by Sarah Kliban
Welcome to Kids Corner! THD wants to hear from kids in the neighborhood! If you’d like to ask a question, or you’re a kid and want to be interviewed, please contact us at: kids@thd.org.
CATO KENNERLY, 9
If you could jump into a pool of anything, what would it be full of?
“Melted vanilla ice cream because it would probably taste very good. Ben & Jerry’s vanilla ice cream. Fully melted, so it’s liquidized, so you could actually jump in. If it’s solid, then I can’t jump in.”
What is something most people don’t know about you?
“My middle name. ‘Marcel.’ I don’t know where it’s from. But, to be honest, whenever I think of my middle name, it just reminds me of a carousel. You know, Marcel—carousel.”
Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or talk to cats?
“Cats. Any cat. I like cats. I just think it would be cool.”
Why is it important to vote?
“Because then we wouldn’t have any leaders. Nobody would be able to decide on anything. It would just be straight up arguing. I guess I’ll vote. I’m not really looking forward to it, but I’m not disappointed that it might happen sometime.”
What is your favorite place to hang out in San Francisco?
“My house. It’s somewhere you can stay. A place where you can feel safe, too. There’s no favorite part; I like my whole house.”
JOAQUIN CARVALHO, 5
If you could jump into a pool of anything, what would it be full of?
“Pillows. It’s the softest thing. It would feel soft.”
What is something most people don’t know about you?
“I really like watching sprint cars. They have a wing on one side, and one is lower, and one is higher. I watch them with my dad in Petaluma. When I’m older, I want to drive sprint cars.”
Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or talk to cats?
“Cats. Because they’re cuter. It would be fun to hear what they have to say. They would tell me when they’re hungry.”
Why is it important to vote?
“I don’t know what that is. I don’t really care about it.”
What is your favorite place to hang out in San Francisco?
“We just discovered Marco Polo Italian Ice Cream on Noriega. I just tried Mocha Chip.”
SOFI CARVALHO, 9
If you could jump into a pool of anything, what would it be full of?
“Jell-O. I feel like when you jump in, you slurp around in it, then sink, and then pop back to the top. It sounds really cool. Blue Raspberry. I would only eat just a little because I feel that would be a little unsanitary.”
What is something most people don’t know about you?
“I do contemporary dance. There’s a bunch of pointing and jumping on the floor so it gets tiring, but you have to push through. And when you’re really in that zone, it’s really fun.”
Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or talk to cats?
“Cats. I have cats and feel like only specific dogs connect with me. I’d like to show up at home and be like “Meow meow meow?” (Do you want this and this?) It would be cool. Definitely cats.”
Why is it important to vote?
“It’s the little things. Just because you’re one person, it adds on to all these other things. Just one little person can make a big difference.”
What is your favorite place to hang out in San Francisco?
“North Beach. My grandparents got married there. There are cool fun people there. There’s actually not that much litter, believe it or not. And there’s Joe DiMaggio Playground. It’s also where my favorite little restaurant is: Mario’s Bohemian Cigar Store.”
JETHRO KORZEN, 13
If you could jump into a pool of anything, what would it be full of?
“A pool of jelly ball thingies—water beads—and warm water. Cold water is a bit too cold, and hot water is too hot. A pool full of them would be especially satisfying…Or Jell-O if I can’t find the balls. Lemon Jell-O.”
What is something most people don’t know about you?
“I have a 3-D printer. I saved up a lot of my own money and bought it (my dad for half of it). We built it. It comes with a bag of gummy bears and in the instructions as a reward, you eat a gummy bear. I’d seen some cool things you could make and wanted to be able to make that.”
Would you rather be able to talk to dogs or talk to cats?
“Dogs. I’m near them more, and my mom’s allergic to cats. It’s already not that hard to tell what they want. It would be pretty cool.”
Why is it important to vote?
“If nobody voted, that wouldn’t really work. If it’s the president or a poll in class, maybe not everyone will vote, but you won’t be able to decide on the topic. If you’re in the U.S., that’s a big way of how we decide things. I’m learning about medieval times; voting wouldn’t be important because there would have been one ruler who decided everything.”
What is your favorite place to hang out in San Francisco?
“Other than my house, there’s this fun arcade, Free Gold Watch. It’s cheap and fun. It has fun games and a jelly bean dispenser.”
