Thanksgiving

My family has always celebrated Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember. Thanksgiving day has always been known to our family as a day to give thanks to God for all he has blessed us with. It is always a time for the family to get together and converse over a great dinner. It is always held at my house with my mothers side of the family. Typically Thanksgiving night is the first night we turn on our Christmas lights too. That has always been a tradition, for everyone to finish up the decorations after dinner and turn them on. I love Thanksgiving day because everyone in the family will come together to spend time with one another. It is usually the only time we see some of the family members. Thanksgiving day is always a day that we look forward to.

"Community"

My definition of community is a group of people that live, work, and shop in a particular area together. We have many types of communities, we have neighborhood communities where people live together in a subdivision, retirement communities where the area is mostly catered to senior citizens, these are often gated and some have their own shopping centers. There are also work communities where it is mostly made up of business and retail places, these people work closely with one another, and there are cultural communities where people from a similar religion, ethnic backgrounds, or similar interests form together. These communities are bound together by the people who are a part of them, these communities can often overlap and helps them to keep growing.

Code of Honesty

I believe that dishonesty is a huge problem on college campuses. I think a lot of it is that this generation of kids do not really see a problem in it. They have heard all the sayings, "the only person you are cheating is yourself", but they simply do not care. Having honesty codes on college campuses is a great idea, but is it logical, I'm not sure. Many people if they are already dishonest then what is going to keep them from still cheating? They will just sign the code and keep doing what they have been doing. To some people, signing a code of honesty weighs heavy on their conscience and will prevent them from cheating. I do not think having a code of honesty would hurt, it could help, but I do not see it making a huge impact on the problem.

Reality Shows

Biggest Loser and Survivor are two shows that I watch regularly. I think that Biggest Loser is popular because it deals with one of the biggest health issues in the United States, obesity. People tend to watch it because it gives them some hope, and encouragement, to see people work through an issue and have positive results helps the people at home see that it is possible. I watch because I like to see people succeed, and improve their lives. This is a positive show that reaches out to so many people unlike Survivor.

Survivor, I feel is a ridiculous show that only brings out the worst in people. This show is all about competition, deceit, and lies. There is no trust between "teammates" for very long, if any at all. The only driving force behind this show is money, and all money does is bring out greed. Although money is involved in the Biggest Loser, everyone is a winner and they learn to trust and confide in each other to make it through one of the toughest times in their lives.