Terri Schiavo Case Study

I believe the decision to disconnect Terri Schiavo from life-support was justified. She had been on life support for seven years with little to no improvement. Nothing was working to get her out of the persistent vegetative state she was in. 

Question 1: 

Terri is in a persistent vegetative state. Which is a state where the subject has suffered brain damage  and is in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness.  Terri was still alive and was able to say few words and move. She was able to identify her mother and say a few words to her, she was also able to hug her. To me the difference between life and death is during life you have a living breathing, self-functioning body, and when you are dead you are not living at all. 



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_vegetative_state
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Schiavo_case

Want to know my future?

In class we read a time magazine article about DNA testing. It's main topic was about a new jersey school teacher who had kids missing chromosomes which lead to other serious disorders. DNA testing has greatly evolved and can tell us everyone about our present and future self. This teacher had a DNA test done on her daughter. To find out what was causing her illness. They found missing chromosomes that could cause more problems in her body. I think this new testing is incredible. You can find out anything about your self and the diseases that you can contract in a simple test. The testing is also reasonably affordable for the general public. If I got a DNA test done I probably would not want to know the results unless it's something serious or something that I can get symptoms of in the next few years.

As a doctor I wouldn't tell the patient everything unless they specifically ask. There are a lot of things a DNA test can reveal, but as a doctor we know that at the moment there is no cure or treatment. I wouldn't want my patient to be scared by an untreatable disease. As a parent, I would want to know what's wrong with my child, but I wouldn't tell them because there not old enough to understand and or I wouldn't want them thinking about a serious disease in their childhood.  As a child, I would not want to know what's wrong with me. I would not want to grow up knowing that I might have a short life or I might contract a disease early on.

New years revolutions

In 2012 I learned that intellogence isn't everything. You need many other skills in life to succeed like common sence, perseverance, and skill. You can't necessarily accomplish a task with only one skill. It takes many of them put together to accomplish something.

I am totally against new years revolutions. They generally only last about a day. Many of the resolutions I could make for myself would never happen. I try to accomplish them but I eventually forget about what I was trying to do, or I give up because it's too hard.

Your web life after your death

What do do with your online profile is a very controversial topic. Personally I think that the decision should be left upto the victim. Already there are products and services that manage your profile when you die. They can hold passwords, credentials, and the links to your online profiles. There are options to "incinerate" the page when you die, if you do not want it sticking around. This is a solution to family members not being able to obtain your password.

I think that your life can live on online. I don't see a big problem with that. I personally think that people just posting on a persons account when they are dead is creepy to me. I understand the "I'm dead" message, but some people just post status update for dead people. I think that Adam Ostrow's Idea (Guy from the ted talk) of bringing the dead back to life would be fine. There was a proposed idea that in the future they could make a robot that had the personality of those who passed away by using their online life.

After we die I think that our online lives should be memorialized. It should be a place to remember the dead. I don't think that families should control identities. I think that this should be something written in their will. The passed might not want people to remember them by their online life. But some might treasure their life online and want to keep it how it is now.

Myths of Rogate

There are many different advantages and disadvantages of being gifted. There are also many myths. Some common ups of Rogate are get treated differently. Your teachers could think you are exempt from some work, or you don't have to do as much as the other students. But being treated differently could also be a disadvantage. The teachers also could think that because you are gifted, you need to be challenged more then the other students, or do more work then them. Another up of being in Rogate is the feeling that you are in Rogate, you are a gifted student. Not necessarily better that the other students, but smarter then them. And an up has an equal down, you might be made fun if people know that you are in the smart kid class. There are also many myths about Rogate that are not true. The myth that all kids are gifted. The truth, well all children are gifted in some way or another. But, the gifted label used in school refers to an educational standpoint. There is another myth about gifted students, all gifted students always get good grades. That is definitely not true. I have gotten bad grades on assignments like the bio test we just took, and many other kids in my rogate class have not done well on other assignments either. These myths were talked about on this page on gifted learners.

My 20% Project

For my 20% project I am going to find out more about sailing. Sailing is my passion and I devote about 3/4 of my summer to sailing. I know how to sail and tactics to make me better, but  I want to know why those tactics work. I want to discover what makes a boat move, the differences between boats, and the impact the type of sail has on the boat. For my project I will need my boat to analyze different things on it, and some sailing resources. There is not a lot of information on the physics of sailing. Most of the websites have tips to sail faster and how to be a better sailer. I may be able to get untouch with one of the best sailors I know. He has won most of the races he has been in, they were major regattas most of them were national champion ships. He lost his spot on the U.S. Olympic Sailing team by one point. He would know what he is talking about.

Is chris Lagan Successful?

Yes I think Chris Lagan is successful because he has the smarts to do what ever he wants in the world.I think he is successful at life and on his games show. He doesn't want to go back to college. But doesn't see a problem with not having a degree.  He is happy with his life, and what he does today. He was successful at the game show because he won and knew his chances got slimmer as he went on. My definition of success is being happy with what you do, and how you do it.