Change

I believe there is a lot of change that is needed in this country. I'm going to start with stuff that will benefit everyone around the world eventually.

- I didn't learn about the genocide going on in Darfur or all the bad things going on in the world from school, but from movies. Now in Social Studies, we learn about the past, but what good is that doing us? Learning about the past, but not teaching us about a genocide. I had a discussion about this with my parents and my mother came up with a good idea. Learning about the past and learning from the mistakes. Having kids think more. If I was a teacher, I'd have a discussion about whats going on in the world every Friday. We need to be more aware and stop being so out of touch with everyone else around the world. Everything is connected.

- In Europe, they learn their primary language + English. What a great idea! America and Europe interact all the time and it benifits both of us. That doesn't mean we should go over to their country and expect them to know and speak English. Why don't we have that concept over here? Now some people want to make Spanish our secondary language and make it required to learn. I don't support that idea, but rather making us learn a secondary language, whatever it may be. In my school, they teach German, French, Spanish, and I think Russian. So at a early stage ( best time to learn a language ) have a kid learn English + one other language.

- Obesity ( Disease in which excess body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be negatively affected.) affects 20% of children in America, 29% of American men & 35% of American women. These statistics were taken from 2006, so they probably have gone up. This needs to be solved, now! An easy way to solve the problem is teaching good eatings habits when a person is a kid. I learned from an early age about eating healthy and exercise and now I want to stay healthy on my own without my parents help. This comes down to parents saying " No more Burger King! or " No more cookies & cakes! " and the school district making sure kids can't buy 3 cookies or 3 slices of pizzz unless they are on the swim team or some sports club. They need all the calories they can get since they are burning them off so quick.


I'm going to update and add more ideas to this soon, but I just wanted to get the blog going. Share your ideas with me! Negative or Positive.