The Tree

Today I tutored a third grader at the elementary school in Los Angeles. She read a book called The Elm Tree about a little girl who saved an elm tree in her neighborhood from getting cut down. The little girl in the book wrote a letter to the "city council" and petitioned to save the tree. I asked my student what a city council was and she said "a group of people who get things done. The mayor is part of that group." I thought that was very insightful and wondered if she had ever thought about writing to her city council. Kids have more power than they think. If you could change one thing in the world what would it be?