Thursday, December 13, 2007

Much Ado About Nothing!!



The book we are reading in class is one of my favorite movies!!! When I heard we were reading Shakespeare in class I freaked out. I really do enjoy his play writes like Much Ado About nothing, A midsummer's nights dream, As you like it, The tempest, Hamlet, and of course...Romeo&Juliet! Besides liking the movie much ado about nothing, I really enjoy Shakespeare In Love; It wasn't a work of his but it is about what led him to write these magnificent works. Well I'm going to go read over the part i have to do tomorrow.

goodnight.

Sunday, December 9, 2007

My Sister's Keeper


I read a little more and found out that when Jesse, Sara, and Kate arrived at the hospital, the doctors tole them that giving Kate a transplant is now officially too dangerous; that the blood was a sign of kidney failure and that there is no way to save her. Sara, on the other hand, disagrees; she thinks that if Jesse would give her a kidney she could live. Do you really think that after all these years of him not getting attention, he would do a favor for his mom? Or do you think he will do it because he feels so bad for his younger sister?

My Sister's Keeper






The big thing that has happened so far is that Jesse(Kate's brother) feels like he gets no attention in the house; so he starts fires around town. He started a very large one that burnt a warehouse down and watched his dad(whose a fire fighter) and others help make the fire go down. Once Jesse got home, Sara(mom) told him that Kate wasn't opening the door unless Ana was there but she was gone. Sara said that when she heard Kate coughing she had to go in Kate's room. Jesse saw that Sara had knocked the door down and then saw Kate "swimming in her own pool of blood". She had been coughing and throwing upso much blood that it was everywhere! Jesse then knew this was bad; that same question he thinks everyday finally came into mind: Is this it? is this the end for her?

Sunday, December 2, 2007

My sisters Keeper

Since the book is going a little slow, Ill just talk about something I noticed.

In the book, you can see that Anna is very independent; she get everything done by herself...as in going to Cambell and asking him for help. Ever since she was born, shes been helping her sister who is very sick. Kate is just the opposite. She depends on Anna to give her blood and to help her survive. Anna is sick and tired of that now. My questions are: how is Kate going to feel about this? How will she react? We she get really sick again? Will Kate die? What will Anna do?

ABORTION

For my research paper, I am doing a topic based off of abortion: How old must the baby be to get an abortion?
Pregnancy is usually dated from the first day of the last menstrual cycle. You may choose medication abortion if you are early enough in pregnancy — this may be defined as up to 49, 56, or 63 days, depending on how the medicine is taken. After 63 days, vacuum aspiration is your only abortion option during the first trimester, which is calculated as the first 14 weeks after the first day of a woman's last menstrual period. Here is what I found on the Planned Parenthood website:

First-Trimester Options

Medication Abortion and Vacuum Aspiration ­— A Comparison

Medication Abortion

Vacuum Aspiration

- uses medication to end a pregnancy

- available during first 49–63 days of the first trimester

- between 92–97 percent effective

- cervix is stretched open and suction from a hand-held suction device or from a machine is used to end a pregnancy

- available throughout first trimester — 14 weeks

- nearly 100 percent effective

- process may be completed in a few days or within four weeks

- process usually is completed in one day

- much of the process can take place in the privacy of woman's home

- process takes place in a medical office or hospital

- feels more "natural," like a miscarriage — (usually) requires no invasive procedure or anesthesia

- more invasive procedure and may involve anesthesia

- woman may feel more in control

- woman may feel clinician is more in control