cerebral palsy (genetic mutation)

cerebral palsy is one of a number of genetic neurological disorders. It can appear in early infancy or early childhood.It is caused by abnormalities in parts of the brain that control muscle movements. It affects the body movement and muscle coordination permanently. This means that there isn't a cure for cerebral palsy, but children can get treatment to improve a child's capabilities. Many children go on to enjoy near-normal adult lives if their disabilities are properly managed. Treatment may include physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, drugs to control seizures, relax muscle spasms, and alleviate pain. The early signs of cerebral palsy usually appear before a child reaches 3 years of age. A small number of children have cerebral palsy as the result of brain damage in the first few months or years of life, brain infections such as bacterial meningitis or viral encephalitis, or head injury from a motor vehicle accident, a fall, or child abuse. Researchers are investigating the roles of mishaps early in brain development, including genetic defects, which are sometimes responsible for the brain malformations and abnormalities that result in cerebral palsy. To make sure children are getting the right kinds of therapies, studies are also being done that evaluate both experimental treatments and treatments already in use so that physicians and parents have valid information to help them choose the best therapy.

Service learning

Last school year for my independent service learning project I volunteered to work with the committee of 70. I had to sit down and wait for the phones to ring so that I could answer it and take the complaint that the voter at the polls would give me. I did that with other people our school for 10 hrs. Then for our group service learning project my peers and I worked on murals. Our goal was to paint a mural in front of the school but as you can see it didn't happen because we procrastinated to much. This year for my independent service learning project I wanna volunteer to work in an animal shelter. It is undecided what I will do for my group service learning project beecause I don't know what the choices are but most likely I want to help and provide care for the homeless.

Chapter 6: The big wack off pgs. 28-30

Description:
Bigger and his friends brought a ticket to a movie. When they got there the movie didn’t start yet, so they were listening to a soft and low pipe organ playing. While setting in the seat Bigger’s breathing started to change and he looked around to see if anyone was looking or near him. Next Bigger slouched down in the seat and be gains to masturbate while Jack is next to him doing the same. In the process Jack gets hard as a rod and bigger isn’t quite there yet. As they are masturbating, Jack says that “He thinks some ladies saw them” and Bigger says,” If they walk back I’ll put it in her.” Jack says that, “If they see it then they will faint or want to grab it. Then they both have an orgasms and move to different seats.

Analysis:
Richard Wright wrote this chapter to show that African American Kids in the 1930’s really had nothing better to do with their lives. He shows that the kids had to be in dark places in order to express themselves r to relax and have fun. He has shown that what kids do in the dark you really can’t do in the light because it’s really frowned upon or it’s not respected. He also wrote this chapter to show the beginning of his man hood. It gives you the start of where Bigger feels like he has become a man.

From Fear to Strength pgs. 83-87

Bigger dropped Jan off at the train station and takes Mary home by then she s already drunk. He carries her up the back stairs so she wouldn't make any noise. He finds her room and starts touching on her as he puts her on the bed. In walks Mary's mother. Bigger in shock could only think about not getting caught in the room. He holds his hand over her face so she could make no sound or respond to her mother calling her name. Meanwhile Mary is suffocating under Bigger's tight grip. She gasps and motions for air and Bigger place a pillow over her face, as he mother gets closer. Mary claws at at Bigger's hand wanting release. A few seconds later she finally loosens her hands "dead". Bigger tip toes around her mother and out of the dark room escaping and leaving the scene only to return later for a horrible cover up. The mother smells a whiff of rum on her dead daughter and begins to pray next to her bed.


ANALYSIS...
Richard Wright wrote this section in book one to show the dangers and fears of racial empowerment. Also to show how a man gains strength from committing a crime. He thinks of himself as inferior to his equals because they rob only people of their own kind and he killed a woman of another race.

I Wanna Fly pgs. 14-17

Reak down of Chapter:
Bigger walked towards the poolroom when he saw Gus and asked, “If he saw Jack?” Gus said, “ no” and then the two of them enjoyed a nice cigarette break while looking into the sky and dreaming of the various things they could do if they weren’t black. Things like flying high in the sky or having a high paying job to support his family.

Analysis...
Richard Wright wrote this piece to interpret society's views on black men. Society believes that black men are the "Inferiors” as well as the scapegoats for the violence that is caused.

Bloom's taxonomy

1.Knowledge - What happened when Jack and Bigger left the pool room?
-When they left the pool room they went to the movie theatre.

2.Comprehension - Who was the key character in the plan Bigger made after killing Mary?
-The key character in Bigger's plan was Jan. Bigger was planning to frame Jan for Mary's murder.

3. application-What question would you ask bigger if you had the chance to meet her?
-Was the North what you expected to be when you moved from down south?

4. analysis-what were some of the motives behind killing Mary?
-His motives behind killing Mary was that he was scared, confused, he felt hate, and his mind was out of place. In other words he killed her without the intentions of killing her.

5. synthesis-what would have happened if Mary's dad walked in instead of Mary's mom?

-if Mary's dad would of walked in the room and saw bigger on Mary's bed a series of thing might have happened. first of all, Mary's dad would of interrogated bigger about what he was doing in his house. The second thing that could of happened is that Mary's dad could of mistaken Bigger for another African American and attacked him. Finally, Bigger would have gotten so scared that he would of shot Mary's dad.

Mary's dad wouldn't of wanted to call the cops on Bigger because he wouldn't want that to be in the newspaper so instead he would of just interrogated him. such questions would include: "why are you here?, were you planning to kill Mary?, should I fire you before you start working?"

What if he mistaken bigger for another African American and attacked him not knowing that it was bigger.Then In this situation bigger would of tried to talk some sense into Mr. Dalton but, on the other hand he might of retaliated.

with the last scenario bigger would of pulled out his gun and shot Mr. Dalton because of the trembling fear that would of ran down his body. At this point he would lost his mind and killed Mary just because she was a witness to her father's murder.

In conclusion, the series of events that could of took place if her father had walked in on him could of reshaped the rest of the story line and who knows what the rest of the book would of sounded like.

6.Evaluation-How would you have dealt with getting drunken Mary in the house?

-Bigger did not have an easy task, getting drunken Mary into her house. Not only was it his first day on the job, but she was counting on him to cover the fact that she had not been at a school lecture, as she had said to her father, but instead had gone out drinking with communists instead. Although he ended up killing her by accident, the situation didn’t look good from the start. If I had been in his position I would have done it
in the quickest way possible

I would have just brought her into the house, and laid her down on the first piece of furniture I found, and then left. This way, I wouldn’t have to walk up any stairs, which would make noise and possibly wake someone up. If the family questioned me, which they might not, for the sake of not being awkward, or for fear of offending me, I would just tell them I dropped her off where she wanted and then picked her up and she was drunk so I took her home.

This seems like it would be the least risky way to have dealt with Mary. Bigger’s biggest mistake was trying to seduce her.