Thursday, March 27, 2008

Genetic Mutation

Shanice Murray-6/7

Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder that is the loss of muscle tissues or weakens the muscles.This mostly affects the face, shoulders, and upper arms.It appears in both men, women and children, if one of the parents is a carrier.This disorder usually occurs in 5 out of 100,000 people.Symptons are; eyelid dropping, unable to whistle,decreased facial expression, and difficulty pronouning words.These symptons don't occur until about 10-26 years of age.To diagnose this disorder a physical examination is done to reveal weaskness of the face and shoulders,high blood pressure, or an eye exam.There is no cure for Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy but there is physical therapy that could help maintain muscle strength.

Sunday, March 23, 2008

Bloom's Taxonomy

Knowledge
1. Who was it that came uo with the plan to rob Mr. Blum's store? Bigger came up with the idea to rob Mr. Blum because at a certain time Mr. Blum was alone in the store, and the cops were no where in sight.

Comprehension
2.What differences exist between a white man killing a black girl, and a black man killing a white girl? The difference between the two is that if a white man killed a black girl it would not be the town's or the cops priority to solve the crime, and they would probably say she was a prostitute. But if a black man killed a white woman they would move mountains to find the killer, and talk so highy of the white girl.

Application
3.Do you know another instance where a black man is the prime suspect for killing a white female? Another instance where a black man is a prime suspect for killing a white female would be the O.J Simpson trial where he allegedly killed his wife.

Analysis
4.What were some of the motives behind Mary's death? The motives behind the death of Mary was that Bigger was trying not to got caught bringing Mary to her room because she was pissy drunk.

Synthesis
5.What do you think would have happened if Bigger would have just left Mary in the bed as she was and not touched her any more? If Bigger didn't touch any more than he already did, when she was discovered in the morning they would have suspected Bigger because she died after he was hired, but would most likly rule the cause of death would be alcohol posioning.

Evaluation
6. How would you feel if you were Mary's family and knew of her ways? If Mary was my family and I knew how she was I would say it's sad, but it was bound to happen, because she did not live up to the standards of a person with class.

Thursday, March 6, 2008

School Wide Service Learning

1.Help plant flowers
2.Read to elderly people
3.Read to young children
4.Pick up trach in a national park
5.Hold a bake sell

Independent Service Learning

This year and for next 2 years, I hope I will not have to do any more independent service learning, because last year in 9th grade I completed about 50-60 independent hours for service learning, which is over the amount of hours needed to complete independent service learning. I completed my hours at ACORN. At ACORN I was a gofer, I made copies of people's ID cards so they were able to file taxes, took messages, and help the organizers tie up lose ends.

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

NHD Reflection

The whole NHD experience was a goody but a baddy. It was a good experience because I was able to work with my friends and it was my first time working on a board. Then on the other hand it was a baddy because the printers where out of ink, we could only print to the computer room, but the worst was when our group was ready to kill each other. So NHD should be stopped.