Rachel's poem...

How Can You Make a Difference
By: Rachel Hansen

Have you ever thought, just out of the blue,
that if one person could make a difference it’s you?
And then when you start to think, your hopes slowly begin to sink,
“For what,” you say,” could I ever do to make this world a nicer place too?”
I’ll tell you for one, that you can and you should!
Here are some people that did lots of good…..

Miss Elizabeth Blackwell, wanted to do something big,
not just sit around and sew all day being lazy as a pig.
So she tried to do something different,
and it actually worked out quite nice,
‘cause she became the first woman doctor,
though she had to pay the price.

Neil Alden Armstrong, loved planes from the start,
but when he got put with spaceships he worked with all his heart.
On July 20th, 1969,
Neil and his friend Aldrin, made a record so divine.
For they had set foot, on something no one had before,
the moon, bright and round and white, made every ones hopes soar.

Mr. Fredrick Banting, was interested in a certain disease,
and started thinking about it, this thing called diabetes.
He partnered up with a fellow, (his name was Charles Best,)
and tried to find out what was wrong, and why they were so stressed.
And when he finally figured out what was going wrong,
he told the doctors, helped them out, and the patients got to move on.

Martin Luther King Jr., was tired of being told what to do,
so he planned the “Bus Boycott” and that gave people the cue.
For soon the city was full of protests, and lots of different strikes,
and with that going on Martin Luther gave some advice.
“I have a dream,” he said loud and clear “that we will all be equal!”
And that made a huge difference to lots and lots of people.

So now, dear readers, what will you do?
Will you help the world be a better place too?
You can discover an illness, you can build a machine,
you can go up to Mars, or become a queen.
What ever you do, you’ll help all the while,
and create a new and a better life style.