I Rule the World

As a teacher, sometimes I like to ask my students some creative questions. It can be a lot of fun to see what creative, fun or sometimes very serious answers they can give when posed with a “heavy” question. Now please remember, my students are 6 years old and would be in the 1st grade in Canada or the United States.

Today’s question posed to my students:

“If you could be the leader of the entire world, what would you do?”


Some select student responses:

Student 1: “I would save all wild boars around the world.” (That’s right…he wants to save wild pigs!)

Student 2: “I want to save all bugs except bees and centipedes.”

Student 3: “I want to eat spaghetti all day, everyday.”

Student 4: “Save all dogs.” (There seems to be a true humanitarian theme.)

Student 5: “I would go to Hawaii and buy LEGO.”

Student 6: “I want to play in a swimming pool everyday.”

Student 7: “ I want to save all people in the world, but not bad guys. I want to punch bad guys!”

Student 8: “I want to save all animals, but not the animals that eat people.”

This was a fun little blog to put together. I love asking young children questions like this. If you enjoyed this one, leave a comment below.



For a little more of Kobe, here is a short video I filmed tonight while heading home. You can take a peak at a small train station I at times use when heading home. This is a stop on the Port Liner, an elevated train that takes people to and from Port Island.

Kobe eyes tattoo ban at Suma beach

This is.....absolutely ridiculous! That's all I have to say!


Kobe eyes tattoo ban at Suma beach after marijuana case

KOBE - The Kobe municipal government is considering banning people with tattoos from a beach in Suma Ward following the recent arrests of college students for alleged marijuana possession during a music event at the beach, city officials said.

The city office intends to come up with a concrete plan during this year, including establishing the rule by ordinance, but banning tattooed people from a public beach is a rare case in Japan as most tattoo bans are for commercial facilities such as saunas. The envisaged ban may prompt controversy over its possible violation of the freedom of expression as tattoos are becoming increasingly fashionable with young people, critics say.

‘‘It is our duty to make a safer environment for the citizens,’’ said a city official as senior officials of the city and Hyogo prefectural police are set to form a special team to work out details such as ways to restrict entrance to the beach.

Suma beach saw the lowest number of visitors in 25 years this summer, with about 620,000 people in 46 days. Some citizens have told the city office that they ‘‘hesitate to go near the beach’’ amid an increase in young people with tattoos, the officials said.

The city enforced an ordinance with a penalty in 2008 that forbids loud noise on the beach during nighttime, yet about 70 music events were held this summer. See original story