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Dog, cat, bird, hamster, guinea pig, fish, lizard, frog, and sometimes even a tamed wild animal! This is a list of people's favorite animal companions. Did you know that about 70% of people in the world o wn a pet? ( ) Animal domestication started with dogs and cats, later with livestock, like sheep and goats, and slowly expanded to other species, like frogs and lizards. Dogs and cats were initially tamed for killing pests, or guarding things, but they later became well-loved companions. Livestock were tamed to give us food, like milk, eggs, and meat. Slowly, people began to experiment with what animals could be kept as pets. Pets affect humans in so many positive ways. They teach us all responsibility, provide happiness, and finally are beneficial for your health. news.gallup.com

When kids ask for a pet, they and the parents think it is all for fun and games, and the parents usually say no. But really, they should say yes. Pets can teach kids many lessons. The only price they pay is that for the pet. When kids get a pet, they quickly learn that they need to feed it. They learn to be compassionate to living things. Also, pets will give a schedule to life. Kids need to feed the pet and the same time each day, maybe exercise it, play with it. They have to do this, while managing with homework, and maybe other recreation as well. " Kids who take care of dogs learn what it feels like to have a living creature rely on them, and that teaches responsibility in a way little else can. Caring for a dog creates a sense of empathy and a respect for life. It teaches commitment and consistency..."[ ] Pets are a really great teaching tool for kids.

On top of that, pets are just downright fun to be around, for adults and kids. Everyone loves to sit down with a fluff ball in their lap, and laugh at their antics! For kids, seeing their pet be happy makes them happy, too. They know that they had a part in making their pet happy. Most kids like active pets, because they're like a play buddy. For adults, having a pet consumes time after retirement. Just the companionship provides joy, seeing the living thing that you have cared for and raised, trained, fed, played with, and had fun with. According to scien ce , when you interact with a pet, it releases things called endorphins into your brain.

Endorphins make you feel happier. Therefore, having a pet will make you happier!

Did you know that pets can actually help you live longer? It's true! Pets help reduce stress, keep you healthy, and can actually save your life! When people come back from schools or work stressed, pets can reduce that. Lots of people used to be stressed or grumpy. However, when these people got a pet, their mood was instantly improved. Just being around a pet will actually lower your blood pressure, [ vetstreet.com ]. Being around pets will also reduce our reactions to stressful situations. For example, one study showed that subjects asked to do a mental arithmetic task in front of their pets showed smaller increases in blood pressure and heart rate - in contrast to doing it in front of their spouse, which made it more stressful. [ ] If you have or get a pet that needs daily walks or exercise, you're keeping yourself healthy, as well as your pet! People who exercise with their pets are actually faster and more agile. Older people who have pets are able to bend, kneel, squat, and run well for their age. Now, here's a real shocker. Your pet can save your life! Seriously. Many people have reported to hospitals that their dog is smelling something like a mole vetstreet.com . When the person gets this checked out, it turns out the mole is cancerous! Without that dog, these people could've died! If dogs can do it, maybe other pets can, too!

Ultimately, pets are a great tool to have in life. They help us in multiple ways. Pets teach us and improve our responsibility, trust, compassion, bereavement, respect, self-esteem, loyalty, physical activity, patience, social skills [ ] . Kids will learn how to take care of something alive, preparing them for the future. Any kind of pet makes a great friend! Healthypets.mercola.com Pets won't judge anyone, which makes us feel sa fe. We can give them our secrets, they can't tell anyone! And pets can be the key to getting people to exercise, stay relaxed, and save a life! 16/17 kids want some kind of pet, but most don't have any. But in some places like Thailand, people hav e many pets. Pets do so much for us, yet some people don't have pets, or are against pets, for no reason at all. But if more people get pets, more people wil l be happier, kids will get a better future, and everyone will be healthier. Pets are so beneficial for us.

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And How They Affect Kids

When you are outside, you enjoy the fresh air. You talk, play, and laugh. You think that you are outside just because your teacher is really nice. You kind of got it right. But that's not really it. Brain breaks can affect kids in many awesome, cool ways. Fresh oxygen, a perfect learning environment, and making your brain rest from running a marathon, brain breaks are clearly very useful.

Brain Breaks Helps the Oxygen in Your Brain

First of all, w hen y ou breathe the fresh air, the oxygen circulates in your brain and makes you 0.00000000001 smarter. Also, your brain never gets a break. You just need to intentionally give it one. In fact, the brain is much more active - and more likely to tire - than any muscle or organ in the human body.

"Hip Silicon Valley tech companies started the growing trend of offering t heir employees unique perks that seems to encourage stepping away from the desk. Google's free massages, Twitter's rock climbing wall, and Dropbox's gaming tournaments come to mind. Some may dismiss these initiatives as ploys for PR or to impress new recruits, but there is solid evidence that fun creativity breaks actually improve employee productivity. One of the best ways to recharge is to engage in something different. If you have been reviewing a document for 90 minutes, don't take a break in reading news articles. Get up and do something completely different. The brain is an efficient task-switcher; it has no problem going from java programming to power yoga to basket weaving. And doing so may make you a better java programmer, since you've allowed your brain's java programming circuit to rest. If you are a slave to work, then switch tasks productively." Jeff Stibel, author and maker of the website 5 Ways to Give Your Brain a Break Right Now .

Why, sometimes principles at schools doesn't let kids go outside if it is cold. However, though, a lot of kids and sometimes even a lot of teachers disagree. You just have to wear a lot of clothing and a five-minute brain break would do better than nothing. Teachers report that after coming in from a brain break, the students are more lively since they have been in the cold, refreshing their senses. Before a test and after a test are great examples for a time in brain breaks. If it really is too cold outside, have an indoor one! Crank up the music and let them dance and have fun. Also, be sure to crack the window a bit to let in some fresh air. That way, kids can get almost the same amount of oxygen in their brain as when they are outside.

Brain Breaks Help the Learning Environment

Responsive Classroom is a great help towards brain breaks, because it helps with adolescent academics and social-emotional learning.

"Since using brain breaks with young adolescents, I have witnessed an increase in positive community. Proactively, these brain breaks have helped keep students engaged in our rigorous academics. They have also been effective in supporting students when misbehavior occurs." Andrew Moral, a 6th grade teacher reports. They help students and teachers calm down themselves, such as kids can...

Improve their cognitive skills as they complete successive rounds or come up with variations of an activity.

Discover that abilities are not fixed but rather grow with effort as they surpass personal achievements.

Develop perseverance as they build on their ability to keep working hard when facing academic and social challenges.

Strengthen social-emotional growth as they practice skills such as cooperation, assertiveness, responsibility, empathy, and self-control.

While the kids are busy, the teachers are also doing something. The teachers can...

Manage the classroom more effectively by reducing off-task behaviors and wandering minds .

Build and maintain a positive classroom community by enabling safe, productive student-to-student and student-to-teacher interactions .

Maintain a productive learning environment by providing ways to keep students engaged with the content you teach .

Brain breaks, with their magical power, helps the learning environment in different ways. Helping teachers and students, brain breaks are breaks for the brain in the learning environment.

Brains Aren't Made for Marathons

The human brain wasn't designed to pay attention and be alert for hours at a time. Over millions of years of evolution, human life moved at a much slower pace, in rhythm with the sun and nature. In the societies of our ancestors, hunting and gathering food and tending to the other necessities of life would have only consumed a few hours a day. That left a lot of time for a person's brain and body to relax, socialize, or be in a state of rest.

Now, most Americans sprint through life, working 10 hours a day, doing the same thing all day long. Then, they come home and spend hours on the computer doing more work, playing on their phone, watching TV, or engaging in some other mind stimulating activity. After getting too little sleep, they jump out of bed only to do it over again.

Brain breaks are clearly useful, in many more ways. They are awesome, and helps children and adults too. Now, you can give your kids a healthy break for their brains!!

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Dogs or cats, that is the q uestion Do you like dogs? Do you like cats? Everyone has their reasons, but t here is really more evidence of why dogs are better pets. One reason is, dogs are smarter. Another reason is dogs feel more affectionate towards their owners.
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"Destroying rainforests for economic gain..... Is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." Says E. O. Wilson, a biologist. These rainforests are being destroyed rapidly. We should all put forth an effort to protect these rainforests because they are home to so many animals and plants, they are being destroyed so quickly, and because these rainforests are such a big part in our Earth's ecosystem.

To begin, rainforests are teeming with plants and animals. Approximately 5 million species of animals, which is more than half of the world's animal population live in the world's rainforests. There are also close to 3000 fruits that grow in the rainforests. [Says, SoftSchools ] The range varies from insects to birds, and even snakes and jaguars. A lot of plants that live in the rainforests are also used for medicine. According to a , a few examples of these plants would be curare, cocoa trees and a plant called a rosy periwinkle. The plant called the rosy periwinkle is very important to us humans and most people may not even know it. This plant helps prevent childhood leukaemia and and lowers the chances of getting deadly diseases such as cancer. Without these forests, we will lose these important plants and all of these many animals will lose their habitats.

Another reason, is that these rainforests are being destroyed at rapid rates. A website says that every minute , 150 acres of ra inforests are being destroyed due to industrial work. At this rate, rainforests will be completely gone in 40 years. Developers are cutting down trees and building houses and buildings where these forests use to be.

Chopped down tree in rainforest.

The developers would say that these properties are valuable land for development, but really they aren't ours to use, they are the animals. Destroying rainforests come with huge consequences, though. You may not know it, but rainforests are a huge part of our Earth's ecosystem, and our environment. Rainforest trees absorb carbon dioxide and help to control climate change and global warming in our planet. Without these trees, global warming and climate with occur and cause problems in our ecosystem even quicker.

Lastly, these forests are beautiful and should be enjoyed by our kids and their kids, too. Some sources say that these forests are disappearing so rapidly, that they will be completely gone in only a few decades. Even though they are disappearing so

rapidly, you can help the rainforests' plants and animals by donating to a rainforest rescue project that has been helping to save rainforest plants and animals. If you have ever been to a rainforest, you know how beautiful they are. These forests are incredibly amazing and it would be great if us humans could share this beauty with more people in the future and not just put an end to it with ou r generation.

This is a sloth in a Costa Rican rainforest.

In conclusion, we should help save these rainforests so the millions of animals and plants can live longer. We should also try to stop the development of these forests by not buying housing or buildings on these properties , and not b uy products from these regions. If we all give effort in trying to stop these things, our children and generations to come can enjoy these forests, too.

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By Caroline "Destroying rainforests for economic gain..... Is like burning a Renaissance painting to cook a meal." Says E. O. Wilson, a biologist. These rainforests are being destroyed rapidly. We should all put forth an effort to protect these rainforests because they are home to so many animals and plants, they are being destroyed so quickly, and because these rainforests are such a big part in our Earth's ecosystem.

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Do you want a class pet ? Do you have a class pet ? Do you have a small pet or a big pet ? Do you think you would work better with a class pet? I thin k all classrooms should have a pet because they teach kids responsibility , they will have a better learning environment and it helps kids look forward to school.

One reason is th at kids learn more about responsibility and what it takes to take care of others. Kids also learn that all living things need more than just food and water. According to the article Pets in the Classroom , Even a small child can begin to learn to care for the needs of another living being. Whether helping to empty a cup of dry kibble into the rabbit's bowl, or filling the hamster's water bottle, it's never too early to start teaching kids proper animal care. Of course, parents or teachers must monitor all pet care that the child carries out. Kids should be expected to fulfill their responsibilities, but when the inevitable slip-ups occur, we shouldn't make too much of a fuss; we should just point out that the pet was counting on him. For example I have had much experience with a class pet ,having my one. I know that at first every kid wanted to pet him ,they would pet him when he wasn't looking , when he was sleeping and when he was eating and drinking water .Every time he ran over to his little sleeping hut ,at first I thought it was that he hadn't got use to it . But after a week he still ran away then one day I saw somebody getting his attention then petting him so he wouldn't get scared , and when I tried it ,it worked, and from that moment on I learned that everybody nee ds some space

Another re ason is that it improves your learning experience and environment according to the article B enefits of Classroom Animals , even kids with no exposure to animals or nature in their home environment can see, feel, touch and make connections to the wide world of animals.

* Observing and caring for an animal instills a sense of responsibility and respect for life.

* A pet brings increased sensitivity and awareness of the feelings and needs of others-both animals and humans.

* Kids learn that all living things need more than just food and water for survival.

* Students will see directly how their behavior and actions affect others.

* Studies show that the presence of animals tends to lessen tension in the classroom. Also according to the article benefits of classroom animals , The study also showed that kids turn to their pets for emotional well-being, with 40% of children choosing pet companionship when feeling down. Kids were also found to seek out their pets when feeling tired, upset, scared or lonely, and 53% of respondents said they enjoy doing homework with pets nearby. "Being around animals is extremely good for children", says Dr. Harvey Markovitch, pediatrician and editor of The Archives of Disease in Childhood. "They're good for morale, and teach childr en about relationships and about the needs of another living being - learning to care for a pet helps them to learn how to care for people". Studies show caring for pets aids in improving school attendance and teaching children about discoveryhealth.com

Studies show caring for pets aids in improving school attendance and teaching children about responsibility.

Kids and Pets-A winning combination!

The last reason is that they can help kids look forward to going to school and improve attendance . You might be thinking that maybe some kids have allergies but I am not only talking about our furry friends but amphibians too. According to Benefits of Classroom Animals, Lots of animals such as cats, dogs and guinea pigs love human contact and can become a child's best buddy. Kids can even develop strong human animal bonds with non-responsive animals such as fish or turtles. These relationships help to strengthen a child's social skills, giving them t he potential to do better in a school setting. (sesameworkshop.org).Also according to Benefits of Classroom Animals, Caring for pets in the classroom is one way of improving school attendance and teaching children about responsibility . Some people would say a pet doesn't work for them because there child has allergies but when I say classroom pet I don't just mean fluffy pets I also mean amphibians ,since most kids are not allergic to amphibians .

I hope you now agree with me , that every classroom needs a classroom pet, and that it can help improve attendance , improve your learning environment and it teaches kids responsibility . I hope you condider the following.

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Do you like dogs? Do you like cats? Everyone has their reasons, but t here is really more evidence of why dogs are better pets. One reason is, dogs are smarter. Another reason is dogs feel more affectionate towards their owners. The last reason is, you are healthier with a dog than a cat.

One reason why dogs are better pets than cats, is because dogs are smarter. According to David Blank, a CNN reporter , " Dogs have twice the amount of neurons compared to cats. A neuron is a cell that looks at information." David Blank stats that the team of researchers that studied the amount of neurons in dogs said, " The more neurons an animal has the smarter it is." After reading this report I found that a cat's brain has about 250 million neurons, while a 15-pound mix breed had 429 million neurons in it's brain. Also I interviewed a dog owner and she said, "I think very smart, he can fetch, roll over, sit, stay, jump, open doors, and shake a paw." I also interviewed a cat owner she said, " No, she doesn't know any tricks." I can conclude from these interviews that dogs can more easily learn tricks, so that would show that dogs are more intelligent.

An additional reason why dogs are better pets than cats is, dogs show more affection towards owners than cats. For example, my Aunt has cats, that haven't learned any tricks. I tried to teach one how to sit but it only meowed and padded softly away. Though, when I train my dog he stays right by me, as though he stayed there just to keep me company. Also, some people think cats are pets because they need less attention. Though really it's better that dogs need more attention, because they will give more attention and affection to you, which will make them better companions to have.

The final reason why dogs are better pets than cats is, that dogs give their owners more exercise. For instance, according to Exercising with your dog 101 , " Though exercise needs are based on a dog's age, breed, size and overall health, your dog should spend between 30 minutes to two hours on an activity every day." Because of this, you need t o do this with them, getting you moving and keeping you healthy. Though cats don't need walks only the occasional playtime with toys, though, can be good exercise for the cat, is not very good exercise for you. Which is a big reason why some people like cats, though dogs you to stay in good shape, making them better pets.

To conclude, dogs and cats are most likely the most favored pets in America. Though dogs are more a pet than cats are. They show lots of affection towards their owners, they keep you in shape, and they're smarter than cats, cats, that are without these qualities, are not good pets at all. They really just live in the same house as you. Making dogs the true best pets!

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On Jan. 19, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pocket vetoed t he recess bill, which would have required sch ools to have at least a 20 minute recess. The state legislation cannot override a pocket veto. Turner(member of American Heart Association)expressed disappointment and said she was "baffled the governor wouldn't sign the measure," particularly since she amended the original measure at his office's request to ensure that recess could not be taken away from a s tudent as a measure . Recess should be at least 25 minutes. If it was at least 25 minutes, it would make you more focused , develop your social skills, as well as your physical development.

The first reason t hat recess should be longer is that it will make you more focused. Dr. Olga Jarrett conducted a experiment to see if kids were more focused when they had recess. They received permission for two fourth grade classes to have recess once a week so they could look at the children's behavior on recess and non-recess days. Their results showed that the 43 children became more on-task and fidgeted less on days when they had recess. Sixty percent of the children, also five with attention deficit disorder worked more and fidgeted less on recess days. Also in a article for NPR the Ohio State University pediatrician Bob Murray is quoted saying, "If you want a child to be attentive and stay on task, and also if you want them to encode the information you're giving them in their memory, you've got to give them regular breaks."

The second reason that recess should be longer is because you have more physical exercise. Today, one in every three american kids and teens suffer from obesity. That means there's more than 15,000,000 American kids that suffer from obesity. Research has even shown that children who are physically active in school are more likely to be physically active at home than children who don't have the opportunity to be active during the school day aren't usually active during after-school hours.

The final reason is that kids can social skills, recess may be the only time where kids can socialize . Recess may be the only time during the day when children have an opportunity to experience socialization and real communication. Children don't play in the neighborhood, so once school ends, there may be little chance for improvement in social skills. Plus in class, children are usually not encouraged to socialize. Some school policies even make it to where as to prevent children from talking to one another during lunch! Now, some may say that you need to have more education time to learn faster and develop. But that doesn't make sense because if you don't focus you won't learn anything at all.

In conclusion, recess is a necessity recess should be at least 10 minutes longer because it will make you less fidgety, more developed so cial skills as well as physical condition. That is why recess should be 10 minutes longer. This your call to action.

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http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/new-jersey/chris-christie/2016/01/20/christie-veto-recess-bill/79083450/

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Smoke pollutes the environment so aside from hurting people, you hurt animals, and plants as well. The air pollution coming from cigarettes is 10 times more than the pollution emitted from car exhaust. If we keep this up, our planet might not be habitable for the generations a thousand years from now.

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Did you know that in the next thirty years the amount of coral reefs in the world will decrease by 60 percent? It's true. Well, that's a huge problem already, right? Sorry to say, but it just gets worse. It's an even bigger problem now because of the fact right now we only have about 70 percent of the coral reefs that used to exist! I think people should protect coral reefs because they are going extinct. Some reasons that coral reefs are going extinct is because of pollution to water and global warming, tourists, coral reef habitat damage, and fishing near coral reefs.

First, pollution in water and global warming are affecting coral reefs because they can only live in cool and clear water. Global warming makes the cool water grow warmer and pollution to water makes it dirtier. Both of these problems contribute to the destruction to coral reefs. "We have to remember that coral reefs are living beings, too." Varshan says. In fact, once they are destroyed, it can take them millions of years to grow back. But wait, there's even more. Twenty five percent of the marine life in the world exists in coral reefs! If they do go extinct, we may be putting ourselves in danger. That was one reason why we should not destroy coral reefs.

This is a graph of the amount of coral bleaching.

Furthermore , coral reefs are getting destroyed by tourists. Yes, I said tourists. When these tourists check out the coral reefs, the oils on human fingers can cause the coral reefs to die easily. This happens because the coral starts feeling stress and starts bleaching which is when corals start ejecting all their color and turn white. Once this has happened, the coral starts to die. This also happens when tourists accidently break off a piece of coral or when tourists pollute coral reefs. Tourist pollute reefs when they leave stuff near where the coral reefs live. I think that tourists should stay away from the coral reefs when checking them out. They should only look at them instead of touching them. Here is another reason why we shouldn't destroy coral reefs

Another reason why coral reefs are dying is because people are destroying coral reefs. People sometimes do this because boats and ships need space to land and coral reefs are often in their path so they destroy them. When people do this, they are not only kill ing the actual coral reefs, they are destroying and killing all the marine life that lives in them! I agree that ships and boats have to dock, but I think that the ships and boats should dock in places where there are less or no coral reefs present. People also destroy coral reefs because they put oil, fertilizers, and trash into oceans and places where coral reefs live. This not only makes it dirty, but it also stops sunlight coming through and as a result, coral reefs do not get sunlight and nutrients they need to thrive and support marine life. This can cause a lot of damage to the coral reefs. I just gave you another reason why we shouldn't destroy coral reefs.

Lastly, fishing near coral reefs also contributes to the problem of coral reef damage. When people try to do this, fishing lines get caught on coral reefs. This can make pieces of the coral fall of and destroy the habitat of the fish that live there. Once the coral breaks off, the fish who live there will have to wait for centuries for their home to grow back.

Now that I have shown all the reasons why we should start protecting coral reefs around the world, I hope that you will now fight to protect coral reefs. Remember, just doing small things can make a big difference.

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Are you still in school? If you are, how many minutes are you given to read everyday? The average time is about 25 minutes through 45 minutes. Well, that is certainly too little. We should have 20 more minutes of reading time everyday at school. Reading can add on to knowledge, affect other subjects, and just because reading is a awesome subject that kids enjoy a lot.

More Reading Means More Knowledge

To start with, reading he lps add on to knowledge. You can learn many things from the exciting subject. When I was small, I didn't only learn by thinking big abo ut the text. I also learned facts from nonfiction books and life long lessons from fiction ones. "Those that read more have higher GPAs, intelligence, and general knowledge than those that don't" says LifeDev. I personally made a quiz for children to answer whether they want more reading time. Most of us said that they think they should get more reading time during school. " Reading is an excellent subject, because it gives you some skills for everyday life, so we should get more time to learn it." says a student who answered my survey . I personally agree with this student a lot. Reading can boost up your brain power!

"Reading can help with phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension", says Mary Carbo (the author of a pdf book). I think Mary is right because I did learn these things during reading and I have many kids who would agree with me on that. For Example, Reading helps me with word study which helps me with vocabulary. Vocabulary is a fundamental learning part of language arts. If you are high on vocabulary, you will know a lot of different words and their meanings. If you are a normal person, you probably would want to be high on vocabulary. Well, if you read more, you will know a lot about not only vocabulary, but many other things too.

Many kids enjoy this awesome subject!

In elementary school, I saw some students sneakily reading during other subjects. When this happens, I realize how much my classmates love reading. I have and still enjoy reading, too. During class time, I always read as much as possible. Right when my teacher said it was reading time, me and all of my other classmates would immediately take out their books and start reading. It's not only at school either. I know a lot of kids who would spend big chunks of time at home to read. "About half (%51) of the children that are ages 6-17 are reading a good novel right now and about %20 percent just finished one" says The State of Kids and Reading (a website). You might think that this is a myth and let me tell you, this isn't exactly always correct. It is just the average. Sometimes, you might have way more than just this. How many children ages 6-17 are in this world? I don't know because the number is constantly growing and decreasing but I can tell you, there are sure a lot.

How long do you think a child can continuously read? In first grade, children usually can read 30 minutes but as a child grows up, the time can stretch to more than 2 hours. For instance, my friend Pranavi (another fifth grade girl), once read more than 3 hours when she was on a plane. I personally once read 5 hours straight and I was only in 4th grade. Of course, that was only under certain circumstances. I usually read about 1 hour straight everyday (especially on school days because I have limited time). I read for such a long time because when I do read, I always get automatically sucked into the book I am reading that I get so entertained that it's actually hard to stop reading. This is a sign of how much most kids like reading.

I think we can now say that all kids (no matter younger or older) like reading very much.

Reading affects other subjects, too.

"Reading can affect any subject; It helps you understand what they mean" says Adahlia, a fifth grade girl. For e xample, o nce when I was in fourth grade, my mom gave me a book to learn python. I could understand what the simple programs were like but when it came to harder programs, I could only know how to type them on a program, but I didn't know how to use it on other situations. The reading was a little hard for me to understand. Reading can help way more than this, though. In math, we had to do a lot of word problems. And you should know, when it comes to math, everything is super logical. When I read the confusing word problems, I had to underline the important words to fully understand what I actually needed to solve. This clearly tells us, that there is a need to be able to understand the word problem before we can actually solve it. Think back now. Have you ever had a problem that you couldn't understand? What did you think was the problem and what do you think is the problem now?

Counter Counterclaim

Some people might say that reading will hurt children's eyes, but if children rest their eyes for a while, then there eyes won't be hurt much. Also, children spend lots of time on a electronics these days and these electronic components can hurt eyesight a lot. If children spend more time reading, that can limit their time online. "We've all been there-so in a book you don't want to stop reading, despite poor light. But it is unlikely this would permanently ruin someone's eyes" says Brisbane optometry professor Nathan Efron. But that's not the same case with electronics. Reading informational text can let children learn the same things they learn from those computers.

Some people also might say that too much reading time will take out time for other subjects. I slightly agree but I also want to rearrange that sentence a little bit. I think that too much fiction reading time would take out time for other subjects. Because if you read from a nonfiction book about the subject you need to work more on, you are still necessarily studying that subject. You might be thinking: 'So you can do two subjects at the same time?' Certainly. As long as you actually ARE doing two subjects at the same time!

I think this can conclude that there wouldn't be any big problems with having more reading time at school.

Conclusion

As you clearly can notice, children s hould get some more reading time in school. All teachers should be aware that the amount of reading a child does can affect a child's present and future!

1. http://www.scholastic.com/readingreport/the-state-of-kids-and-reading.htm

2. https://lifedev.net/2009/06/01/reading-makes-you-better/

3. http://www.abc.net.au/health/features/stories/2014/10/23/4113106

4. https://www.naesp.org/sites/default/files/resources/2/Principal/2005/S-Op46.pdf

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The power of exercising

By Alissa Xue

Exercise. Many people think of this as a grueling hour run or an hour lifting weights. However, exercise does not actually have to be that long or that hard. Exercise can be from a light 20 minute jog or some dancing to a tune or song. Exercise is very important and it also has many benefits for your health . It has been proven to help lower your chance of getting certain diseases like type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. It also make you feel good while you are doing it. Exercise also helps you lose weight . Also, people exercising just 15 minutes per day have a 14% lower mortality risk than those who do not exercise. This statistic covers different causes of death. For those with cancer, if they exercise 15 minutes each day, they will be 10% less likely to die of it than not exercising. ( l) Another great thing about exercising is that anyone can do it.

Research shows that physical activity helps prevent diabetes. Muscles that are used to working stay more receptive to insulin, the hormone that ushers blood sugar into cells, so in fit individuals blood sugar levels aren't as likely to go up. Also, it helps lower your chance of getting heart attacks. If you're physically active, your heart gets trained to beat slower and stronger, so it needs less oxygen to function well; your arteries get springier, so they push your blood along better; and your levels of "good" HDL cholesterol go u p. ( ) Harvard Health

How do you actually feel good when you are exercising? Good question. According to Fastcompany, when you exercise, your brain releases chemicals called endorphins and BDNF. (Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor) The endorphins and BDNF work together to lower your stress level. So after you exercise, you feel calm and relaxed . Therefore, if you exercise more often, you will end up feeling happier and less depress ed. ( ) Research shows that people that exercise are about 1.5 times happier than people that don't exercise. Although that may not sound like much, it can make you feel much better than if you didn't exercise.( ) Fast Company Scientific Research

Lastly, exercise helps you lose weight. Although many people think that they can just eat "healthy" or go on a diet, that doesn't necessarily help you lose weight. The most effective way to lose weight is still exercising. Exercising helps you lose weight for a number of reasons. One reason is that by increasing your muscles, you increase your metabolism , a chemical reaction in your body that maintains life.When you replace your fat with muscles, your body burns more calories. ( ) Although going on a diet will still help you lose weight, as soon as you stop your diet, fat keeps building up. If you exercise instead, you are more likely to keep exercising which helps you maintain good weight. Research shows that 95% of diets fail and most people on a diet will gain weight within five years.( ) Healthline

Ultimately, exercise is very important for so many reasons. Not only is exercise fun, it helps you a lot. From helping you lose weight to making you feel better, and helping you enjoy life more. Every extra 15 minutes of exercising each day will decrease the all-cause mortality risk by up to 4% and the cancer mortality risk by about 1%.( ) Therefore, exercise is very important for your health. Exercise is easy to do and has a wide range of selections that you can choose from. Not only is exercise key to helping you, exercise is powerful.

https://www.health.harvard.edu/newsletter_article/why-we-should-exercise-and-why-we-dont

https://www.fastcompany.com/3025957/what-happens-to-our-brains-when-we-exercise-and-how-it-makes-us-happier

https://www.healthline.com/health/diet-and-weight-loss-fitness-exercise#benefits

http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?paperID=79210

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The power of exercising By Alissa Xue Exercise. Many people think of this as a grueling hour run or an hour lifting weights. However, exercise does not actually have to be that long or that hard. Exercise can be from a light 20 minute jog or some dancing to a tune or song.

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Did you know that if all the ice in the world melts, the sea levels will rise a total of 216 feet? If you don't want this to happen there are many ways to stop that, such as putting in efforts to stop or slow down global warming. If you don't put in efforts, much problems will start, or just be more severe. The problems may include the one I just mentioned. Other problems include : more deaths, agricultural problems, the melting of the Arctic and Antarctic, and more. These problems will just increase over time. But, if we put in efforts, we might be able to slow down or even stop these problems. Even if some people think it's not a big problem right now, it actually is. If we don't do anything about it, it'll be too late to fight against in the future. Anyway , let's go over what 3 of the problems do if efforts aren't put in to slow down or stop global warming.

First of all, there will be more deaths if efforts aren't put in. How though? Well, with higher temperatures, diseases will spread faster than usual. Even worse though, if the diseases spread too fast, it can lead to an outbreak, epidemic, or maybe even a global pandemic. Also, with higher temperatures, there will be a higher population of mosquitoes, which will increase the amount of infection through mosquito transmission. This can also lead to an outbreak, epidemic, or pandemic. There will also be more air pollution due to the carbon dioxide and other chemicals that cause global warming. The air pollution will then become fatal after reaching high levels of these chemicals. And, according to , in China, air pollution has reached such high levels that there are 366000 premature deaths.

Second of all, the Arctic and Antarctic will start melting if efforts aren't put in. Why is this bad though? As the sea levels rise due to the melting of the Arctic and Antarctic caused by the increase in temperature, there will be more negative effects such as more frequent flooding. And, as more of the Arctic and Antarctic melt, it will also speed up global warming since ice has high albedo meaning it reflects off most of the sunlight that hits it. Without the ice, less of the sunlight will be reflected back which means more heat will get trapped. Also, according to insideclimatenews.org , as the ice melts, it'll release methane gases in the Arctic and Antarctic as well as some other methane trapped in permafrost, which will also speed up global warming. The methane gases also trap heat more effectively than carbon dioxide according to the National Public Radio (NPR).

Lastly, there will be more agricultural problems if efforts aren't put in. Because of higher temperatures, there will be more severe weather which can slow down agriculture. If agriculture is slowed down, it'll cause food riots, famines, havoc in food markets, and more negative effects. Also, according to North Carolina State University, carbon dioxide affects plant growth. The plants may grow faster than usual, but will also have a lack of nutrition in them. Without nutrition, you may suffer from diseases or diagnoses. And, because of the heating of the climate, there will be more droughts causing a setback in agriculture.

This is why efforts should be put in to stop or slow down global warming. If efforts aren't put in, expect more deaths, problems caused by the melting of the Arctic and Antarctic, and agricultural problems. There are even more problems than that. But if we put in more efforts, at least there will be less of these problems. Efforts are already put in, but we need more efforts than that. You can use your imagination to generate an idea, or something else. Whatever it is, even if it's not very effective, you still put in effort. We h ave to do this for our entire world. You can make a difference in global warming.

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Did you know that if all the ice in the world melts, the sea levels will rise a total of 216 feet? If you don't want this to happen there are many ways to stop that, such as putting in efforts to stop or slow down global warming.