Every year on the forth Thursday in November, family and friends all gather around the table to give thanks, carry on traditions, or simply just to make memories. The day where turkey is gobbled down, pumpkin pie is passed around and football is playing loud. We call it Thanksgiving. It all started many years ago when the Native Americans and Pilgrims celebrated the harvest, but it did not become a national holiday until 1941.

Americans love Thanksgiving for lots of different reasons but are they for the right reasons? Are we really a thankful generation or do we all just take what we truly have for granted, and is it only our generation? As thanksgiving comes around, many teachers ask their students the famous question “What are you thankful for?” Most kids say the same exact same things. I went around my high school asking students three things that they are thankful for and getting mostly the same three replies, family, food, friends, along with a few other things. So does that make us an ungrateful generation or is that just the first three things that pop into the kid’s heads when they are asked that question? As a student in high school I believe that students do care and they are truly thankful for their family, friends and their food. I also will agree with the fact that kids don’t take the time to stop and think about how spoiled we are.

As young adults we don’t think about the everyday things like the technology we have, the fact that we are provided with education or even just the chance to play that sport that they love. Honestly, we are an extremely lucky and spoiled generation but with all we have now days we don’t know what life would be like without it. I love the quote, “You don’t really know what you have until it’s gone.” In my opinion everyone could be a little more thankful for what we have. So before you judge or assume anything about my generation being unthankful, just ask yourself what you might take for granted.