Thanks to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is a time where all men are grateful for what they have and their blessings. Families come together in their homes to celebrate the feast to come. At a traditional Thanksgiving dinner Turkey and mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce . Not to mention pumpkin pie! even presidents get  in the festivities , they annually pardon a turkey from being eaten during thanks giving. Even though it started as a joke by Ronald Reagan it has became a permanent ceremony among the presidential community. Football is even affected. All manners of people are brought together by this great holiday.

Thanksgiving, Such A Joyous Occasion

I feel that Thanksgiving is a very good holiday, for those who care for it anyways. Thanksgiving brings families together. It stops much fighting and feuds between family members and it makes families more thankful to what they have and own, even though the next day much fighting happens. Thanks to Thanksgiving it's brought many families together, and brought people to new foods and tastes.

Thanksgiving is a very old holiday, but is still practiced very much. It shows how two very different people can come together and come up over their differences and get together to have a beautiful feast. But some people don't realize how important this holiday is. Some people just think of this holiday as a day to eat a lot of food and socialize with family and friends. But in reality this holiday was about the fight for survival that the pilgrims had for food. But then, like a gift from heaven, a couple of Plymouth Indians gave food and shelter to these pilgrims

The pilgrims were very grateful for the empathy that the Indians had, but it wasn't until a while afterwards that this day became a holiday. This, Thanksgiving, was made an actual holiday by Abraham Lincoln, and it represented all that the people of the United States were grateful for.

So hopefully more people will respect the holiday of Thanksgiving. If they do appreciate this holiday more in depth than they will realize what's more important in their own lives, and what the early citizens of the United States went through. So we should be thankful to them, or else a lot of people wouldn't be here.

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Thanksgiving: What YOU Should Be Thankful For

Thanksgiving is all about what were thankful for, right? Exactly! Alot of people think that Thanksgiving is a day to eat excessively and then go Christmas shopping right after.

To me, Thanksgiving is a day to spend time with family. It is also a day to thank God for all the blessings and wonderful things he has given to us. We are also thankful for living in a free country full of opportunities. Alot of third-world countries aren't even allowed to follow the religion they desire or know best. They must obey the ruler of their country. They don't have a freedom of speech like we do.

I am also thankul for having parents who care about me. Some people have kids, but they don't want them. Instead, they give them up for adoption. Sometimes, they abduct them and treat them badly. They wish that they never existed. Some people, on the other hand, love children and would do anything for them. That's what you call a parent!

Alot of people think that Thanksgiving is just a big feast. I feel that God provided for the meal on Thanksgiving Day. Alot of people think," Oh, it's just another all-you-can-eat feast." All they do is just eat and eat like they don't have a care in the world.

People think that Thanksgiving is "just another holiday". Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks for everything we have.

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Physical Education in Schools

     PE is important in school because otherwise well have a bunch of fatsos walking around schools.
Laziness and sedentary life styles is a high contributor to type 2 diabetes in adults. If students are not taught how to exercise and stay fit to prevent chronic diseases like diabetes as stated in this article.
     The simple basis of PE is to enable the student to be able to excise during their life time. Track and field concentrates on cardio and protects the heart and prevents heart diseases . Activities like jump rope are shown to help improve overall heart health. Even a simple section of stretches helps prevent cramps and stiffness in the muscles. PE should definitiely be kept for the general heath of the student body.

P.E. Activities: What is Appropriate

 

Some people believe that competitive sports (activities) should be banned from P.E. They are wrong because it incorporates thing that a kids exercise routine. This consists of agility,speed,and coordination.

One of the the attributes is agility. Agility is what is used to move around, over, and in between things. this is a skill that can be built up over time and is a skill that is used in many sports such as football, soccer, and baseball.

Speed is an other attribute that is needed and built over time. You need this to move quickly from point A to point B, you need this in every sport.

The last attribute is coordination which  helps you catch the ball, hit the ball, and other different things. This one is just as important as the others because it what gets things done.

some people believe that competitive sports are bad and should not be played in P.E. because is has winners and losers. Competitive sports do have winners and losers but as a person you have to learn how to lose.

In conclusion,  Some people believe that competitive sports should be banned from schools. But they are wrong because of the amount of exercise it has. sports require agility, speed, and coordination.counter argument article

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Thoughts of Physical Education

I think P.E is very important to have in public schools. Not only does it improve your body physically, it also improves it mentally. While excercising, it improves the blood flow in your brain. Physically, it improves your overall health. 

P.E physically improves your overall health. This article by the University of Michigan states that kids who are very active are less likely to miss school. They also improve more in academics than non-active kids. It helps maintain the child's weight, helps maintain energy, and help us feel   good about ourselves. In my opinion, I love P.E because you stay fit while having fun at the same time. Many studies have demonstrated the positive effects of physical education and physical activity on school performance. On the other hand, parents think that just running isn't going to improve overall health. 

P.E mentally improves academic performance and blood flow of the brain. When a child is running, the heart rate increases, right? When the heart rate increases, it causes the brain to "concentrate", meaning to focus on the effects of the physical activity. One day,  I noticed that my friend was improving her grades. She would usually ask me for help, but the next couple of days, she did everything by herself. I asked her," How did you improve so well on your academics?" She replied," P.E. I saw a study about it, and I decided to follow it." Current research shows a consistent positive relationship between physical activity and academic achievement in children and adolescents. Parents argue that physical activity has nothing to do with academic performance. 

A lot of people(mostly parents) argue that physical education is not important. They say that their child's health is none of the school's business. It is the school's business! They need to know if your child has certain medications or health issues! What if their child gets sick? They can't blame it on the school. It's the parent's fault. No one else's. 

If it was up to me, I would require all the schools in the U.S to have P.E. It can improve academic performance and overall health. 

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Physical Education, Threat or Asisstance Towards Children?

Some people may say that their kids shouldn't have to do Physical Education because they do not want to. Well I for one love P.E. and getting exercise than being cramped up in a classroom all day doing school work. But some kids, some obese and some just lazy, don't like to do P.E. because it is exercise, but those kids need to do the exercise. If they don't learn how to do the these exercises, or keep themselves fit with exercising then they will become obese or really lazy when they grow older, and if they are lazy or obese it will be harder to find a job because all they will want to do, if they are lazy, is skip work or sleep and go in late. And with the obese problem, we can't say that the people who hire people for a job aren't prejudice. If they are "fat" than some bosses may not want them in their profession, or they may harass the person for being obese. 

Another group of people may argue that when doing exercise at school they risk getting an injury. Sure doing P.E. does have risks, but isn't bruises, scratches, and cuts apart of being a kid? If kids do not learn how to deal with pain at a younger age they will grow up thinking that everything is safe, but sadly that is not how this world works. Plus if kids are afraid to get hurt then in later school years they are more open towards bullying  because they are acting like "wimps" and need to "man up". Another thing is that if they don't get hurt at a younger age then they won't have what they call a "thick skin" and will most likely cry when hurt, physically or mentally. 

People may think that P.E. is a waste of time and would be better spent teaching children to become book smart, but not physically strong. But if P.E. was such a waste of time than why is there a lot more pros than cons? Like P.E. is the only other time of the day when kids can socialize while having fun exercising. P.E. will also help kids not get ridiculed when they get older. Most kids are ridiculed because they have a weight problem, and this also leaves them open to rejection from people that they are infatuated with. Would you like this to happen to your child? Would you like them to grow up with horrible fitness where they are winded from walking up a flight of steps? NO! So do not cancel the Physical Education subject in schools!

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