KH+Hi+From+Sidra!

Hey there Whitwell!

My name is Sidra and I'm in the 8th grade. My birthday is on O c t o b e r 7 t h, which makes me 13 years young. I like to laugh, read , swim, b a k e and __hang out with my friends__. My favourite colour's are blue and green. I live in the city of Guelph and though it is cold at the moment, it's a wonderful city to live in.

At our school, our English teacher //__** Mrs.Mason **__// brought in the video that was about the paperclip project that your school was working on. When I watched it, I was //amazed// at how students my age made such a __BIG DIFFERENCE__ and how the students and teachers stuck to their goal of reaching 6 million paperclips. This small action turned into something huge and made a big difference. The video made me think about how people are using stereotypes, racism, scapegoating and prejudice in our society. People think that Canadians constantly say : "EH!", ride polar bears (Which are **vicious**) instead of cars, live in igloos and have snow all year around. We do say EH! once in a while, and we do have snow for 3-4 months of the year, the rest is false.

Well... it's been nice getting to virtually meet you! Hope to see you next week via web-chat, bye guys!

= - Sidra =