The Social Scientist questions I would like to explore are:
1) Has stem cell research benefited people?
2) Are protesters aware of how stem cell research can help people?
3) Is the government doing the right thing by funding stem cell research?
4) Is our current situation with stem cell research helping develop cures for diseases?
5) Are embryonic stem cells the only cells to be able to be tested?
6) Are the scientists who do stem cell research getting negative attention?
7) Has stem cell research promised goals that are unable to achieve?
8) Is stem cell research harmful to any person in anyway?
9) Has stem cell research had any improvements in recent years?
10) Should stem cell research be closely monitored?
Friday, March 25, 2011
Blog#12: Two Different Occupations are Similar In Different Ways
Gladwell’s main point was you don’t know what a person is capable of until they are put in the situation. He begins with a quarterback saying they don’t know how good of a player they will be until they are drafted. He said teachers are evaluated by how their students do on their exams. That is not fair to the teachers because some students don’t pay attention to the teachers.
I think he compared two very different occupations to make his point because he wanted to make his point clear. No matter what your profession, you have an impact on children. These two different occupations are used so he can say some teachers are better even if their students don’t have good test scores. A quarterback could be good playing for a college team, but not play too well in the NFL.
I think he compared two very different occupations to make his point because he wanted to make his point clear. No matter what your profession, you have an impact on children. These two different occupations are used so he can say some teachers are better even if their students don’t have good test scores. A quarterback could be good playing for a college team, but not play too well in the NFL.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Blog #11: Half-Way Mark
On my mind right now is getting ready for summer and moving into my new apartment and signing my lease. I will not be living on campus next semester, so I am very excited and cannot wait.
In this term, in this class I learned that to be a good writer you have to write more frequently. I also learned how to grab the reader’s attention in my essays I write.
In another class I learned some professors want you to think outside the “normal” also known as “thinking outside the box.” They all don’t want the same answers as everybody else. They like to hear different people’s opinions on different topics.
In this term, in this class I learned that to be a good writer you have to write more frequently. I also learned how to grab the reader’s attention in my essays I write.
In another class I learned some professors want you to think outside the “normal” also known as “thinking outside the box.” They all don’t want the same answers as everybody else. They like to hear different people’s opinions on different topics.
Blog #10: Similar Themes
One reading named “Lit” by Marry Karr is one reading that has the same theme as another reading named “Starving” by Brock Clarke. In “Lit” Karr writes a letter to her son explaining how her childhood was and tells him what she did incorrectly in her life. She wants him to do better in his life than she did in hers. She wants him to know the mistakes she made throughout her life, so he can make better choices. In “Starving”, Clarke talks about how a few fathers who were friends decided to starve themselves when their sons lives fell apart and they moved back in with their fathers. The fathers were trying to teach their sons a lesson by starving themselves. But after their sons moved out, and got back on track, the fathers continued to starve themselves. It had become their lifestyle.
The similar themes between these two short stories are the theme of family, more specifically, sons. Both authors are trying to help their sons have a better life. They are parents, so they will always help their children no matter what, so they end up teaching them what the right thing to do is.
The similar themes between these two short stories are the theme of family, more specifically, sons. Both authors are trying to help their sons have a better life. They are parents, so they will always help their children no matter what, so they end up teaching them what the right thing to do is.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Blog # 9: “Literary Criticism"
In “How to Be an Other Woman” Loorie Moore explains her relationship with the married man. She explains how they meet outside in the cold, both waiting for the bus, and the dates he takes her on. He finally tells her he has a wife and tells her his wife’s name. She now knows he is married, yet she continues dating him and sleeping with him, not thinking about consequences that will come throughout the rest of the story.
The other relationship that is not talked about a lot throughout the story is between the man and Patricia. They are married, yet she doesn’t know that he is having an affair. She knows nothing about the narrator and her husband’s relationship.
There is another relationship I noticed. Towards the end of the story, she visits his house. Inside she sees pictures of Patricia and her husband. When he falls asleep, she goes into her closet and sees her shoes. When she leaves his house she thinks she sees Patricia in everybody that walks by. The relationship here that I see is that she feels bad for interfering in Patricia’s relationship with her husband.
The other relationship that is not talked about a lot throughout the story is between the man and Patricia. They are married, yet she doesn’t know that he is having an affair. She knows nothing about the narrator and her husband’s relationship.
There is another relationship I noticed. Towards the end of the story, she visits his house. Inside she sees pictures of Patricia and her husband. When he falls asleep, she goes into her closet and sees her shoes. When she leaves his house she thinks she sees Patricia in everybody that walks by. The relationship here that I see is that she feels bad for interfering in Patricia’s relationship with her husband.
Blog #8: Karr's Message to her Readers
The themes I see developing in the work of Karr is trying to get people to change their future regardless of what their family did or does. She wants people to be able to create their own future. She also wants people to look at things differently in their own life.
She thinks people can escape from their past. They cannot forget it, but they can change the future. She wants people to know that they can do anything they want to. She explains her background to make it understandable, and she also explains the things she overcame with her struggles.
She thinks people can escape from their past. They cannot forget it, but they can change the future. She wants people to know that they can do anything they want to. She explains her background to make it understandable, and she also explains the things she overcame with her struggles.
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Blog #7: How To be An Other Woman Response (1102)
“How to Be an Other Woman” was one of the most interesting pieces I have read. It was about a woman who met a married man and became the “other woman.” Meaning, the married man was having an affair, and the “other woman” was not his wife. At the end she explains what it did to her life and how she had to get back to being herself.
If I had to psychologically assess the narrator I would check to see if this experience she had affected the way she feels about herself. I would also see if the choices she made still haunt her today. I would also see if she has changed her ways from the past.
If I had to psychologically assess the narrator I would check to see if this experience she had affected the way she feels about herself. I would also see if the choices she made still haunt her today. I would also see if she has changed her ways from the past.
Blog #6: My Favorite Book (1102)
My favorite book is called Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff, written in 1993. I didn’t know the author, or anything about the book. I needed to read a certain number of books, and I decided to do some research to choose an author and she seemed interesting.
The book is about a teenage girl about 14 years old who takes on a babysitting job. Her name is La Vaughn, and she tries to save up all of the money she makes so she can go to college. The reason she has to save her money is because she grows up in poverty and wants to get a better job and move out of poverty. The girl she babysits for is named Jolly, and she has two kinds named Jeremy, and Jilly. This family also lives in poverty, but a worse place than La Vaughn. Towards the end, Jolly and La Vaughn end up becoming really good friends, and there is another book that I haven’t read yet.
The book is about a teenage girl about 14 years old who takes on a babysitting job. Her name is La Vaughn, and she tries to save up all of the money she makes so she can go to college. The reason she has to save her money is because she grows up in poverty and wants to get a better job and move out of poverty. The girl she babysits for is named Jolly, and she has two kinds named Jeremy, and Jilly. This family also lives in poverty, but a worse place than La Vaughn. Towards the end, Jolly and La Vaughn end up becoming really good friends, and there is another book that I haven’t read yet.
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