Emily S. - Our greatest strengths is our freedom. I think this because everyone in the world is not free but over here we are. So immigrants come over here to be free. People in places without freedom are very unhappy because they’re being controlled by other people/government. Our government is not that stricked with the stuff that other countries have. The government needs to trust people on this stuff. They need to let go sometime. For example your kid has to go to college some time and you are going to have to let them go. So we are different in many ways than them. We can mostly do anything. Like we want get married to the person we chose and they might get forced to marry someone they don't want to there father choses. So that is one of our countries greatest strengrths. (Oct 16, 2009)

Mr. Gerding - Emily good comment. Could you expand on it for me? Why is freedom so important? Not everyone in the world likes the United States. So how does our freedom make us different from them? (Oct 16, 2009)

Emily S. - ok (Oct 16, 2009)

Mr. Gerding - Thank you. (Oct 16, 2009)

Emmalee S. - I think that our countries greatest strength is our people. Its the people of this country that make it great. We work hard to make our dreams come true, and we have the attitude to help us succeed anything we want in anything we try. We are dreamer and because of that we come up with wonderful inventive ideas. We take care of each other, which leads us to be a strong country. We care about the future and take great effort in planning for it. When we all work together we are an unstopable country. We have learned from the past, and taken that and it has made us a stronger country. We value hard work, and that is why we are such a strong country. This is why i think the people of our country are our greatest strength. Without the people in this country, it would be nothing. (Oct 18, 2009)

Rachel M. - Our greatest strength is our freedom. We are one of the only countries that are completely free. Lots of countries dont have freedom of speech or anything. We are independent and powerful. (Oct 19, 2009)