Our Human Rights

Our Human Rights

By Susan Cummings

 I have the right to be happy and to be

 Treated with compassion in this school.

 This means that no one will Laugh at me or hurt my feelings.

I have the right to be myself in this school:

This means that no one will treat me unfairly

Because of the color of my skin 

Or because I am fat or thin,

Short or tall, boy or girl

Or the way I look.

I have the right to be safe in this school:

This means that no one will

 Hit me, kick me,

Push me, pinch me

Or hurt me.

I have the right to hear and be heard in this school:

This means no one will yell, scream, or shout.

 I have the right to learn about myself in this school:

This means that I will be

Free to express my feelings and opinions

 Without being interrupted or punished.

I have a right to learn according to my own ability in school:

This means that no one will call me names

Because of the way I learn.

These rights are also your rights:

This means that in this school you and I will

 Share together, learn together, work together, have fun together!