Kid's Perspective

From Alhannah

When kids come to a new place, they have lots of questions popping in their mind. They think, What is it like there? What is the weather? What will my school be like? When they wonder about school, they think: Will my teacher be nice? Will I make any friends? Will I enjoy my school? Will I enjoy that place? How long will school be? What will I wear in school? What will my house be like? Will my friends live near me? Kids feel happy for going to a new place and excited. Then, they think back. What about my old friends? Will they forget me? Will they make another friend in place of me? They start feeling sad and miserable. Suddenly they don’t want to go to a new place. But if kids want to keep in touch with their old friends, they should keep their friend’s e-mail addresses, phone numbers and home addresses. This way kids will never forget their friends and will always keep in touch!

I like Doha a lot especially the Corniche where I go for picnics with my family. There is a nice park near our house where we go for a walk. The giant malls in Qatar are very clean, beautiful and fun to go to. I adore Circus Land in the Landmark mall and Extreme World in the City Center. I love my school, Qatar Academy, which is very multi-cultured and there are students from all over the world. I like my friendly teachers and have made lots of new friends. I went to a beach camp with my class and we stayed there for 3 days and 2 nights. This was the most fun camping trip in my life. Our class also went to an animal farm where we rode on camels and horses. Last month, we painted our schools cafeteria walls, and printed our hand prints on it. We live in a beautiful compound. My house is big and I feel comfy in it. The nice thing of all is that my best friend lives in the same compound and we often go to each others house. There is a swimming pool in our compound, and a basketball court where I play with my friends. Qatar is a fun place to live and I like Qatar a lot!!!

--Ramsha Malik, 4th grade, daughter of Malik Awan, CMU-Q employee