For my second Google 20% Project, I'm going to do a project on media cover ups, bias, twists, and how the media can change things so they appear different to what they really are. I will look at recent stories with celebrities and politicians to see if anything could be a fake or twisted story. I will also look at past stories that have been proven wrong or fake.
Obstacles I foresee are not knowing if it is a fake story for sure or not. Although I'm looking into it, I don't know the truth about what really happened. Possible consultants could be celebrity bloggers. I could email them and ask how they write their stories and the guidelines they have to follow. For example, if they are going to write about a certain person, how much can they change the story? What is the limit?
Friday, March 22, 2013
Terri Schiavo Case Study
I think this bioethics unit was a very hard one, and I still have mixed feelings about the Terri Schiavo case. From all the research I've done and things I've found out, I feel bad for Terri because of all the fighting over what should be done with her and the media attention. Although I do believe she is still a human being who deserves to live and is showing signs of life, I agree more with disconnecting her from life support. Nothing that happened to her was really worth it, and she will never be able to live without life support again, so I feel bad saying this, but I don't think keeping her alive would be worth it. I mean, I could see how waiting at the most 5 years would be okay, but after that I'm not sure if a person would want to go beyond that if they wouldn't be able to "live".
That brings me to option number 2: Is Terri Schiavo still a person? Is she the same person? Well, she is still a person, and the same person, on the inside. She will always be Terri Schiavo, and have the same "soul" even if she cannot express emotion and personality. It might not seem like she is the same person, but she is. She might be changed physically and mentally, but she is still herself.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
The DNA Dilemma: A Test That Could Change Your Life
In my opinion, doctors should tell the parents, but not everything. For example, it would be a good idea to tell parents any childhood disease that could happen, but any things that could happen at an older age, such as Alzheimer's, shouldn't need to be disclosed so soon.
Before technology was this advanced, people dealt with not knowing what diseases could come. There is nothing that can be done about some, so waiting to die from it your whole life could be a bad thing because you know you're going to die and have to put a limit on some things in your life. I think it would be a better idea to just let nature take its course and whatever happens happens; it's life.
However, I can understand how a doctor would tell a parent about childhood diseases. The child with the disease would be too young to even understand, so they would go about life normally. The parents would benefit from knowing the information because they could make sure their child has a good young life and maybe even look into cures. Also, not every predicted disease happens, so a child could never even have the disease.
I also agree that diseases should be told if there is a 100% cure. This doesn't include not doing sports in case of head injury, etc., but a type of vaccine or any other solid method of disease prevention. If a predicted disease has no cure, there is nothing that can be done, so knowing it would make it worse.
In conclusion, not all of the genome sequencing is 100% accurate. Even if someone is at high risk for a disease, it doesn't mean it will happen. I think that parents shoul get a choice to see their child's genome sequencing, but I wouldn't personally. I would rather just let what happens come, and not have to anticipate anything in my future.
However, I can understand how a doctor would tell a parent about childhood diseases. The child with the disease would be too young to even understand, so they would go about life normally. The parents would benefit from knowing the information because they could make sure their child has a good young life and maybe even look into cures. Also, not every predicted disease happens, so a child could never even have the disease.
I also agree that diseases should be told if there is a 100% cure. This doesn't include not doing sports in case of head injury, etc., but a type of vaccine or any other solid method of disease prevention. If a predicted disease has no cure, there is nothing that can be done, so knowing it would make it worse.
In conclusion, not all of the genome sequencing is 100% accurate. Even if someone is at high risk for a disease, it doesn't mean it will happen. I think that parents shoul get a choice to see their child's genome sequencing, but I wouldn't personally. I would rather just let what happens come, and not have to anticipate anything in my future.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Reflections and Resolutions
Reflect: In 2012 I changed A LOT. I am more involved in my faith now and I help out at church. Also, I don't care about what other people think or say what I should and shouldn't do anymore, I just do what I want. I look back at my last few years and I realized that I have been trying to be like everyone else and do what everyone wants a person to do. I just recently read a Bible verse, I forgot what it was, but it said to not conform to the world, and that verse changed me so much. I am going to keep on working on that and do what is right and what I want to do instead of what society wants. This year has probably changed me the most in so many ways, and I'm proud of myself for it, but there is still room for improvement. I have also realized that so many little annoyances in life don't matter, and I shouldn't focus on them, because they don't even matter in the end!
My procrastination has gotten really bad, though. Also, my grades are kind of going down. I'm still a good student, but I have noticed that I am trying less in school. I am hoping that I will change and I will become more motivated.
Resolve: Normally, I don't do New Years resolutions since I don't keep them. In fact, most of the time no one keeps them. However, I decided to make some, but really I always have goals throughout the year, especially at the beginning of the school year instead of the New Year. My goals are that I want to procrastinate less. I also want to get a job and finish the school year with straight A's each quarter.
My procrastination has gotten really bad, though. Also, my grades are kind of going down. I'm still a good student, but I have noticed that I am trying less in school. I am hoping that I will change and I will become more motivated.
Resolve: Normally, I don't do New Years resolutions since I don't keep them. In fact, most of the time no one keeps them. However, I decided to make some, but really I always have goals throughout the year, especially at the beginning of the school year instead of the New Year. My goals are that I want to procrastinate less. I also want to get a job and finish the school year with straight A's each quarter.
The Ethics Of Social Media After Death
After we die, someone is going to have to do something with any of our social medias accounts and blogs. But, what should be done about it and who has the rights to decide what to do?
Many people have different opinions, but here are mine:
I think that if the deceased person wants something done, then whoever is taking care of their blog should do whatever that person would have wanted. If they didn't mention it, however, I think their family has a right to decide what to do. They can have the choice of making their account public, deleting it, or archiving it and saving it to a computer.
"The most prominent place this issue has come up, not surprisingly, is Facebook. For some time now, it has offered an option to request that a profile be switched to “memorial” mode when an individual dies."-Cyberspace When You're Dead, NY Times.
I agree with the idea of having different options on what to do. The memorial mode is a very good idea, and it should be used for all social media. It gives an option, so nothing is forced, but it gives that option of choosing whether or not the deceased should have a public profile.
"'I only ever knew him over Twitter,' Sarah Cashmore , a graduate student in Toronto, told me. She shared his enthusiasm for design and technology and learned of his death from Twitter contacts. 'I was actually devastated,' she says."-Cyberspace When You're Dead, NY Times. People now days meet people through the internet, and make good friendships, like in the case of Sarah. This is important because when someone dies, the only way that friend, who could live very far away from the person who died, can grieve and remember them. So, that is another reason to have the option to save the content a deceased person has posted: so long-distance friends can look back and see their friends account/blog.
Many people have different opinions, but here are mine:
I think that if the deceased person wants something done, then whoever is taking care of their blog should do whatever that person would have wanted. If they didn't mention it, however, I think their family has a right to decide what to do. They can have the choice of making their account public, deleting it, or archiving it and saving it to a computer.
"The most prominent place this issue has come up, not surprisingly, is Facebook. For some time now, it has offered an option to request that a profile be switched to “memorial” mode when an individual dies."-Cyberspace When You're Dead, NY Times.
I agree with the idea of having different options on what to do. The memorial mode is a very good idea, and it should be used for all social media. It gives an option, so nothing is forced, but it gives that option of choosing whether or not the deceased should have a public profile.
"'I only ever knew him over Twitter,' Sarah Cashmore , a graduate student in Toronto, told me. She shared his enthusiasm for design and technology and learned of his death from Twitter contacts. 'I was actually devastated,' she says."-Cyberspace When You're Dead, NY Times. People now days meet people through the internet, and make good friendships, like in the case of Sarah. This is important because when someone dies, the only way that friend, who could live very far away from the person who died, can grieve and remember them. So, that is another reason to have the option to save the content a deceased person has posted: so long-distance friends can look back and see their friends account/blog.
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Google 20%Project
For my Google 20% project, I'm going to be researching my family history. Here is the Animoto video I'm going to look into my recent family history, as recent as great grandparents, and also look back to my ancestors from as far back as the 17th century.
For this project, it's going to be difficult to get information. So, I'm going to need family records directly from my grandparents. They have many books and documents containing information, so I've asked them to send them to me and they agreed. Most of my research will come from those documents.
A roadblock for me is how hard it is to get the information I need. I'm going to have only a few sources since there's not much to find on the Internet.
The only people I can talk to are my older family members. There isn't really any professional historians that could help without paying them.
For this project, it's going to be difficult to get information. So, I'm going to need family records directly from my grandparents. They have many books and documents containing information, so I've asked them to send them to me and they agreed. Most of my research will come from those documents.
A roadblock for me is how hard it is to get the information I need. I'm going to have only a few sources since there's not much to find on the Internet.
The only people I can talk to are my older family members. There isn't really any professional historians that could help without paying them.
Sunday, October 14, 2012
Is Chris Langan successful?
After seeing Chris Langan on 1 vs. 100 and reading about him in The Outliers, I can say that he is successful.
Success in my own words is when someone is happy with their lives, not nessecarily rich or famous. As long as a person is content with what they have and don't want much more, to me it is considered success.
To me, my meaning of success applies to Chris Langan. He has a simple life with his wife, farm, and easy job, and that's enough to be successful. Even though he's not getting into jobs that he can use his high IQ in, it's okay because there are plenty of other people out there that can do those jobs; no one needs to depend on Chris.
So, in my opinion, Chris Langan is a successful man.
Success in my own words is when someone is happy with their lives, not nessecarily rich or famous. As long as a person is content with what they have and don't want much more, to me it is considered success.
To me, my meaning of success applies to Chris Langan. He has a simple life with his wife, farm, and easy job, and that's enough to be successful. Even though he's not getting into jobs that he can use his high IQ in, it's okay because there are plenty of other people out there that can do those jobs; no one needs to depend on Chris.
So, in my opinion, Chris Langan is a successful man.
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