Patriotism

Patriotism – A love and loyalty for the

United States of America

and its values.

What is patriotism? It is love and loyalty for one's country and its values. Here are a few ways we can demonstrate a patriotic attitude.

• Listen and learn from the news. Be an informed citizen. I think J. H. House students shine in this area, don’t you?

• Stand respectfully when the Pledge of Allegiance is spoken or the national anthem is sung or played. This is another area where we stand out.

• Celebrate and understand the significance of holidays. It’s important as well as fun to learn about our different holidays and how they started.

• Be proud of our democracy and our freedom in our country.

It is a sad time for our country. We are at war. There are some people in other countries who do not believe as we do. Some of these people have confused views of our freedom and democracy. Let’s try to turn that around by focusing on things that we can do, as citizens and future citizens to let them know and understand the good things about our country. Share those good things so others can understand our love for our country.  I’ll start the list.

• I am proud to live in a country that has groups like Habitat for Humanity who build homes for those who are homeless.

• I am proud that we have the freedom to vote for our leaders.

• I am proud that we can peacefully protest issues where disagree.

• I am proud of the young people in this school and elsewhere who want to understand other viewpoints and listen respectfully.

Share things that make you proud of your country.

Comments

[jsaon]

I agree with you;totally!

[Darion]

I've seen alot of patriotism in this school.People help jhhouse all the time.They clean the hall and do other things.This is showing patriotism.

[kassandra]

I also think it is important to show patriotism.

[griselda]

I agree with you totally .I will miss all your speeches when I move on to middle school.

[Isabel]

I definetly think that every person in our school has patriotism. It's something that will help us get far in life.

[mcosi]

I thought it was very educational.I'm glad of my schools efford to teach us about stuff like that.

[miguel]

I think this was important for us to learn.I'm glad we have great advisers.

[Cherie]

Dear, Mrs.pool that what you wrote was inprtn to me and hope that is cler to the ohters to sorry i do not have a lot to say so bye. Have a good day !

[Eric]

Wow, is this really what schools are like in the States? I think this patriotism stuff is amazingly overblown, you guys gotta learn how to focus on humanity in general, not just your misguided views about the world.

[nick]

I hate everyone.