WRiting Contest #2

JUNIOr Category Winning SUbmissions

Why Hospitals Should get Better Funding
By William Ma
First Place, Junior Category

When I turned on the news a few weeks ago, I saw that a hospital had been shut down because it didn’t have the correct funding. When I looked into this further I found out that hundreds of hospitals are either shutting down or dont have the resources to care for the amount of people that need medical attention. This is a problem. Hello Mr. Prime Minister, my name is William and today I am here to talk to you about why hospitals should get more funding.

Funding hospitals have all sorts of different benefits. This is because hospitals will be able to stay open all no matter what time it is. People around Canada will be able to have medical attention at all times. This will result in night shifts, giving more job opportunities to new doctors. More doctors, less jobless people in Canada. By having night shifts, that will significantly boost the amount of healthcare workers. People will have easier access to healthcare and getting the help they need.

Second, the workers will get many pay raises. This is because they deserve this for working hard, saving lives. It’s only fair to give them an even better salary. This would also make up for some of them having to work at night instead of being with family. The doctors and nurses that work at night have to sleep during the day instead of doing anything else. Then they have to go to work at 9:00 pm and help people. If you give them more money to support them and their family, they will feel better about their job. This will also motivate people to become healthcare workers meaning that there will always be people to take care of others.

Thirdly, people will receive better medical attention. This includes having quicker response time which is vital when it comes to hospitals. The amount of time it takes to get patients to hospitals will be significantly shortened. There will be more ambulances taking more people to hospitals at any given time and no one will be left waiting for ambulances. With all of these extra ambulances and better medical supplies, people with life threatening injuries will have a higher chance of survival.

Today I talked to you about why hospitals should get better funding and their benefits. First, hospitals provide care for people. Second, to provide more for health care workers and raise their salary to make sure there is enough. Finally, so that everyone can receive better and more often medical attention. After all I presented to you, I hope that you remember that helping hospitals means helping the people of Canada.

Why there should be more libraries
By Melody Poon
Second Place, Junior Category

Have you ever been to a library and thought “this is such an amazing place, why isn't there more of these"? Well I have. Hello everyone, my name is Melody and today I will be talking to you about why you should build more libraries! First, because it allows people to read more books. Second, because they are good for education. Finally, because they help to build communities.

One of the best parts of the library is that it lets you read a whole bunch of different books. When you have a library card to check out books, you can read literally whatever you want. You could read Beatle Boy or Wings of Fire. Anything you want. The best part is that they even have newly released books. If you want to be one of the first people to read a new book, the library is the place to be. But, with so many different books, it might be confusing to know where to start. You can get great recommendations from the staff. All you need to do is to tell them what you are interested in and they will happily point you in the right direction. The library is a place for anyone.

The library is not just for fun, it is also good for everyone's education. If you need to learn about how bats sleep, there is a book for that. If you want to learn how to make chocolate chip cookies, there is a book for that. Anytime you need information about a topic, there is a book for that. At every library, they also have hundreds of online resources to help with your academic pursuits. Even if you just need a quiet place to read, the library is the perfect place for that. Just the act of reading a lot of books makes you smarter. The library has tons of fun ways to encourage people to read more. They have games, competitions, and prizes all about books.

Finally, libraries help build communities. They all come equipped with meeting rooms for people to use when they need. They also offer book clubs where a group of people are all reading the same book and now have a place to talk about it. They also offer various community building programs. One of these community building programs was the one I was a part of when I was a baby. The program is called “The Man In The Moon”. It’s where my dad brought me when I was only a few months old. The program gathered new dads and introduced songs and books to them. The hope is to pass on the love of books to their kids. It seems to have worked for me!

Today I talked to you about why you should build more libraries. They allow everyone to spend more time reading. They encourage education in a fun way while also working on building communities. Now that you have heard all of this, I think it is pretty clear that there should be more libraries built all over Canada.

How to Make Goggles Better
By Oliver Yang
Third Place, Junior Category

How many of you had difficulty with your goggles during a race and it cost you your time? Well, I’ve had it happen to me too! Hi Juan Arce, my name is Oliver, and I am a swimmer that would like to change everyone's goggle experience. FIrst, I would like to talk about the amount of leakage that happens with your goggles, the issue of them falling off, and finally I would like to talk about how many goggles get lost.

The first issue I believe we could solve is the amount of water that gets into my goggles when I’m swimming. There are a few solutions to this problem. First, there could be a heat molded silicone created when you buy the goggles. This would allow your goggles to fit you better and stop unwanted leakage. Secondly, you could create a movable joint between the lenses. This would make the goggles easier to put on and also more universal. Finally, you could implement a self-suctioning button to release air inside the goggles this would insure that the goggles stay tight on your face and don’t come off while you are racing.

The second issue I believe we could solve is that goggles always fall off when I dive. I have a few solutions to fix this problem. First, we could make the straps easier to adjust. That way, you don’t have to constantly adjust the straps. Secondly, you could make Goggles that attach to your swimming cap. That way, you don’t have to take so much time putting both the goggles and the swimming cap on. Finally, you could add not just two thin straps, but five thick straps. This will provide better support and increase wearability.

The third issue I believe we could solve is goggles always being lost. I have three solutions for this. First, you could attach a tracker into the goggles. That way if you lose the goggles, you can just find it easily because of the tracker. Second, you could add customization to your goggles. That way if it is lost and someone finds it, they will know who it belongs to and will give it back to the rightful owner. Lastly, you could add a tiny distance alarm that goes off when you are too far from it. That way, you will never be able to lose it.

Today I talked to you about all of the different problems that goggles have and a few of my ideas to solve them. The issue with goggles filling up with water, falling off and getting lost easily. Now that you have heard about all of these possible solutions to your problems please make sure from now on you make goggles the right way.

Kids Should Join Sports Teams
By Anonymous
Honorable Mention, Junior Category

Do your kids join their school’s sports teams? According to the Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute, for kids between 5 and 17, approximately 68% participated in sports in 2022. I think even more kids should participate in their school sports team and here are some reasons why.

School sports are really good for social bonding. You make friends and learn how to work together as a team. When your team wins, you feel good about your accomplishments. At a school swim meet, I was in a relay race. We practiced together to get faster for the race. With hard work, our team came in first. We felt really good about ourselves and we made our coach proud.

Being active is important for your health because you can build strength, flexibility, endurance and coolness. When you train in one sport, it can help with your skills in another sport. For example, I practice a lot of kicking when we do our drills in Muay Thai. That really helped me do stronger and better kicks in soccer. When we had a game, I was so happy that I was able a score a goal with a kick from 7 meters!

When you train in sports, it helps you develop good work ethics. It is not easy and it takes dedication and focus. It is important for everything you do. On Fridays, I have to wake up very early to go to swim practice at 5:15am before I go to school and on Sundays, I have to be there at 6:15am! Some days it is hard to get up, but I know I have to work hard and train if I want to get better in swim.

Sports might not be easy, but I really think kids should join because it has so many benefits and it can make you a better person. I am inspired by a quote from one of my favorite swimmers, Michael Phelps: “No goal is too high if you put your mind to it. But a hero should be somebody who can lift up other people with his courage and dedication. You can't put a limit on anything. The more you dream, the farther you get.” -Michael Phelps

We’ll Move To The Moon
By Mizuki Maharjan
Honorable Mention, Junior Category

Hello my fellow animals of the savanna! My name is King Leo and I am gathering all of you today on pride rock because I need to tell you something very important. As you all know the humans are wrecking all of our land! The fires, pollution that we breathe in is unbearable! Our land is slowly getting ruined! So I have decided that we have to move to a new place. Somewhere far far away from here to a different planet. We are going to move to the moon! I know it sounds a little crazy but it is our best chance to get away from the pesky humans.

The first step is to pack up all our stuff. Then we are going to make an animal spaceship for us to travel to the moon. After that we can start a new life on a different planet and have no fires and no air pollution and no light pollution that the humans are making. If you can bring anything that might help us build the animal spaceship please do. We will use fur, metal, wood, rocks and fire materials so that we can start the engine. Every little bit helps.

The second step after we collect all our materials will be to build our wonderful animal spaceship. We will tinker and craft until we get the picture perfect animal spaceship that we need. All animals big and small can help with the building.

Although we haven’t yet begun, I can already picture the new life with no humans! I know the land we travel to is going to be very beautiful. I am so excited to move to the moon and continue our journey to our new home after that! We might wonder if this is the right choice, will the new plant be right for us, will it be pretty or yucky? Will it be a good place to live or not a great place? I think we will love this new land no matter what! I think it will be a great place to live even if it is yucky icky land like the one we live on now. After all, there will be no humans there.

Those are our steps and actions to leave the Earth and find a new home. Now we can shoot for the moon and the stars beyond it! We start tomorrow!