thedailywhat:

This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Kameron Slade, a fifth-grader from Queens, NY, was scheduled to deliver a speech as part of a school-wide competition at PS 195. But when the principal learned Kameron’s speech was about same-sex marriage, he was ordered to choose a new topic or lose the opportunity to speak.

From the banned speech:

Some people are for same-gender marriage, while others are against it. Like President Obama, I believe that all people should have the right to marry whoever they want. Marriage is about love, support, and commitment. So who are we to judge? If we judge people like this, this is a form of prejudice. We must learn to accept all differences. …

My mom is very open to me about same-gender marriage. However, some adults may feel uncomfortable and think it’s inappropriate to talk about this to children. I think adults must realize that as children get older, they become aware of these mature issues that are going on in the world. If children read or watch the news, they can learn about things like same-gender marriage, so what’s the point in trying to hide it?

In conclusion, I hope that everyone understands how important it is to respect everyone for who they are. Same-gender marriage is becoming more popular. I believe that same-gender marriage should be accepted worldwide and that parents and teachers should start to discuss these issues without shame to their children.

[thinkprogress]

Go Kameron!

(Source: thedailywhat)

“Photographic Journey: A Life at Blair” is a stunning time-lapse video by student Tolu Omokehinde, documenting a day in the life at Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland. Omokehinde, now a senior, created the video as a goodbye to his fellow classmates and has been working on the project since last November. Read more

Gorgeous.

Nine-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes

Martha Payne had some sad-ass lunches at her school in Scotland — unsatisfying food that sometimes had more hair than vegetables. So the 9-year-old decided to start a blog with photos and vital statistics about her meals. Almost immediately, the blog got international attention, including from prominent school lunch busybody Jamie Oliver. Result? Martha’s dad just met with the local council, and it announced that kids could have unlimited salad, fruit, and bread.

Nine-year-old’s lunch blog shames school into making changes

This four-year-old likes to play with Barbies and LEGO, but she’s not your average kid. In fact, Heidi Hankins is way above average with an IQ score of 159, ranking just below fellow geniuses Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking who shared a score of 160. Read full post

npr:

A 9-year-old boy who built an elaborate cardboard arcade inside his dad’s used auto parts store is about to have the best day of his life.

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This is fantastic. My faith in humanity is restored. — Tanya

(via theweekmagazine)

toptumbles:

Clever kid escapes Daddy Monster

This girl obviously has a lucrative carrer as a stunt driver ahead of her.

(Source: whatshouldwecallme)

npr:

This 14-Year-Old Girl Just Bought A House In Florida

When a 14-year old can afford to buy a home, does that mean home prices have hit bottom? Willow Tufano is a child of the housing collapse. Her real estate agent mom scrapes together a living in Florida by selling foreclosed properties. Willow found her own niche scavenging abandoned washes, dryers and furniture from her mother’s properties and selling them on Craigslist. In just six months, Willow saved enough money to buy a two-bedroom fixer upper for $12,000. -Chana Joffe-Walt (Photo by Chana Joffe-Walt/NPR)

3-Year-Old Recites 30 Line Poem From Memory

(via buzzfeed / video by drchelpka)

11 year-old Birke Baehr exposes the truth about the practices involved with and ingredients in our food, and why he feels organic is the way to go.  

“A while back I wanted to be an NFL football player, but I decided I’d rather be an organic farmer instead”. 

Some 12-year-olds are uncomfortable standing up and speaking in front of a class, let alone an entire auditorium of executives and technology enthusiasts.

Not Thomas Suarez.

Suarez is a sixth grader from Los Angeles and is already making waves in the technology industry for his talents as an app developer, but more, as an eloquent, confident and smart budding entrepreneur. Full story