By Mary-Jean, age 14, Ontario
There are so many things I would want to do for the world if I had amazing magical powers. If I only had them for a day, I would have to pick and choose because there are too many things that I would want to change.
First, I would stop the wars that are happening in the Middle East and other places in the world. Since I could only use my powers on one person at a time, I would go to the leaders who started the wars and get into their minds with my powers. I would make them fix the problems between their countries and stop their soldiers from fighting. This would be the fastest way to stop the war. If I went to the soldiers to stop them, I wouldn't be able to get to them all. And the leaders would just get another army after a while because the problems would never be resolved.
Next, I would go to poor countries, such as Africa and the Caribbean, with my teleportation abilities and give the people necessities like food, homes, clothing, and wells for water. I would only be able to do so much though, and I'm sure people would plea for help--which would be hard to ignore since there are millions of people in need. Fortunately, if I also gave people animals, the number of animals would increase over time because the animals would have young. There are many uses for animals.
I would also go to the governments around the world, especially dictatorships and communist governments. The trick is to change the rulers because the rest of the world follows and accepts what they say. This would not only help the countries I change, but the whole world because everyone is affected by bad things happening around them. Not everyone would appreciate these things being changed, and governments and wars might slip back to the way they were. This also applies to poverty after resources are used up and more babies are born. Even if I only help the world a little, a little improvement is still better than nothing.
If everything does slip back, people would still be motivated to stop wars and poverty--they would've had a glimpse of what the world could be without these things. I might only make a little change, but the world would have hope and motivation.
