When something serious happens at school, such as bullying or cheating, most people don’t stop to ask questions, at least from little kids. Sometimes it takes the short and sweet answers that only kids can give to shed some real light on not only solving problems but how the problems occur to begin with.

For the answers to some pressing high school problems, I went to Concord Kids Club to interview second and third graders.

When asked if people can get along, every child of the nine interviewed said ‘yes’ and when asked ‘how?’ their answers ranged from, “say nice words” to “cooperate with each other.” If the answer to getting along is so simple, why can’t it be put to practice?

Ryan Sorboro’s reply when asked why there’s bullying in schools was, “maybe they didn’t get treated [well] when they were a kid, so they do the same thing.” Tate Phernetton’s theory is that, “some people are just trying to be cool.” I asked Jessica Aguilar how she thought bullying could be ended and she said, “say nice words, act really friendly.”

Ben Schedin said that if some one was being mean to another person, the person being bullied should ask the bully, “can you please stop doing that?” Owen Grimes thought that the person bullied “should tell an adult.” And Patrick McDonald said that the person being bullied “should just walk away.

When asked what their philosophy on life was (and explaining what a philosophy was), Conley Dowda said that life was about, “spending time with family and friends.” Lydia Gilbert said that her philosophy on life was “having fun.”