meorae

I know I was wondering what other people were writing. So here's what I wrote at 1 am last night.

Katherine Smith
AP English G7
7/7/06
Mission: Possible

I address you all again on this small rock we call Pluto. As we perfect our methods of space travel and can travel to the Earth in less and less time (the last trip took 10 minutes I believe), it becomes obvious that the Earth has got it all wrong. They do not know of our presence, nor do they worship the Great Zulu, and they think they can define what our wonderful rock is – a dwarf planet, hah! Now, my fellow Plutons, I propose we change this. We must send a mission to Earth, made up of our wisest and oldest, in order to fix this lack of knowledge. They can learn much from us, much from the Great Zulu and it is our duty to give them the opportunity to do so.
You may notice, fellow Plutons, the presence of two new “books,” as they are called on Earth, in your store of knowledge. These are The Poisonwood Bible and Mountains Beyond Mountains, which I believe will be helpful for our mission, so have transferred to each of you with telepathy. As you come to understand your new knowledge, observe how the father in The Poisonwood Bible, Nathan Price, has troubles in his mission because of a lack of knowledge about the society in the new country. He makes mistakes when speaking the language and attempts to introduce a new behavior, baptism, without knowing of the presence of crocodiles in the river. Observe how Paul Farmer succeeds in his attempts to cure infectious diseases because of his knowledge of the countries and his understanding of voodoo. We must avoid the mistakes of Nathan and act as Paul in our mission.
As we learn about the Earth, at least I’ve noticed that although the United States is hated by much of the world, it has a lot of influence on other countries in the world. I propose we start our mission with the United States and move on from there if needed. In order to do so, we must understand the society, culture and language of the United States and tailor our mission to those. We have all learned the English language, but we must study the subtleties so that we avoid Nathan's mistakes. As we continue to study the society and culture, we should observe the presence of science fiction movies, television series and books. We may easily be able to prove to those fans of series with “aliens” in them, that we exist. And from there, introduce them to the Great Zulu and our many inventions. However, if we follow this path, we must be careful as these fans appear to have few connections with the rest of society. We might also appear to the celebrities so many of this society idolizes. The connection between the celebrities and their fans would allow us to reach a large audience. In addition, any artwork such as songs, books, movies or television shows created because of our existence will provide future generations with the knowledge of the Great Zulu and our society. Finally, another avenue would be to introduce our technology to one of the many scientific journals beloved by the intellectual community. After our technology is introduced to the rest of society, we might be welcomed when we reveal ourselves because of the helpful knowledge we have bestowed upon them.
I propose we begin by submitting our lesser advances in technology to any scientific journal that will accept our articles. We can gradually introduce our newer advances and then reveal ourselves first to the science fiction fans, and then to the celebrities. After the United States knows about us, the rest of the world will soon follow.
In closing, the planet Earth lacks the technological advances we have. They lack the knowledge of the Great Zulu, who we worship and pray to and who has given us peace and prosperity. Most importantly, they do not know of our society and currently believe themselves the only presence in this solar system, if not universe. We must change this and we must change this soon.

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