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Going outside and What us kids think.
By Emmersyn Seifer

Kids love to go outside. I know this because I am a kid. In Pfeiffer students
don't get to go outside for recess unless you are in 5th grade. I don't care much
for recess, I just like to be able to go outside. I am going to interview a few
students to see how they feel about going outside. I don't just mean going
outside to play but maybe to do science observations or to do your work outside
instead of in a building.

Gemma is the first person I am interviewing. I said, ¨Do you like to go
outside?¨
She said, ¨Yes I like to go outside.¨
I said, Do you ever feel stressed at school?
She said, ¨Yes very much I cry sometimes over math.¨
I said, ¨Would you like to go outside sometimes at school?¨
She said, ¨Oh well Duh!¨
I said, ¨If you had a choice would you pick to stay inside or go outside and
why?¨
She said, ¨ Go outside because it's gooder¨ (Her exact words).
I said, ¨ So overall would you pick to go outside in school¨ She said, ¨yes¨

Katelynn Shaheen was my next person. I will ask the same questions. I
said, ¨Do you like to go outside?¨
She said,'' If it's rainy.¨
I said, Do you ever feel stressed at school?
She said, " All the time.¨
I said, ¨Would you like to go outside sometimes at school?¨
She said, . Yeah it would be like less stressful if we got a break in the
middle of the day to go outside if it's nice.¨
I said, ¨If you had a choice would you pick to stay inside or go outside and
why?¨
She said, ¨ Stay inside personally because all the pollen outside gives me
really bad headaches.¨
I said, ¨So overall would you pick to go outside in school¨
She said, ¨I would pick to go outside in school because it would be a nice
break.¨

Little extra bonus from Riley, Riley Thomas said ¨I think we should
because we practice really hard for the lion king performance and most of did
good we all tried our hardest.¨
I said, ¨ so overall would you pick to go outside in school¨ She said, ¨ yes.¨

Thank you for listing and I hope that maybe next year the 6th graders
could go outside more and have the fifth graders have recess every day. I hope
everyone is well and have a great summer all of Pfeifer.