Article 2; education in finland

In Finland the education seems to be improving tremendously. It is now starting to outweigh the US education system (was number one in the world) No school in Finland is allowed to charge tuiton fees, which of course drives more people to want to attend. In my favorite quote through the whole article Sahlberg says "there are no private schools in finland" which i thought was incredibly interesting considering every school in america costs money, if they aren't private. And EVERY college requires an application process to get into.

Article 1

As I read through this article I found myself wondering why the human population, or any population for that matter get distracted so easily. I learned in this article that humans weren't meant to read... so why do we? If scientist have tested and made hypotheses on if humans can read or not and the answer is no, why not just emerse ourselves in language and visual arts?

It takes more brain power to read on the computer, so of course youre going to get lazy and not want to fully read something every once in a while. But I feel that the brain doesn't like e-books if the brain was not meant to read in the first place.

reading response 3; Henrietta Lacks

This week i started reading "the Immortal life of Henrietta Lacks." it's about the woman Henriette Lacks, or HeLa. Who's cells were used and still are used throughout the world for medical and scientific discoveries everywhere. I haven't gotten very far, but what I have discovered is that HeLa was just your average African American southern woman. She grew up in Roanoke, Virginia, married her cousin Day and raised all of her children in the same town. She discovered a knot on the inside of her womb one day and whenever she went in for a routine doctors appointment, her life would never be the same again.

Reading response Looking for Alaska (Spolier Alert)

This week I finished Looking for alaska by John Green, the first half of the book was more of a happy more uplifting half. But it the "before" part ended with Alaska and pudge kissing and Alaska leaving in a drunken haze of confusion and anger but nobody stopping her, only helping her off campus whenever she wanted to leave. Pudge and Colonel fell back asleep and woke up only to realize their bestfriend had been killed in a terrible accident the night before. Basically the rest of the book is them coping with the loss of Alaska, and how much of an impact somebody can make on someones lives without you even realizing it. Before you know it someone you love can be gone, and pudge realizes that by the end of the book, and personally, I think he finds his great perhaps.

Face to face Sayema Hameed

Sayema was born and raised in America, her religious choice to be a Muslim and cultural background that supported her and her family were no longer feeling safe after the September 11th attacks. Sayema said that she felt scared to even leave the house by herself because she felt as if she would be harmed or somebody would be rude to her out in public. People would tell her that the whole Arab nation needed to be wiped out, but what is it going to do? She pleads that people need to realize where the source of misery from the suicide bombers are coming from, within an individual and not a whole country. She says that she wishes that bombings did not happen and that she feels bad for what happened on September 11th, but she doesn't understand why she is still blamed for what happened twelve years ago whenever she personally was not in charge of it all. It is most definitely not fair how people still continue to judge Muslim culture for the actions taken place on September 11th, as Sayema said, "Suicide bombers are individuals, not a whole country." So why do people continue to judge the people from the country and countries surrounding?

What inspires me

What inspires me is my family, my mom, my dad, my sister, my grandmother, my boyfriend, his family, and my dog Wookie. My dad inspires me by how hard of a worker he is he was with the Greene county sherrifs department for almost thirty years before he retired, but he didn't want to retire it was forced because he is in such bad health. That's what I call dedication, I also feel like I have inherited wantintg to help people. Because I feel like I want to help people whenever I am oldder. My sister inspires me because she is such a beautiful person, she has gone through a lot and I can't even imagine what goes on inside her head I am just greatful to have her in my life as my bestfriend. My mother is one of the most strong minded strong minded women I know, that must be where I get it from. My boyfriend and I have been through a lot of the same things in our lives, both of our sisters were hospitalized for the same mental illness and our thoughts are very similar on evyerhing, I think that is why he inspires me because we are so similar. My dog wookie inspires me just because I love him so much and can't imagine life without him!

Reading Response 2: Looking for Alaska

I've been reading the book looking for alaska and it's about a boy who is obsessed with famous "last words" which i find very interesting. He decides to go to Culver Creek boarding school to look for a "great perhaps" because he isn't finding it at his public highschool. His father went to CC and so thinks it will be fun, his father warns him not to get into drugs and alcohol and to stay on top of things at CC. But right away he meets his roommate "the colonel" who gives the boy the nickname "pudge" because of how thin he is. Pudge then meets colonels friend Alaska and falls in love at first sight, but heres the catch; she's madly in love with her long time boyfriend. so pudge ignores his feelings, as the school year goes on he starts smoking and drinking a lot. Until the night whenever Alaska and him get drunk and she kisses him, but tells him it's to be continued.