What does good posture look like? Many would say it’s sitting ramrod straight, shoulders back, head up, and that bad posture is a teenager’s slumped shoulders, curved back, eyes glued to their screen below. But the reality is much more complicated than that.
Thanksgiving, which happens annually on the fourth Thursday of November, is an American National Holiday centred around gratitude for the harvest and other blessings of the year. Its history seems to show a peaceful coalition between the Indigenous people of modern-day Massachusetts and the Pilgrims – white settlers who arrived in the 1600s – however research has shown the truth to be much darker. I have found conflicting information online and so will aim to present as balanced a narrative as I can, whilst also assessing the transparency of the celebration through the lens of the marginalised Native Americans.
This academic year, each year group took careful consideration with choosing their year group charities, through filling out the form to show initial interests and then deciding from the shortlist. Given we never announced the results of each year group charity in assembly, I thought it would be useful to write an article summarising each of the charities, their focus areas and work they do.
I’m sure we have all heard of Black Friday, whether you use the day to score an amazing deal on something you will never use, or get a head start on your Christmas shopping (though who is actually this organised..), but have you ever stopped to think where the seemingly sinister term actually originated from?
For as long as there have been clothes, they have needed mending. It is simply a fact of life that, if you wear something lots, it will eventually need some kind of repair. Unfortunately, in this age of fast fashion, it is becoming less and less normal for one to wear clothes for long enough that they even need mending, yet alone for one to actually go and mend them. I like to think that this is largely due to ignorance, rather than laziness, and so in the name of educating the masses on the lost art of mending, I would like to impart some basic knowledge on fixing clothes.
