Independence Day

I feel that over these past few months I have grown as a preschool teacher and as a person because of these children. I think that through developing lesson plans for them I have learned more about society, more about holidays, and more about how people interact with one another that I feel even more proud now to be an American. America is a wonderful country filled with celebrations, Americans, families, and communities.

I found this on the computer as I was looking for things about the 4th of July that I could share with my students. Here is what I found..."The Declaration of Independence is more than just a piece of paper. It is a symbol of our country's independence and commitment to certain ideas. A symbol is something that stands for something else. Most people can look at a certain little "swoosh" and know that it stands for "Nike." Well, the signers of the Declaration of Independence wanted the citizens of the United States to have a document that spelled out what was important to our leaders and citizens. They wanted us to be able to look at the Declaration of Independence and immediately think of the goals we should always be working for, and about the people who have fought so hard to make these ideas possible. The people who signed the Declaration risked being hanged for treason by the leaders in Great Britain. They had to be very brave to sign something that would be considered a crime! So every time we look at the Declaration of Independence, we should think about all of the effort and ideas that went into the document, and about the courage it took for these people to stand up for what they knew was right -- independence!"

Being free I am thankful for being able to eat what I want to eat with my family, go to church where I want to go to church and when I want to be there, and being able to elect into office the people that I want to be in office. This country is need of many things right now and one thing is definitely protection from other countries that may not like us as much as we would like them to. I believe that our country's leaders will do the right thing and ensure that we are safe and out of harm's way. I also think that God will help point these leaders in the right direction and ensure that we are following the path that we should be. I should pray more often for our country's leaders and I should pray more often that we will live each day free from troubles.

Happy Birthday, America!