person mutilates and maims our world.
Yet no-one seems to care. To build for the future
Our future.
Adds to the gases before our eyes.
Can we amend?
So many problems, few solutions
Better to save trees and creatures
Or will we toss it away?
So much pain, so much loss
That balance the cycle
After all, it’s only an apple.
The world around us is falling apart
We must all care. Ice that melts cannot be replaced
Meredith Thorpe (aged 11)
Land that floods is gone forever
Reem Khattab (aged 12) The rivers we pollute
Are arrows of poison.
So let’s make a fresh start
And create a better world.
Drawings by: Sophie Hudson, Charlotte Price,
Ana Huidobro, Eliza Leng and Ophelia Winyard from
Imogen Reid (aged 12) Leaden Hall School, Salisbury
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