Helping kids go from ‘You can’t’ to ‘You will’
IT’S A FUN JOB THAT ENTAILS FREE ENTRY TO ALL WATER PARKS
■ Grade 8, Dubai College ■ Grade 8, Cambridge international School (CIS)
Yes, because Nasa scientists in 2018 stated that earth may have already been visited by aliens. Presently, my belief in aliens is fuelled by lack of evidence, not their presence, and that’s what scientists are working to prove.
Ajob cannot be more amazing than paying you for having fun. At the top of the list is becoming a water slide tester. Yes, you read that right. This job is real and this opportunity rare. In fact, it may be the single most enviable job you’ll ever hold. In my opinion, water slide tester is the best profession available right now because who doesn’t love water parks and above all, water slides?
Safety on water slides is important. That’s where the water slide tester comes in. Water slide testers check to see if the slides are both fun and safe. A real-life example of someone doing this job and making good money is American Seb Smith, who beat out 2,000 other applicants to work as a water slide tester. Smith is travelling all around the world testing slides at water parks before they are deemed ready for the public.
Some basic skills you need to become a water slide tester is to have good observation powers, a calm and stable mind, the daring to go on all types of rides and be active on social media (Facebook or Instagram). You also need to be dedicated and passionate, patient and perseverant. After all, the job demands that you ensure slides are safe and fun,
I am actually waiting for the day when I will be eligible to become a water slide tester and have fun all day. LIFE’S CALLING
What if there is light at the end of the tunnel? What if this light is just covered by a big rock? My idea of business is to move that rock out of the tunnel’s mouth. I would like to set up a business called
‘Help and Give’ which would do just that. It would help change people’s perspective from ‘You can’t’ to ‘You will’. Students.
It will help them communicate better. Our business would have children communicating with other children.
Each child would be given a ‘Buddy’— someone they could talk to. Students facing problems would send us their concerns and our company would pair a certain set of students to talk and vent to each other. However, there are some topcs which are more adultappropriate so an expert in our company would chat with them instead. The child would have to join our chats only with the permission of their guardian.
Our company’s goal would be that every school should encourage students to join our website and talk about their feelings. Even if you don’t have any issues or problems, there is always someone who does and that someone might really need some help and advice.
We want children to be willing to lend a helping hand. Our job is to make kids talk with each other. This helps them improve their patience, perspective/opinions about things and will generally help improve their wellbeing (physically and emotionally) in the long run. We want children to know that they are not alone and that somebody will always be there to help.
Nobody in this world deserves to be unhappy. We can help, we can give.
There is no need to believe in aliens because that is exactly what we are - alien to the fact that our world is in danger. Aliens in understanding that we should be saving our environment. Aliens in taking action towards global warming. Our world is in danger, so let’s not play the alien game; we’ll save that play for the ones in movies.
Grade 8, Gems Our Own English High School, Dubai
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“We live in a galaxy known as ‘The Milky Way’ in a huge space in the sky we call ‘The Universe’ and have no idea what lies outside the Milky Way. In my opinion, I do believe aliens exist and that they come in all kinds of shapes and sizes one can imagine.”