by Reuben J. (11th grade)

As part of our excellent education in Sofia Christian Academy, all students in the Upper School are required to complete a certain number of hours of community service; helping out around the city in other communities than our own. As me and some of my good friends were casting about, looking for opportunities to serve, it came to our attention that a certain willow tree in a park had begun to rot. Its demise disrupted and endangered children playing in the park, especially the kids from a nearby school. With that in mind, we marched to the park, bright warning tape and chainsaws in hand, delighted to uphold the welfare of our city and its inhabitants. We cut down the offending tree chunk by chunk by chunk, knowing that the little tots who frequent the area would be safer and jollier for it. It was a happy, happy day.