Pollution makes animals and plants sick, as NOAA says, “Spilled oil can harm living things because its chemical constituents are poisonous. This can affect organisms both from internal exposure to oil through ingestion or inhalation and from external exposure through skin and eye irritation. Oil can also smother some small species of fish or invertebrates and coat feathers and fur, reducing birds' and mammals' ability to maintain their body temperatures. The oil harms the environment not just because of itself, but also because of the operations we have to do to cleanup.”  This means that all the oil you produce, the toxic materials being made, all the constant gasoline, and all the trees being cut makes animals sick, homeless, and makes the cubs orphans!, So, if you see anything that could make animals sick, such as, oil, plastic, or anything lying around that could cause damage, do something about it!

Air pollution is causing acid rain and smog because, as what KidzSearch and Ducksters, say, “Air pollution has been shown to have a bad impact on forests, freshwater and soil. It kills insect and aquatic life-forms as well as causes damage to buildings and having impacts on human health. Acid rain poisons rivers and lakes. Fish and other animals cannot live in acid water. It is also bad for buildings as the acid damages calcium carbonate stone. The acid makes it erode away. Many of the world's oldest and most famous buildings and monuments are in danger of breaking down because of acid rain. The Mississippi River carries around 1.5 million tons of pollution into the Gulf of Mexico each year, spreading the oil to the Atlantic. Sewage can also cause major problems in rivers. Bacteria in the water will use oxygen to break down the sewage. If there is too much sewage, the bacteria could use up so much oxygen that there won't be enough left for the fish, disturbing the entire food chain, thus endangering many, many, animals.” That’s saying that the smoke being produced from factories, and the cars that emit too much pollution, they all cause smog. If any creature breathes that air, it would be equivalent to smoking one cigarette. The lungs can’t handle that and then the animal dies. The next time, try not to use as much gas or oil, and you’ll help out your planet. 

Clean water is becoming dirty and unhealthy for all living things. “Water pollution kills. In fact, it caused 1.8 million deaths in 2015, according to a study published in The Lancet. Contaminated water can also make you ill. Every year, unsafe water sickens about 1 billion people. And low-income communities are disproportionately at risk because their homes are often closest to the most polluting industries. Waterborne pathogens, in the form of disease-causing bacteria and viruses from human and animal waste, are a major cause of illness from contaminated drinking water. Diseases spread by unsafe water include cholera, giardia, and typhoid. Even in wealthy nations, accidental or illegal releases from sewage treatment facilities, as well as runoff from farms and urban areas, contribute harmful pathogens to waterways. Thousands of people across the United States are sickened every year by Legionnaires’ disease.” According to NRDC. Every time you, or anyone else pour a soda or any artificial liquids into the water, the plastic, oil, the boats that burn oil. and lead that leak into the rivers and then into the ocean causes sea creatures to be sick, and then whatever eats them also gets sick, spreading the sickness to all creatures. Think about your planet before doing something that might pollute the water, it would kill hundreds of animals. The clean water is your responsibility, the clean water is controlled by humans, so keep it clean! 

In conclusion, litter is causing pollution and should be taken more seriously. Pollution is making animals and plants sick, air pollution is causing acid rain, and clean water is becoming dirty water for animals to drink. To help, we can pick up any garbage that we see, use less gasoline to help keep the air clean, and stop using water pollutants. If you see that plastic bag, or someone kept their car running on, or even if you see harmful things in the water, remember to clean it up, or stop it because all life, and the earth will benefit from what you did. We can all do our parts in the world, so the not just us, but the Earth and the animals stays clean and healthy. 

As 1911-2004 president Ronald Reagan states, “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it’s common sense.”. I could not have said it better myself. We, as humans who rely on the Earth to survive, should know better than to pollute the planet. I love nature, and how simply beautiful it can be, so I believe that we need to stop pollution to save our planet. Global warming has been working away at the Earth for a while now, and humans and animals are getting sick and even dying because of it. We need to take responsibility for our actions and at least try to reverse the effects pollution has had on our planet. 

We need to stop polluting our planet because it causes global warming. “Climate change has had a negative effect on our planet over the years, and things are getting worse by the minute” says NASA. Literally, every minute, factories and cars are polluting the air and contributing to global warming. The Union of Concerned Scientists informs us that “Every one of the past 40 years has been warmer than the 20th century average. 2016 was the hottest year on record. The 12 warmest years on record have all occurred since 1998.”. The years are only getting hotter because of all the carbon dioxide we are releasing into the atmosphere. We have to stop soon, or there will be serious consequences. “Throughout its long history, Earth has warmed and cooled time and again. Climate has changed when the planet received more or less sunlight due to subtle shifts in its orbit, as the atmosphere or surface changed, or when the Sun’s energy varied. But in the past century, another force has started to influence Earth’s climate: humanity.”  NASA Earth Observatory has also been researching global warming and the greenhouse effect  This means that it may be a bit too late to completely stop global warming, but we can do stuff to prevent the situation from worsening. While it may seem like we have plenty of time, if we do not act fast, global warming will take over our planet. 

Global warming is already bad, but what would you say if I told you people are dying because of it? Many people can, and already have, gotten sick and died because of pollution. Soil pollution destroys crops, so many people can starve to death. Children with, or without, breathing problems can get sick because the air they breathe is unhealthy. The American Heart Association tells us that “Pollution can come from traffic, factories, power generation, wildfires or even cooking with a wood stove. One of the most common indoor sources is smoking — a danger to the person lighting up and to those nearby.”

Though anyone can be exposed, people who live near road intersections or factories or who direct traffic are particularly at risk, Dr. Luepker said.

“Breathing in this stuff all the time, they seem to have increased problems,” he said.

Many factors contribute to heart disease, including your genes. But Dr. Luepker said growing medical evidence links air pollution and heart disease.”. Heart disease has been getting worse due to air pollution, so we have to put a stop to it. “Pollution is one of the biggest global killers, affecting over 100 million people. That’s comparable to global diseases like malaria and HIV.” says DoSomething.org 100 million people! This means that pollution has already murdered over 100 million people, and if we keep it up even more people will die.  Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have come out with some sobering new data on air pollution’s impact on Americans’ health.The group tracked ground-level emissions from sources such as industrial smokestacks, vehicle tailpipes, marine and rail operations, and commercial and residential heating throughout the United States, and found that such air pollution causes about 200,000 early deaths each year. Emissions from road transportation are the most significant contributor, causing 53,000 premature deaths, followed closely by power generation, with 52,000.”. 53,000 premature deaths! This shows that billions of people of all ages everywhere are dying because of pollution, and we have to do something about it now! If we don’t stop polluting our planet soon, more lives will be lost. 

So, we’ve discussed human’s dying, but what about animals? Yup! Animals are also dying because of pollution. “Use of pesticides and fertilizers on farms has increased by 26-fold over the past 50 years, fueling increases in crop production globally. But there have been serious environmental consequences. Indiscriminate pesticide and fertilizer application may pollute nearby land and water, and chemicals may wash into nearby streams, waterways and groundwater when it rains. Pesticides can kill non-target organisms, including beneficial insects, soil bacteria and fish. Fertilizers are not directly toxic, but their presence can alter the nutrient system in freshwater and marine areas. This alteration can result in an explosive growth of algae due to excess nutrients. As a result, the water is depleted of dissolved oxygen, and fish and other aquatic life may be killed.” says WWF. Animals, like us and the planet itself, are being affected by pollution negatively. But while Mother Nature and the human race have contributed to pollution, animals are completely innocent.  

After ingesting microplastics, organizations have come to the conclusion that seals, and other animals, may suffer for months or years before they die.

In 2014, an estimated 15 to 51 trillion microplastic particles were floating in the world’s oceans, weighing between 93,000 and 236,000 tonnes. If we keep it up, in the next 40-50 years, our ocean could be filled to the brim with plastic and other garbage. 

We have to stop pollution to save our planet. Our planet and everything on it is being affected by pollution in a negative way. When I used to live in Woodbridge, there was a park near my house. I used to go there everyday when I was little. But one day I went there and the park was covered in litter. It was disgusting! My friends and I cleaned up a little, but there was so much trash that we barely made a difference. Remember these things the next time you or someone else pollutes the Earth. If we all work together, it may not be too late. 

As you can see, we need to stop pollution to save our planet. Global warming, and people and animals dying are only a few of the negative effects pollution has on our planet. We have to take responsibility for what the human race has done. “Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge; it’s common sense.” Ronald Reagan said. Let us join hands and fix the effects humankind has had on our planet, and let’s do it together. 

By: Zain Mansuri

Didn't you go to school, didn't your best friend go to school, shouldn't everybody go to school? Everybody should have a fair education just like you did. Education can be expensive for those who can't afford it. More people can be literate in the world. Think about it, if people are not educated they can’t succeed in their life and there won't be many educated people in the world.

 Education is too expensive for many people around the world, and the parents can’t educate their kids well because they’re too poor or can’t find a school. On the website The Atlantic it states “Some colleges cost more than 30 thousand dollars a year.”. It's sad because those who can't afford it can't go to college and learn or get a degree but some colleges are trying to find those who can't afford college and they make it cheap “to about 2,500 per year” the website The Atlantic says it's not free but some its something. They need to be successful but they are not getting the education they need. 

 More people can become illiterate if they don't get good education. On the website UNHCR it says “of the 19.9 million refugees under UNHCR care, 7.4 million are of school age. 4 million unable to attend school and are illiterate.” They have fled their country to have a better life but they have become illiterate The refugees  came from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, etc. They are living a harder life then we are. There are children that don't know where their parents are or if they are alive. Rohingya children have run away from war and are going to school for the first time and getting the education they need. We can volunteer at refugee camps and tutor kids and students. 

 Everybody should have a fair education so we can all become smart. Education is too expensive for those who can't afford it. More people are becoming illiterate in the world. Didn't you go to school, didn't your best friend go to school, shouldn't everybody go to school?  I like school and i think we should give everybody a chance. If you want to make the world a better place try donating, volunteering maybe give back.

    How would you feel if you didn’t have the choice to choose a good  job just because you had a bad education? That’s a problem some people might face. And it isn’t just a small group either, about 42% percent of schools have to deal with problems like these. 42% is way too many schools to be poor in the US, if you ask me. I know it would be alarming for me, and I bet it would be for you too. Education should be fixed and improved for poor schools.  Some problems that poor schools could face if the government doesn’t give them enough money is that they won’t be able to teach properly because they need money for supplies, class parties, and even more stuff. Another major problem that schools could face is poor or no AC (Air Conditioning). Read more to find out exactly how these problems could become major issues. And maybe even you could help out these schools by donating.

                   One way that education  should be fixed in some places is by the government donating to schools without enough money to pay for supplies, teachers, and other important stuff. Here’s why. For example imagine  if a class doesn’t have enough paper or pencils then the kids won't be able to write down answers to questions. Plus they won't be able to take tests, because there’s no test to take. And if they take turns writing on the board then if all the markers dry out, they might not get more. Which means kids and teachers might have to teach by going out into the grass and counting each piece of grass. Here’s a real life example of a poor school: “On a Friday morning in Chicago, Jerod Franklin, 15 looks at his hands as he thinks of what to type” States the Hechinger Report (As some schools plunge into technology, poor schools are left behind) The Bronzeville Scholastic Institute ninth-graders were working on writing assignments in the school’s homework lab, who had less than 25 computers to use among the thousands of students from 3 different schools in the south side of the DuSable High school campus. “The amount of computers is absurd.” explained English teacher Andrew Flaherty. So what do you think should happen now, to help such schools? Maybe perhaps the government can help with that. And you can too.

             Imagine that it’s spring, its 90 degrees outside, your sweating, and so you enter your school for some cold air only to find out that your schools has none. That's a problem that a lot of people face in poor schools. And its not a just a few schools that are too poor to afford air conditioning. Because according to Harvard Graduate Joshua Goodman (As the temperature rises test scores Drop) 42% of schools in the US have either scarce or no air conditioning. 42%!!! That's almost half! Researchers found that weather played a major role from one test to the next. A student's performance dropped by nearly 1 percent of a year's worth of learning for every 1 degree  hotter the outside temperature was during the school year before a student took the test. And when the temprature goes above 70 degrees that's when kids start to feel uncomfortable. Its enough to make you wonder about what the government does with its money. But I don't blame just the government. Schools can hold fundraisers you know. And people can donate.

      Now do you think that education should be improved and fixed for some schools? Imagine it being you having to deal with no supplies and air conditioning. This is why the government should really give some of its money to help such poor schools. And schools can also try different creative ways of earning money for supplies and air conditioning. Like Lemonade stands.  I really hope that in the future if I ever walk into previously poor schools that I see piles of supplies and tons of air conditioning. And I also hope that people know that if they don’t donate, its not just a small group of people in the US who won’t have proper schooling, its 42%.

    

480,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use.¨ This means that tons of people are in trouble from smoking and got seriously killed, or died from illnesses caused by smoking. Smoking is bad for people and the environment. These are my reasons why smoking is bad. Smoking can cause lung cancer, smoking It is a waste of money, and smoking makes pollution. At the end of this essay I will prove that smoking is bad and should be treated more seriously.

My first reason is smoking can cause lung cancer. Did you know that about one in fifteen people get cancer from smoking? This can cause more and more people to smoke That's not all about half the deaths from twelve combined, cancers are caused by smoking. Mayo clinic states, “People who smoke have the greatest risk of lung cancer.” This means cancer can also carry onto the child if the father or mother if they had cancer, or if they smoked. This can cause cancer to multiply and more and more people will get cancer. This is one thing smoking can do to people.

My second reason is that smoking is a waste of money. The 

reason cigarettes are addictive because they have a drug called nicotine which makes smoking addictive, then you want to spend more money. NIDA for teens said that, “Let’s say you smoke one pack a week at the average price of $5.50 per pack that’s $22 a month and $264 a year.” Over I think I could buy something better to spend $264 dollars. Buying cigarettes will just make buy more because off nicotine. You also need to pay medical bills if you get a disease or cancer so that's even more money wasted. Smoking just steals all your money.

My third and final reason is that smoking makes pollution.  Berkeley 

Earth says, “When we published our scientific paper on air pollution in China in August 20151, we were surprised by the attention we got for a quick comparison we made comparing air pollution on a particularly bad day in Beijing to smoking 1.5 cigarettes every hour.” TFL/Tobacco free life states, “as if that wasn’t enough, every year researchers find more and more evidence that smoking, and the tobacco industry in general, are harming the planet we live on, causing irreparable damage to ecosystems, polluting water, land, and air and pushing Earth towards a global cataclysm.” This means smoking doesn't just cause air pollution, it can also cause water and land pollution when people just throw their cigarettes on the ground and same thing with throwing the tobacco-filled cigarettes in landfills. This causes more pollution, since cigarettes are non-recyclable.

Smoking is bad because smoking can cause disease and cancer, smoking It is a huge waste of money, and smoking creates pollution. Smoking is bad for people and the environment, smoking is bad because smoking can cause disease and cancer, smoking is a huge waste of money, and smoking creates pollution. American Cancer Society states, “Each year more than 480,000 people in the United States die from illnesses related to tobacco use.” I hope this proved that people would stop smoking so the environment and people can live healthier together. strong conclusion

Vandalism isn’t always appropriate because people who do vandalism put whatever they want and wherever they choose. In the article Project for public spaces it states,”Social relationships within a park space, control of that space by particular groups, and how the space is used all have a significant influence on park use and perceptions of safety.” This means that vandalism is taking over hangout spots because in certain places you go there can possibly be a whole ton of vandalism there. In this article it tells you about a park being a scary place for people because it might make people scared of the person who is doing the vandalism. Some people who do vandalism know what happens when you do it, and that can make the person really scary because they don’t really care about the consequences. Next, in kiddle, the article Graffiti for kids it states,”Graffiti has been found in very old cities. For example, in the Roman Empire, people wrote messages and drew caricatures on walls. Graffiti is also found in many places. Some of people do murals of graffiti rather than just writing one mark in a location. It was used for good instead of vandalism. Probably the simplest graffiti is when a person cuts (or carves) the name of a lover on a tree with a knife.” This proves that people who don’t feel like buying spray paint they look for household items to use for vandalism. For example in the text it stated that people use a knife to carve into trees and do whatever they want to do and people just do whatever they want with their vandalism. This is just one of the many reasons why vandalism isn’t always appropriate.

Vandalism sometimes is permanent and when it’s permanent it can damage a lot things. In the article Toronto Summit Protests it states,” Protests mainly consisted of peaceful demonstrations and rallies but also took form of a riot as a group of protesters using black bloc tactics caused vandalism to several businesses in Downtown Toronto.” This shows that Some people protest for vandalism and for vandalism to be banned and some people want it to stay. For example on halloween some people egg houses just to make halloween more fun but, it makes the owner have to clean all off. If there were people in my neighborhood who went around vandalising everything, that wouldn’t really make me to happy about where I am living because then all I would see is vandalism. Next, in the article Toronto Summit Protests in the text it states that,” More than 20,000 police, military, and security personnel were involved in policing the protests, which at its largest numbered 10,000 protesters. While there were no deaths, 97 officers and 39 arrestees were injured, and at least 40 shops were vandalised, constituting at least C$750,000 worth of damage.” This explains vandalism is ruining some people’s lives because half of the people in this world agree with vandalism being around and the other half hate vandalism. In the end Vandalism has people angry and the other half happy, people need to know that vandalism isn’t always a good thing.

In conclusion vandalism harms the earth and should be taken more seriously and just remember that vandalism isn’t always appropriate and Vandalism could be permanent. I personally think people in this world shouldn’t be able to vandalise things that shouldn’t be vandalise and I think that vandalism is art but just isn’t cool to do to other peoples stuff. Do you think Vandalism should be banned from earth? Vandalism isn’t something you do just to be cool because vandalism makes people mad and it could possibly get you in huge trouble.