In all three of my primary texts, I would say that they are all alike in the text in that they are all about how this even that happened in California was an upset to doctors, specialists, bioethicists, and just regular people. There is also an upset in how the ethics of this situation folded out. How is being pregnant with eight children right? The focus on ethics in all three texts is whats alike in all three and honestly, that's the main concern right now with Nadya. How was this decision morally right? Of course we're all worried about how the children are at the moment and we all worry about how the children will be and how they will act when they grow up, but mroe importantly, why did a fertility specialist do this to a patient knowing all the risks involved with carrying just one fetus?
The way the texts are different from one another by how they are all each approached by a different view, unfortunately, they're all negative. One text focuses on how the professional standards were being disregarded by the fertility specialist and another text focuses on why this decision was made or the explanation behind the reasoning.
Everyone is not happy about this. When you're not married, don't have a job, and alerady have six children, why would someone do this knowing they can't properly support themselves let alone now their fourteen childern? We are all confused right now and we all want a clear and strong response from Nadya on answering the big question, why did you do this? Her only reply though that we've gotten from her is that she wanted a big family. Did she ever put into mind the finanaces and the love and care you have to put into having a big family? Did she ever think about how messed up these childrens lives will be never getting the proper attention they deserve?
An unstaed assumption and/or belief is that all women want children and that they will do anything to make that happen. Some women and married couples don't want to have any children at all but those who do want children try feverishly to make that happen and if it doesn't, they get frantic. They will then turn to a fertility specialist and pay over $10,000 just to get a few eggs fertilized, but to some money is not the issue. The main issue to these desperate women and married couples is that they can not seem to make a children naturally and they need some professional help. We all know that fertility specialists can give you a better hope of becoming pregnant with either a single baby or even multiples and by knowing that, we can conclude that Nadya did use a fertility specialist to become pregnant with her octuplets and that this was not done naturally.
Looking at all three texts, I do believe we live in a culture of assertion because when something unsual happens, we all want an answer of why it happened and who/what is the reason on why it happened. Many professionals, bioethicists, and doctors are all scratching their heads wanting to know why and they all want an answer. I can't even imagine how many questions have been asked to Kamrava and Nadya in wanting them to explain why they chose to do this and wanting to know the reasons behind their decision and when we don't get that answer, we automatically feel shut out and somewhat irritated by them and their ignorance in answering a single question. Even when we do get an answer from either two of them, we still ask why?
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Unit 2 Proposal...maybe
Ok so here's the thing, I still have no clue what I want to spend six weeks on. I mean, yeah the "Octo-mom" is very VERY interesting and is still going on right now in our society and is veeery controversial. If I do decide to do my unit 2 proposal over the birth of octuplets from a SINGLE woman, I will most likely get my primary resources through the Los Angeles Times, possibly interviews done between the octuplet mother and a newscaster, and any other California newspaper, even though this is an event known around the country I believe that most of the best stories will be found in California.
I chose this topic because the whole idea of artificial insemination and invtiro still boggles my mind and I really believe that I need to focus on one event that has happened under that subject/topic because yes there are MANY cases of multiple births ( twins, triplets, etc. ) but why would a fertility specialist insert 6 embryos? Is there something going on in this practice that we don't know about? By focusing on one event that happened as a result of this practice ( and a very touchy subject as that ) I hope to help others better understand how others feel about all this, how I personally feel about this, and also I just wish to see why some people choose and decided to go down this path in order to become pregnant.
Like I said, i'm not 100% sure if this is what I want to do for my unit 2 proposal, but at least I have a strong idea in what I might want to do.
I chose this topic because the whole idea of artificial insemination and invtiro still boggles my mind and I really believe that I need to focus on one event that has happened under that subject/topic because yes there are MANY cases of multiple births ( twins, triplets, etc. ) but why would a fertility specialist insert 6 embryos? Is there something going on in this practice that we don't know about? By focusing on one event that happened as a result of this practice ( and a very touchy subject as that ) I hope to help others better understand how others feel about all this, how I personally feel about this, and also I just wish to see why some people choose and decided to go down this path in order to become pregnant.
Like I said, i'm not 100% sure if this is what I want to do for my unit 2 proposal, but at least I have a strong idea in what I might want to do.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
In Class: Free write
You know, I read all of chapters 5 and 6 and I understand the parts of rhetorical analysis and how I should go about doing my unit 2 topic, but I just don't know where to start. There are jsut so many things going on right now in the world and the thing is is that we have to choose one thing that's going on in our life right now. Intense to me. I did get some good feedback from my blog posting last week about the woman who had 8 children through Invitro. I'm thinking about using this as my unit 2 paper just because i'm more interested in the medical field and especially when things go haywire in the medical field or I might find something else to use as my topic for my unit 2 paper. Who knows. I have so much going on in my life right now and I don't even know where to begin, let alone this unti 2 paper that'll take weeks to finish. I am looking forward to spring break though because I get to go to california with my bf Matt and we will be actually skipping friday so we can fly down there and we wont be coming back until the 21st. My sister will also be gone too as well so me and my sister ( my moms only two children ) will be gone! Sad :(. My sister will actually be out of the country as she is going on her second year anniversary trip to London.
Hope she has fun. So my mom's birthday is also coming up soon ( this thursday ) and all she wants for her birthday is a coffee pot. Yeah right! It's always hard to find a gift for her because she never tells you what she wants but then on the other hand she always gets disappointed with the gifts she receives...yeah I don't understand it either.
Anyways, I hope this day gets better. I also hope that I will udnerstand what exactly it is that I need to do for this unti 2 paper. I have some studying to do for Biology...fun....
Hope she has fun. So my mom's birthday is also coming up soon ( this thursday ) and all she wants for her birthday is a coffee pot. Yeah right! It's always hard to find a gift for her because she never tells you what she wants but then on the other hand she always gets disappointed with the gifts she receives...yeah I don't understand it either.
Anyways, I hope this day gets better. I also hope that I will udnerstand what exactly it is that I need to do for this unti 2 paper. I have some studying to do for Biology...fun....
Thursday, February 26, 2009
BABY BOOM!
This is about as disturbing as that picture we have in our textbook on page 111. A human just shouldn't look like this, PERIOD.
When I was thinking of a topic to analyze, I had a tough tim thinking of one that I would be interested in. Don't care much for politics and any topics related to health right now is the salmonella outbreak in peanuts, how boring is that?
Mmmm I think this is pretty interesting to talk about. The fact that she had octuplets AND already has six children just blows my mind, but what's even more interesting about this lovely lady is that she CHOSE to have this done. Who in their right mind would do such a thing? As you can tell, this woman obviously had some back issues when she was carrying all eight in her womb. The reason why i'm showing yout his picture is because I want you to SEE what exactly this woman looked like before she gave birth and why I think this is a topic worth noting.
As I reading the website http://www.whittierdailynews.com/news/ci_11652331, I soon realized that the reason why people are so up in arms about this birth is not because she gave birth to eight, but because this was just downright unethical. Why would I trained fertility specialist DO THIS? If you didn't know, Suleman ( her fertility specialist ) had implanted six embryos and two split pushing the baby count to eight. All eight of those eggs then implanted.
Many people, including me, are outraged at this fertility specialist. Why would he do this to a woman who does not have a job and already has six children? Logically, none of this makes sense. I hate to keep repeating myself but a woman who has six children, divorced and who lives with her parents, should not want another child, let alone demanding six embryos be implanted! What was the fertility specialist thinking when he agreed to go through with this procedure knowing that this, inturn, might lead to the end of their practice due to the implanting of six embryos to be unethical? The Medical Board is now looking into Sulemans case to see if there were any violations.
When you look at the picture of Nadya, you feel sorry for her for a split second because of how massive her stomach is and how painful it looks. Then you realize, hey, she paid to have this done. I shooluldn't feel sorry for her!! Alas, I feel sorry. Not for her but for her children! How are they going to get the proper education and enough love and attention at home? These children might grow up and have behavioral problems later on down the road!
Being someone who feels like a "normal" family should only consist of three children, I feel very uneasy about this woman taking care of fourteen children by herself. Why did I mention that this whole even is unethical? Well, for startes no woman should even think about having six embryos implanted in her uterus UNLESS she didn't have any children to begin with. Most women wants to have children, but you know maybe after one or two some may call it quits and get their tubes tied. Not this woman. She went above and beyond and wanted MORE! Not only is her choice unethical but the fertility specialists choice is unethical. Why would he do this? He had no clue on how well the pregnancy was going to go and he ahd no idea what amount of pressure this puts on her body or else he wouldn't have done it!
Either way, this is they way I perceive the situation. I am sorry if I offended anyone, but sometimes we just have to open our eyes to what's really going in instead of trying to sugar coat it and make it look the way we want it to.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
In Class: Rhetorical Thinking
Thinking in general is, to me, the same thing as seeing an ad or listening to a speech and thinking of it in the way you want to interpret it in your own mind. Rhetorical thinking, to me, is seeing an event and then looking at it from both angles. You look at an event and think to yorself, ok thisis the way I see it but how might others see this? When you tink rhetorically, you pretty much make an argument out of what you see and what you hear.
When you make an argument out of what you see and hear by, rhetorical thinking, you pay more attention to what the author and you start to pretty much make a rhetorical analysis of the statement or picture or event. During yoru rhetorical analysis you might do things such as anaylzing how well the argument is put together to specifically catch the attention of the audience that is paying attention to or reading what you have you have sent out to the public. You , as well, might also want to pay attention to where and why an argument makes sense and where it seems to lull the audience and where it seems to lose its magic. There are many other things to hone in on but the most important part to understand is the purpose of the argument.
I say this because without a purpose for anything, what's the point of even saying anything about it in the first place? You always have to have a reason.
When you make an argument out of what you see and hear by, rhetorical thinking, you pay more attention to what the author and you start to pretty much make a rhetorical analysis of the statement or picture or event. During yoru rhetorical analysis you might do things such as anaylzing how well the argument is put together to specifically catch the attention of the audience that is paying attention to or reading what you have you have sent out to the public. You , as well, might also want to pay attention to where and why an argument makes sense and where it seems to lull the audience and where it seems to lose its magic. There are many other things to hone in on but the most important part to understand is the purpose of the argument.
I say this because without a purpose for anything, what's the point of even saying anything about it in the first place? You always have to have a reason.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Pathos, Ethos, and Logos of Castle Park
Since my blog isn't that popular, I would just like to restate that I will be doing my Public Analysis on Castle Park, a place that I pretty much grew up around.
Ever since I was little, I always wanted to play outside. I always wanted to have fun and for some reason could never get rid of all my energy at home, so I would go outside and play, or bore myself to sleep. Everytime we see a swingset or a slide, we think back to the times when we would play on those and how much fun we had. There are trees everywhere at this park with a duckpond. I always thought of that as being a relaxing environment to be in, where this is no hustle and bustle, you're not trying to wiggle your way round people who walk too slow, and you're not constanlty surrounded by others. To me the environment of castle park is an emotional appeal because it really changes your mood and how you feel because it's such a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere.
I'll be honest, I can't really think of an ethical appeal for a park other than it is a pure place with no deals, savings, or sales. It is more of a place to come to relax and even work out.
The only logical appeal about castle park is that it is a place where you can do more than one thing. There is track so you could come to castle park mainly to walk, jog, or run. There's a swingset for you to swing on. Everything you see at this park serves a purpose for the human being, it is there for you to use.
Ever since I was little, I always wanted to play outside. I always wanted to have fun and for some reason could never get rid of all my energy at home, so I would go outside and play, or bore myself to sleep. Everytime we see a swingset or a slide, we think back to the times when we would play on those and how much fun we had. There are trees everywhere at this park with a duckpond. I always thought of that as being a relaxing environment to be in, where this is no hustle and bustle, you're not trying to wiggle your way round people who walk too slow, and you're not constanlty surrounded by others. To me the environment of castle park is an emotional appeal because it really changes your mood and how you feel because it's such a beautiful and relaxing atmosphere.
I'll be honest, I can't really think of an ethical appeal for a park other than it is a pure place with no deals, savings, or sales. It is more of a place to come to relax and even work out.
The only logical appeal about castle park is that it is a place where you can do more than one thing. There is track so you could come to castle park mainly to walk, jog, or run. There's a swingset for you to swing on. Everything you see at this park serves a purpose for the human being, it is there for you to use.
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