Jesse's Intent: The Story of Jesse Geslinger

Authors Glenn E. Singleton and Curtis Linton in Chapter Five of Courageous Conversations About Race broach the topic of race, by asking the reader to evaluate his or her own consciousness of race. According to the authors, in order to address the achievement gaps between African American students and White students, educators should shift their energy towards focusing on the factors that they have direct control of inside the classroom rather than on the factors that influence this achievement disparity between races outside the classroom.

In the essay, “The Rise of Daniel Clocker”, author Lois Green Carr interprets that Daniel Clocker wants to come to America to seek for his fortune in getting a labor job but in England the population was growing bigger and job opportunities were getting short each minute. He had a feeling that America offered more job opportunities for a young man to work. Carr concludes that he was seeking for an adventure and that he was only seventeen years old to go out on his own even though he is still a young teenager with some hopes and dreams of being a servant. In 1636, Clocker came to Maryland and became a poor indentured servant to work for Thomas Cornwaleys. Clocker wants to take advantage of the job opportunities in America to improve his

Josie King death could had easily been avoided, by simply treating the patient and not the vital signs. Josie’s mother voiced her concern about the deterioration of her daughter health. The nurse neglect to listen to the mother or advocate for the patient. Once Josie arrested due to dehydration and methadone, the nurse should not have given her another dose. Communication between patient to nurse and doctors was not taking seriously by staff. Nurses are often in a rush to complete assignments often overlooking the small thing. In a case, when a nurse ran versed 100mg in one hour, just so she wouldn’t have to talk to the patient family.

He spent more than three weeks in a coma and has permanent brain damage from his accident

He was a star linebacker who played football at Indianola High School here in Iowa. He suffered many concussions while playing. He had written a journal of how he had been living a lie for the past six years of his life, all because he used his head as a weapon on the field. He remembered getting headaches during practice but had gained the reputation from his classmates and coaches for being a tough-nosed kid and a hard hitter. So he took the reputation with pride and kept the headaches he suffered from practices and games to himself. He suffered three concussions his senior year of football. He had post-concussion problems six years from his last diagnosed concussion so he decided to write a journal to get things off his chest. He wrote about how he still suffered from depression, anxiety, and headaches. He kept all of this to himself because he was embarrassed that he couldn’t function on his own. Eventually, he figured it out on his own that he had CTE which stands for chronic traumatic encephalopathy, meaning there is a certain protein that sits at the top of your brain and starts to deteriorate your brain cells, and many things become impaired such as sight, hearing, and speech. The doctor had said he was having symptoms of CTE, but couldn’t be sure because you can’t diagnose it until after death. After having dealt with these problems, Zac had taken his own life at the age of 26. He shot himself in the heart, making sure not to

The consumption of alcohol is a key component in medieval literature. Due to drinking water being scarce. It was often preferred to drink beer, “Beer often had a low alcohol content” (Unger 3). The lack of germ theory made it very simple for individuals to drink alcohol instead of water for fear of sickness. It was when an individual drank abhorrent amounts of this beer that their decision making abilities were compromised. Within the Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer, it is quite important to notice all the situations in which alcohol encouraged foolishness, but it also encouraged its own consumption. The Pardoner’s Tale has sparked my interest from the beginning. The sermon that the pardoner tells focuses on the sins of the tavern, those being gambling, drinking, and swearing. These three indulgences are what led them to their downfall later in the tale. This tale is one that utilizes alcohol consumption as a catalyst. The Pardoner’s Tale is a tale that utilizes alcohol consumption as a driving factor for the tale and the pardoner’s intentions are then revealed to be that they are not so different.

He was in a lot of pain, but no one helped him, and he had to just go on with it like it is nothing. He was struggling to stay alive, and he did not know if he was going to make it out or

“Mr. Burton! Mr. Burton! Tell us the number one moment in your career” yelled the reporter.

He almost died. Apparently the blood vessel broke from all the drugs he did. (that

In a life threatened by drugs, theft, and violence, African American Roland G. Fryer was able to conquer many hardships and excel in his education as well as his research. He completed his B.A. at the University of Texas at Arlington and went on to earn his Ph.D. in economics from Penn State University. “Acting White,” a scholarly journal published in 2006, is defined by Fryer as interactions in society where minority adolescents who receive good grades don’t reach a high level of popularity as a white adolescent would. The essay studies a specific trend among high-achieving minority students stating, “these gifted students tend to be less popular the more academically successful they are” (Fryer, 5422). In his essay, Fryer argues that the phenomenon of acting white takes place when minority adolescents who achieve academically tend to be less popular when they are compared to white students who also do well academically. He found that this phenomenon is more noticeable in racially-mixed schools than in one-race dominant schools and is attributable to what he calls “group identity”. Fryer also believes that other studies about this phenomenon are biased and so he tries to establish and employ his own method so that it is the most unbiased in his essay.

The example of Paul Gelsinger from Ricki Lewis’ The Forever Fix: Gene Therapy and the Boy Who Saved It (2012) shows how a parent’s desire to help a sick child can be misguided, even though their intentions are good. Situations like Paul Gelsinger’s are important to reference when discussing human research ethics because it illustrates how ethics of care can cloud rationale or hinder thorough investigation of treatment for children. Paul’s son, Jesse Gelsinger, was a teenager who suffered from a genetic disorder called Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency also known as OTC deficiency. The disease affects the liver; individuals cannot metabolize ammonia, leading to elevated levels of the compound in the blood which can harm nervous tissue in

In the beginning any improvement seemed impossible, yet somehow he slowly started to come back to life. Prayers, medication, and the will to fight resolved this conflict.

Fifteen-year-old Tony Ciaglia had everything a teenager could want until he suffered a horrific head injury at summer camp. When he emerged from a coma, his right side was paralyzed, he had to relearn how to walk and talk, and he needed countless pills to control his emotions.

Specific Purpose: To let the audience know that Citrullinemia is an inherited disorder that causes ammonia and other toxic substances to accumulate in the blood.

It was a normal day in the streets of Harlem, New York. Men and women moving to and fro through the streets, but one situation involving the eviction of an elderly negro couple disturbed this everyday serenity. The policemen were forced to dodge fists from the old lady as they attempted to properly evict the old couple. A large crowd gathered around the corner building, watching in horror as the elderly couple had their all their possessions tossed out onto the sidewalk. Shouts from the couple could be heard throughout the ordeal, some including statements such as “It’s all the white folks, not just one. They all against us. Every stinking low-down one of them.” It was apparent that the old lady seemed to be especially triggered by the policemen