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It All Started Here in the Cathedral "Messages for the Future' These are alive in the opera of the 'King"
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#1 ....................... A Publication Of SchoolNet Global
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In This Issue
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In this, our first issue of the Young Futurist, we introduce you to “The Messages for the Future Project”. It has been created in SchoolNet Global by St Mary's School, Folkestone, Kent. It's inception is linked to International Education Week, 15 - 19 November 2004. At that time many of the initial messages contained in the project were displayed on huge banners in Canterbury Cathedral in Kent United Kingdom.
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Canterbury Cathedral
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School children from across the world are invited to write a message for the future. All ages are welcome and you do not have to be a member of SchoolNet Global to join.
Schools from Canada, USA, France, Spain, UK, China, and Pakistan have already contributed and many more messages are on their way!
If you would like to join the project and are not a member of SchoolNet Global, Click on Send A Message above and simply write a short paragraph telling us your hopes for the future. You could also draw a picture or take a photograph to illustrate your message and send it to us. If you are a member you will be able to create your work as a project within SchoolNet Global.
Many of the thoughtful reflections of children and others throughout the world working within and without SchoolNet Global will be published in future editions of this magazine. Hopefully, this will lead children throughout the world to become involved in other Collaborative Projects and thereby move toward global citizenship as they gain a greater awareness of the issues that confront the world and all its peoples.
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Inside The Cathedral
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I wish that there would be no such thing as racism, by Jordie, Age 10, Victoria, Canada
In the future I wish that there would be no such thing as racism and everybody could just be happy and live together where skin colour doesn't matter to anybody.
What The Future May Bring, by Jamie, 8, Ocean Pines, Maryland, USA
I think your world will be a clean, non-polluted planet. If everybody in the world helped out now, the world could become a clean planet. People could use alternatives like helium and soybeans to fuel cars. We could also use solar power for energy for our homes. We could find more ways to recycle so that we would not have to send things to the landfill.
In the future there may be robots to help people do things. If you had a robot to help you do things, it would wash the dishes, cook the meals, and clean up the house. If the robots did the work, then people would not have to work hard, and families would have more time together.
In the future doctors may have a better way to diagnose what is wrong with a patient. It could be a machine that looks like a chair. The patient would sit in the chair and wait for the buzzer, which would take two seconds. Then instantaneously, the doctor would know what was wrong. There also may be a cure for the common cold.
The thing I most wish for in the world is peace. I hope that people in the future can stay peaceful and accept each other so there will be no more wars.
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Inside The Cathedral
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No more harm to children, by Alexia, Age 9, Pibrac, France
Alexia: J'aimerai que dans le future il n'y ait plus d'imbécile; c'est à dire plus de personnes qui font du mal aux enfants, plus de voleurs, plus de guerres, plus de viol.
English translation: I would like that in the future there is no more imbeciles (sic.): I mean no one who harms / hurts children, no more thieves, no more wars, no more rapes.
People will understand how important peace is, by Julia N, Age 12, Finland
I'm 12-year old girl from Finland. I hope that, in future, there won't be so many wars as now. It's horrible when people die. There is not peace with wars. So, what will happen if people stop wars? The world will live in peace. Some day, people will understand how important peace is. For people, for nature, for all! If that will happen, the world will live in peace.
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