The first video was about play, stating how a person needs play in their life to have creativity. Today in the United States we have the lowest grades in math reading and science, we are last in health care, we have the worst businesses and the US has the saddest and most depressed people in the world. The video talked about how the people of the US is handicapping themselves due to lack of creativity in their lives, we are more focused on being serious and what others think of us rather than what we think of ourselves and if we are happy or not. Studies show that rats that play have bigger brains, cats that don’t play are unsocial and bears that play survive longer. A human that plays no matter the age has been proven to have a bigger brain
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We played dodge ball, tag, basketball and several other games. I always looked forward to that time of day, it meant I got a break from class and it meant I could move around from being cooped in a classroom all day. Today when I asked a neighbor about how play was in school she told me that they took exercise and recess out and now have a 30 minute session of exercise in the class room where they move the chains and place mats so the children can stretch and do jumping jacks, and if someone was acting silly then they would be sent to the principle for further punishment or even the option of being expelled. This is much different from when I was in elementary school, and sadly that has only been around 12 years.
Part II:
Boomerang children is a term for a young adult living with his or her parents. I live with my day and I am 21 years old. I am in school trying to get my life and things in order before I move out. I suppose my main concern about moving out or moving away is biting off more than I can chew without the help and encouragement from my dad. I guess I would call myself a boomerang child, but I believe there is a difference between a person living with his or her parents trying to get their life together than one that could care less than if they went to school or had a
We played dodge ball, tag, basketball and several other games. I always looked forward to that time of day, it meant I got a break from class and it meant I could move around from being cooped in a classroom all day. Today when I asked a neighbor about how play was in school she told me that they took exercise and recess out and now have a 30 minute session of exercise in the class room where they move the chains and place mats so the children can stretch and do jumping jacks, and if someone was acting silly then they would be sent to the principle for further punishment or even the option of being expelled. This is much different from when I was in elementary school, and sadly that has only been around 12 years.
Part II:
Boomerang children is a term for a young adult living with his or her parents. I live with my day and I am 21 years old. I am in school trying to get my life and things in order before I move out. I suppose my main concern about moving out or moving away is biting off more than I can chew without the help and encouragement from my dad. I guess I would call myself a boomerang child, but I believe there is a difference between a person living with his or her parents trying to get their life together than one that could care less than if they went to school or had a