In this project I have decided to interview my mother on her opinion on death. She is a christian, and she said that she believes that our mortal form dies, but our spirit/soul lives on. I am alos shristian so I also believe that. But back in egypt where there were pharoahs, pyrimads, and slaves, they had believed in reicarnation. That is when somebody dies and there soul goes into another body that has yet to be born. I am actually a little confused though and scared to die. I don;t know what to expect and how to approach death. But my will come and we'll see what happens. The first time I actually thought about death, I got scared and I really can't live in the now becuase I keep on worrying about what happens to me when my time is up.
I did some research on other religions and what they think on what happens when you die, and alos a couple a athiest. Athiest believe "
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
HW 29 - Reading and noting basic materials
Paying for medical care
Medical insurance is a big thing, and had many variables. All people should have access to health insurance, and not have to worry about past illnesses or money problems. The government is supposed to take care of us, and pay to make sure that we get the treatment we need. The government wanted this, but when they saw how much money was involved, they don't want to do it anymore. Only if they could get something back in return like money. This so called health care that the government provides for us can't be really called health care because when you care for somebody, you do it and put somebody's life line on a price. But if the government don't get their money, they'll basically let you expire.
There was a movie called "Sicko" by Michael Moore where it shows a change in people's lives due to money problems because of having to pay for problem. The wife had to pay for her husbands three heart attacks, and then later on, she had gotten cancer, and they could no longer keep there house. There was another story about a man who had cut off the tip of his ring finger and his middle finger. It cost 12,000 dollars to get the ring finger reattached and it cost 30,000 dollars to get his middle finger reattached. Where in France, they have free health care. At the cashier, you don't give him money, they give you money.
Being sick
Getting sick happens to everyone. From the minor sickness like colds, stomach virus, and flu's. And then there are the major fatal sickness like, cancer, stigma, and polio. Getting sick is not avoidable, the minor sickness like the cold happens to everyone. Every person has a cold once or twice in there life. But the major illnesses are somewhat avoidable. As long as you take good care of your body you will be okay. Earlier I learned that the food we eat isn't just food, it has another chemical in it that can do a lot of damage to our bodies, if not careful while eating it. Eat it too much and fat and unhealthy ingredients get stuck around your heart. Your heart pumps harder, and it eventually leads to heart attacks.
I like fast foods. But I don't eat it like I used to when I was younger. I learned about the harmful things workers people put into our food. So now I make wise choices and decide carefully on what I eat. I never really gotten a major illness and don't plan to. I've had at least 20 or more colds. I had a stomach virus once on christmas eve. And I have never had the flu. I don't know what I do to stay healthy. When I am hot, I usually put a fan in my face while I sleep, and that leads to the colds I get.
Facing Terminal Illness
We all at least know one person who was sick with a fatal illness. In the book Tuesday's with Morrie, Morrie was a healthy man, until one day he got very sick. He felt fine at first, but as the weeks went by, he got skinnier and weaker until the point where he couldn't even walk around. He couldn't even use the bathroom by himself without somebody's help. He thought it was embarrassing
Medical insurance is a big thing, and had many variables. All people should have access to health insurance, and not have to worry about past illnesses or money problems. The government is supposed to take care of us, and pay to make sure that we get the treatment we need. The government wanted this, but when they saw how much money was involved, they don't want to do it anymore. Only if they could get something back in return like money. This so called health care that the government provides for us can't be really called health care because when you care for somebody, you do it and put somebody's life line on a price. But if the government don't get their money, they'll basically let you expire.
There was a movie called "Sicko" by Michael Moore where it shows a change in people's lives due to money problems because of having to pay for problem. The wife had to pay for her husbands three heart attacks, and then later on, she had gotten cancer, and they could no longer keep there house. There was another story about a man who had cut off the tip of his ring finger and his middle finger. It cost 12,000 dollars to get the ring finger reattached and it cost 30,000 dollars to get his middle finger reattached. Where in France, they have free health care. At the cashier, you don't give him money, they give you money.
Being sick
Getting sick happens to everyone. From the minor sickness like colds, stomach virus, and flu's. And then there are the major fatal sickness like, cancer, stigma, and polio. Getting sick is not avoidable, the minor sickness like the cold happens to everyone. Every person has a cold once or twice in there life. But the major illnesses are somewhat avoidable. As long as you take good care of your body you will be okay. Earlier I learned that the food we eat isn't just food, it has another chemical in it that can do a lot of damage to our bodies, if not careful while eating it. Eat it too much and fat and unhealthy ingredients get stuck around your heart. Your heart pumps harder, and it eventually leads to heart attacks.
I like fast foods. But I don't eat it like I used to when I was younger. I learned about the harmful things workers people put into our food. So now I make wise choices and decide carefully on what I eat. I never really gotten a major illness and don't plan to. I've had at least 20 or more colds. I had a stomach virus once on christmas eve. And I have never had the flu. I don't know what I do to stay healthy. When I am hot, I usually put a fan in my face while I sleep, and that leads to the colds I get.
Facing Terminal Illness
We all at least know one person who was sick with a fatal illness. In the book Tuesday's with Morrie, Morrie was a healthy man, until one day he got very sick. He felt fine at first, but as the weeks went by, he got skinnier and weaker until the point where he couldn't even walk around. He couldn't even use the bathroom by himself without somebody's help. He thought it was embarrassing
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
HW 26 - Looking back & forward in unit
Some things taht I was able to learn in this unit were...
- was health care, and how the health care system isn't really health care. When you care for somebody, you don't put a price tag on their forehead, you help them, but not the government.
- different places in the world have free health care, and poeple wanted health care to be free, but other people had differet ideas, no money, no protection.
- The doctors basically know when really sick people are going to die, and don't really do anything, if a person could get surgery that has a chance of making them better, the surgons won't do the operation, even if you die becuase you probably din't have the operation, they do not care.
- And also when doctors know you are going to die, they'll send you a couple of floors above or below so they won't have to deal with your dying body.
To probably make this unit a little more interesting or better, when can stop trying to see it from the people giving the help or us. We can look into the body language of people who are actually dying and see how they feel compared to the doctors.
- was health care, and how the health care system isn't really health care. When you care for somebody, you don't put a price tag on their forehead, you help them, but not the government.
- different places in the world have free health care, and poeple wanted health care to be free, but other people had differet ideas, no money, no protection.
- The doctors basically know when really sick people are going to die, and don't really do anything, if a person could get surgery that has a chance of making them better, the surgons won't do the operation, even if you die becuase you probably din't have the operation, they do not care.
- And also when doctors know you are going to die, they'll send you a couple of floors above or below so they won't have to deal with your dying body.
To probably make this unit a little more interesting or better, when can stop trying to see it from the people giving the help or us. We can look into the body language of people who are actually dying and see how they feel compared to the doctors.
Monday, December 20, 2010
HW 25 - Response to Sicko
The movie Sicko stuck out to me, and taught me things about America and other countries that I never knew before. I never knew that Hilary Clinton was actually here to help us that much by trying to get free health care like France and Canada have according to the movie. The movie said that She wanted to make America first in the worldwide healthcare system, but we ended up falling to number 36 because the other people in the office didn't want this law passed. So it was not allowed for people to mention Free healthcare in the white house. The Movie Sicko taught us that health care isn't really health care, because when you care for somebody because they need it because they are sick, you don't care about the time it takes, you care about there life and well-being, but in this health care system, the only thing that they really care about is the money they make, so they usually tell somebody who desperately needs help the answer no just because they don't have the money.
According to the movie, there was one coupe, where the lady's husband had gotten a heart attack, then another one, and then another one. So that was expensive for them with all of his trips to the hospital. Then when they thought that nothing could of gotten worse, she got diagnosed with cancer,. and pretty soon after nearly going bankrupt, they could no longer afford there house, so the only option was to move in with there daughter. This connects back to my thesis because she really needed help, and with all of the expenses due to her illness, the government didn't really care, if they didn't give them money (taxes) they had to get out of the house. Another piece that was in the movie was a family that was doing really well, but one day, this ladies husband, got diagnosed with kidney cancer, they went to the doctor and said that they were able to do a transplant. It looked like a happy day for this man, but then the doctors took a look at his records and denied him for a transplant because they didn't have the money. A couple days had passed, and the husband went to sleep, and then after died. This also relates to my thesis because due to not enough money, a man lost his life, and the company dindn't even seem affected by it, until one women spoke out, and said that she was the one who denied the man's plans for a kidney, thus resulting in his death.
This movie impacted me because before I knew America wasn't perfect, but they tried to make it a good system but now I know that America says things like we will take care of you but, they are really saying let me hold your wallet forever. The government will always find a way to make sure that you give up your money, even if they make some peope go into debt, they don't care. There slogan probably says, money can buy anything. To them money represents power like I can do anything I want because we have more money than all of you.
According to the movie, there was one coupe, where the lady's husband had gotten a heart attack, then another one, and then another one. So that was expensive for them with all of his trips to the hospital. Then when they thought that nothing could of gotten worse, she got diagnosed with cancer,. and pretty soon after nearly going bankrupt, they could no longer afford there house, so the only option was to move in with there daughter. This connects back to my thesis because she really needed help, and with all of the expenses due to her illness, the government didn't really care, if they didn't give them money (taxes) they had to get out of the house. Another piece that was in the movie was a family that was doing really well, but one day, this ladies husband, got diagnosed with kidney cancer, they went to the doctor and said that they were able to do a transplant. It looked like a happy day for this man, but then the doctors took a look at his records and denied him for a transplant because they didn't have the money. A couple days had passed, and the husband went to sleep, and then after died. This also relates to my thesis because due to not enough money, a man lost his life, and the company dindn't even seem affected by it, until one women spoke out, and said that she was the one who denied the man's plans for a kidney, thus resulting in his death.
This movie impacted me because before I knew America wasn't perfect, but they tried to make it a good system but now I know that America says things like we will take care of you but, they are really saying let me hold your wallet forever. The government will always find a way to make sure that you give up your money, even if they make some peope go into debt, they don't care. There slogan probably says, money can buy anything. To them money represents power like I can do anything I want because we have more money than all of you.
Sunday, December 19, 2010
HW 24 - Illness & Dying Book, Part 3
I am currently on page 109, and so far. Mithc was on his way to Morrie's house, and is greeted not by Connie as he usually is, but by Charlotte, Morrie's wife. In keeping with Morrie's wishes, Charlotte has kept her job as a professor at M.I.T., and Mitch is surprised to find her at home. She tells Mitch that Morrie isn't having a good day, and also admits that he can no longer eat the food that Mitch brings him each week, as he can only ingest soft food and liquids. Morrie hadn't told him, as he hadn't wanted to hurt Mitch's feelings. Ch arlotte seems despondent, and Mitch attributes her distant look to her exhaustion, as she often is up throughout the night with Morrie when he cannot sleep. Morrie's condition had been decreasing rapidly, and now there are home health care workers working 24-hour shifts to care for him. Mitch notices the many pill bottles that line the kitchen table. Morrie is now coughing more violently than ever and struggles for breath as he talks with Mitch. He explains to Mitch that he is consciously "detaching himself from the experience," and explains the Buddhist philosophy that one should not cling to things because everything that exists is impermanent.
I feel that Morrie and his wife have a special connection where they are able to sense when either one of them in trouble. Becuase just for Morrie's wife Charlotte to show up unexpected, there is a reason for her apperance. I think that Morrie's time might come sooner than expeccted, becuase it is still to soon for him to be this sick
I feel that Morrie and his wife have a special connection where they are able to sense when either one of them in trouble. Becuase just for Morrie's wife Charlotte to show up unexpected, there is a reason for her apperance. I think that Morrie's time might come sooner than expeccted, becuase it is still to soon for him to be this sick
Thursday, December 16, 2010
HW 23 - Illness & Dying Book, Part 2
I am currently on page 91, and basically what I have read so far is that it is another semester the the university where Morrie has been currently teaching. But due to his illness, Morrie is more weak than he has ever been in his life, So he isn't able to move around without using a wheelchair. Know he spends his reamaing days on earth talking about his past and giving advice to the younger generation. Basically he and Mitch were discussing children and does he regret having them. Morrie said, "There is no other experience like having children"! He also was saying how if he could relive the process, he would do it again and again. I have a couple of predictions about what is to further come in the book. I believe that as time goes on and Morrie's illness starts to take its toll, Morrie will still try and make the best of his remaining time left on the earth becuase the illness takes his life, Morrie doesn't need to be active to have fun, Morrie likes to write and talk, and as long as he has Mitch to talk to, I'll think that he will be just fine.
I am actually suprised on how Morrie is dealing with his illness. It touches me becuase, when he found out he was sick and probably going to die, he had second thoughts on life, and continued to do his daily ruitine, it was almost like he didn't have hi illness. Morrie didn't feal like God had forgotten him, he accepted that everyone was going to die at somepoint, and his was just a little bit sooner than everyone elses, and he has accepted that. He said a quote that really got me thinking, and that was once people accept the fact that thy are going to die, they can start living. And this quote to me was people think too much about when and how they are going to die, but once you accept the fact and son't care how you are going to die, you can make the best of your life and do the things you were probably originally not planned to do.
I am actually suprised on how Morrie is dealing with his illness. It touches me becuase, when he found out he was sick and probably going to die, he had second thoughts on life, and continued to do his daily ruitine, it was almost like he didn't have hi illness. Morrie didn't feal like God had forgotten him, he accepted that everyone was going to die at somepoint, and his was just a little bit sooner than everyone elses, and he has accepted that. He said a quote that really got me thinking, and that was once people accept the fact that thy are going to die, they can start living. And this quote to me was people think too much about when and how they are going to die, but once you accept the fact and son't care how you are going to die, you can make the best of your life and do the things you were probably originally not planned to do.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
HW 21b - Comments
Willie,
I thought you listed some good insights from the guest speaker that you could have talked about further. I liked how in your first paragraph you connected with some of the things the speaker said when your grandfather died. However, the assignment was to write three paragraphs addressing the insights you got from the speaker and your own thoughts /connections regarding them. I definitely think you could have expanded on your thoughts and made further connections by writing more about your experiences with illness or death. You were off to a good start.
I thought you listed some good insights from the guest speaker that you could have talked about further. I liked how in your first paragraph you connected with some of the things the speaker said when your grandfather died. However, the assignment was to write three paragraphs addressing the insights you got from the speaker and your own thoughts /connections regarding them. I definitely think you could have expanded on your thoughts and made further connections by writing more about your experiences with illness or death. You were off to a good start.
Willie,
I thnk you did a good job with connections. Connecting it to personal life is always a good way to help the reader understand what the author might be going through. Especially for someone that has never read this book. Maybe you could try like more connections. Like connections to you, or to the world or to another book you have read. Maybe put more of your opnion in there along with the facts. I liked how you gave facts so we can get a better interpretation of the book. You did a good job. Also maybe try some predictions on what you think this could lead to in life, and why this could be happeneing. Good job thought
I thnk you did a good job with connections. Connecting it to personal life is always a good way to help the reader understand what the author might be going through. Especially for someone that has never read this book. Maybe you could try like more connections. Like connections to you, or to the world or to another book you have read. Maybe put more of your opnion in there along with the facts. I liked how you gave facts so we can get a better interpretation of the book. You did a good job. Also maybe try some predictions on what you think this could lead to in life, and why this could be happeneing. Good job thought
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