Response Essay-Adora Svitak

     Can adults learn from children? Many people question that. Adora Svitak, a 12 year old girl knew the answer. She believed that children can teach adults. Ages are just numbers! I think that adults have something to learn from kids.
     First of all, kids do not think about limitations. They have dreams. Dreams to end hunger, a dream to meet E.T in space. However, most adults do not. For example, they think when all food is free, there are many harms to the society. They keep thinking about what happened in the past, and lose their courage or motivation. Kids dream unlimitedly, and strive to achieve their dreams. In another example, when adults were doing glass art, they thought about how hard it would be to make certain designs, so their thoughts were not always creative and unique. But kids do not think about that. They have good ideas.
     Furthermore, adults should not think about someone beforehand according to his or her age. As I said before, age is just a number. When kids want to do something, adults say 'You are too young'. Adora Svitak's parents were different. When Adora was six, they let her publish a book. They read about Artistotle or 'The pioneer germ fighters' instead of 'the wheels on the bus go round and round'. The low expectation make kids sink into them. They need to believe kids more and do not think lowly about them.
     In conclusion, I believe that adults have something to learn from kids. Kids do not think about limitations, and they are not simple and little as adults believe. Adora Svitak made me think again; are adults always right? Especially in Korea, kids respect what adults tell them very much. But it is our turn to educate!

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