Yeah, I know I talked about holidays in my last post but it's what's on my mind right now so I figured I'd keep going.
While Thanksgiving is a great to spend quality time with your family and eat lots of great food, I think that most people actually don't stop to think about what they're thankful for.
Since I'll probably be so busy on the actual day, I wanted to talk about what I'm truly thankful for.
I'm thankful for my health, and the health of my family members. You have to remember that life is precious and can be gone so quickly. I love spending time with my family and appreciate that I have such an amazing support system of people who love and care about me.
I'm thankful for being able to be at college and get the education that I'm getting. I know many people don't have this opportunity and I never want to take it for granted. It's a blessing that I get to go here and even though I've complained a lot about the amount of homework I have, I know it's helpful in the long run.
I'm thankful that I live in a country where I have plenty of opportunities. In other countries I might not be able to go to college or live the life I live for either financial reasons or even because I'm female. We have so many freedoms and opportunities here and I'm definitely glad that I'm blessed with that.
I'm thankful that I have a job right now, and one that I enjoy. I know it's difficult to find one, let alone one that you like, and I know that I definitely got lucky when I was offered this one.
And lastly, I'm very thankful that there are only a few days left until break because I seriously need one right now!
Friday, November 16, 2012
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Holidays are Coming
I sat and thought for about ten minutes about what I wanted to talk about in this post and ended up staring out the window at the rain and wishing it would turn into snow.
Yeah, I'm that person.
I know the holidays have become pretty commercialized and it's all about the stuff and not the actual sentiment of the holiday itself, but I still love them. Because despite how much I complain about them, I actually do love my family and holidays are always pretty fun.
It's the coziness of everyone sitting around at Thanksgiving and just talking and eating together. (The food's not too bad either). It's putting up the Christmas decorations and tree (a task which I have designated myself as the leader of). It's going Christmas shopping for other people and I'm finally at the age where it's more fun to give than it is to get. It's listening to Christmas music while making and decorating cookies (and maybe I've been listening to Christmas music since October but I regret nothing). It's waiting for the first snowfall, which I sincerely hope happens soon. And it's our annual family Christmas party which usually culminates in an epic wrapping paper fight which is lead by my uncles who are twice as old as us kids.
I actually think that I like the time before the holidays better than the actual day itself. I mean, after you open the presents on Christmas morning, there's not much else to do. Maybe we'll pop in 'It's A Wonderful Life' but there's always that feeling of sadness that it's all over.
That's why I love the anticipation of the event better. It's spending time with family, preparing for the big day, and enjoying the fact that I have a month off of school. This year will be a little bit more difficult since it's the one year anniversary of my grandmother's death (around Thanksgiving time) but I'll just appreciate the fact that I'm able to be with my family and loved ones so much more.
(Also McDonald's comes out with their eggnog shakes which are right below Pumpkin Spice Lattes on the delicious scale).
Yeah, I'm that person.
I know the holidays have become pretty commercialized and it's all about the stuff and not the actual sentiment of the holiday itself, but I still love them. Because despite how much I complain about them, I actually do love my family and holidays are always pretty fun.
It's the coziness of everyone sitting around at Thanksgiving and just talking and eating together. (The food's not too bad either). It's putting up the Christmas decorations and tree (a task which I have designated myself as the leader of). It's going Christmas shopping for other people and I'm finally at the age where it's more fun to give than it is to get. It's listening to Christmas music while making and decorating cookies (and maybe I've been listening to Christmas music since October but I regret nothing). It's waiting for the first snowfall, which I sincerely hope happens soon. And it's our annual family Christmas party which usually culminates in an epic wrapping paper fight which is lead by my uncles who are twice as old as us kids.
I actually think that I like the time before the holidays better than the actual day itself. I mean, after you open the presents on Christmas morning, there's not much else to do. Maybe we'll pop in 'It's A Wonderful Life' but there's always that feeling of sadness that it's all over.
That's why I love the anticipation of the event better. It's spending time with family, preparing for the big day, and enjoying the fact that I have a month off of school. This year will be a little bit more difficult since it's the one year anniversary of my grandmother's death (around Thanksgiving time) but I'll just appreciate the fact that I'm able to be with my family and loved ones so much more.
(Also McDonald's comes out with their eggnog shakes which are right below Pumpkin Spice Lattes on the delicious scale).
Friday, November 2, 2012
Controversy
I know we spent a lot of time talking about shooting incidents and gun control in class and this is kind of similar to that topic.
The topic that I want to talk about is bomb threats in schools. Just like school shootings, it's becoming an increasingly large issue in our society. While there aren't many cases of bombs being actually found, the threats keep adding up and it's gotten a bit ridiculous.
I was at my field experience earlier in October over at Fond lu Lac High School when the principal came over the loudspeaker to let everyone know that they had found a note in one of the bathrooms. Later that same week, there was a bomb threat at my old high school. The year before I started high school and the year after I left there were additional threats at my old school.
After getting back from Fondy High, I checked Twitter just to see if anyone had mentioned it (as is a common thing to do nowadays). Not only were there some tweets from people at Fondy, but multiple other schools from all over the country.
The fact that there were so many in just one day was beyond ridiculous. When did it become the cool thing to threaten to blow up the school? Is it our generation's equivalent of setting off the fire alarm? I know that the threat that happened the year before I started high school was just some kids who wanted a day off of classes. They're now serving in jail for a very long time.
It's a pretty serious issue; I could possibly understand somebody wanting to go to that extreme if they had been bullied very badly and had reason to not like the people in the school. But people seem to be doing it just for fun; not realizing the amount of time and money lost and the amount of stress and worry that is caused by this stunt. We have to come up with something to get through to kids that this isn't a joke or a lighthearted matter.
The topic that I want to talk about is bomb threats in schools. Just like school shootings, it's becoming an increasingly large issue in our society. While there aren't many cases of bombs being actually found, the threats keep adding up and it's gotten a bit ridiculous.
I was at my field experience earlier in October over at Fond lu Lac High School when the principal came over the loudspeaker to let everyone know that they had found a note in one of the bathrooms. Later that same week, there was a bomb threat at my old high school. The year before I started high school and the year after I left there were additional threats at my old school.
After getting back from Fondy High, I checked Twitter just to see if anyone had mentioned it (as is a common thing to do nowadays). Not only were there some tweets from people at Fondy, but multiple other schools from all over the country.
The fact that there were so many in just one day was beyond ridiculous. When did it become the cool thing to threaten to blow up the school? Is it our generation's equivalent of setting off the fire alarm? I know that the threat that happened the year before I started high school was just some kids who wanted a day off of classes. They're now serving in jail for a very long time.
It's a pretty serious issue; I could possibly understand somebody wanting to go to that extreme if they had been bullied very badly and had reason to not like the people in the school. But people seem to be doing it just for fun; not realizing the amount of time and money lost and the amount of stress and worry that is caused by this stunt. We have to come up with something to get through to kids that this isn't a joke or a lighthearted matter.
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