By: Kristina H
California, Grade: 7

Right now my country{USA} is in a depression. Everything is over priced. No one has money and I've been wearing the same clothes since last week! father is getting paid 5 cents a day. Mother can't even send me to school. And worse I have 3 brothers and sisters. How is my mother going to feed me, my sister, my brother, my other sister,my father, and herself. I even forget how to write the letters of the alphabet. Mother is panicing and father is working so hard and asking for a raise but his boss won't give him one. I feel so bad for him. I told my mother that she could eat my dinner last night but she said no and that I need to keep strong. By the way last night we had stale rolls, peas that were not cooked and that's all. I told my mother that she was more important than me because she had to take care of the family and I had to play with dolls but she wouldn't listen. 5 months later mother died and the depresstion got worse. Father got paid little more than before and me and my siblings were starving. My family hopes that this depresstion will end.