Summary Of Alfie's Annotation

Alfie Kohn states that “competition by its very nature is always unhealthy” and has written an essay opposing the concept. There are various examples of competition in the world today, from sports that the world watches on television, to spelling bees children in elementary and middle school participate in. Competition is a part of our daily lives whether we’re aware of it or not; however, it does have its disadvantages that leads me to support Kohn’s opinion.

There were a couple of stories that really stood out to me. The first was “The Story of Defender.” I really enjoyed this story because it keep me on the edge of my seat the whole time and taught about two important values of the Lakota people—bravery and humility. When Hoka was fourteen years old, he was invited on a hunting party and was given the job of guarding the camp, which contained elk meat and elk hides for many families back in their village. One day, when the hunters went out, Hoka encountered a “bear.” He considered going and looking for the hunters, but he knew if a bear came and took the meat while he was looking for them he would be responsible, so he stayed and defended the camp. After watching the “bear” scurry through the brush for a while, Hoka took a shot. He heard a slight cry and when he went to look where the bear was hiding, he saw blood. Hoka believed he had shot and wounded a bear, but when the hunters returned later that night and asked if anything happened, he simply said

Briefly summarize the content of the lecture and the highlights of the Q&A session (if any)

For my CESL project, I intend to be an instructor for the NJMS Mini-Med Program. This program holds personal significance to me as I too was a student in this program when I was a sophomore in high school. This program was my first exposure to medicine and the insights I gained, not only from the lecturers, but also from medical students, has shaped my passion medicine. Therefore, I want to give back to the program that has had such a significant impact on my life. Furthermore, before coming to NJMS, one of the most rewarding experiences of my life was teaching chemistry for a program called ODASIS at Rutgers- New Brunswick where I was able to provide resources and guidance to students from minority and underserved populations. Consequently, I want to use my experiences and affinity for teaching to introduce young students to the various topics in medicine.

Two weeks have passed since the beginning of the new semester, and in contrast to my mixed feelings regarding Biology 110 and Public Speaking, this has proven to be my favorite class. Thus far, we have covered early Native American settlements, the Columbian exchange, and the efforts of the Europeans (particularly the Spanish, French, English and Dutch) to colonize the New World. In addition to these lectures, we have already taken our first test, which was basically a review of the lectures. Perhaps the eight-week span of this course rather than the usual 16 is the reasoning behind the condensed lesson plan. However, I for one am not complaining. Overall, the lectures draw my attention and retain it, and a cursory glance at CrashCourse videos

When Melonie proceeded to do her presentation, she first identified three persons to stand up and then asked them to shake hands with other classmates. Instantly, I remembered doing this activity during a STI class many years ago, so I came to a conclusion that her topic would be on HIV Aids.

Although I havn’t learned that much about this topic, I still found most of it very interesting to learn about. The topic that stood out to me most was how long it takes for a tumor to develop inside somebody. A founder cell can give rise to the primary tumor for eight to twelve years or more. Another thing was that a colon cancer tumor can take twenty years or more to develop. I find this more interesting than others because my dad had colon cancer a few years ago and I didn’t know much about the disease. Before this presentation, I thought that it only took a few months for a tumor to develop. One thing that I found most confusing was the life cycle of the cell and the checkpoints with it. I just couldn’t comprehend the S, G2, M, and G1 and what they stood for and meant. Also, I didn’t really understand what the letters and checkpoints for during the process.

From taking this course, I feel connected to colonial history by gaining the knowledge of the history of the Indigenous People in Canada. I think that the knowledge I have learned can be transferred into my life and studies as a student at the University of Regina and for my future career in the Nonprofit/ public health sector. Furthermore, I have gained perspective into the Canadian health care system. I can now look at health through the perspectives of Western and traditional Indigenous medicine. This will allow me to further understand, emphasize, and respect other cultures. I hope that by learning about the Indigenous culture, traditions, heritage, history, and health care needs, I can provide excellent health care and services to the

The single stories we carry with us can be harmful as they often lead us to making inaccurate conclusions resulting in stereotypes. Knowing this has caused me to question the knowledge that has been given to me about the First Nations culture. This is because when I was younger, I was always taught that First Nations people only lived in igloos and had long braided hair. This has resulted in false information being passed on causing me and others to believe a lie. This course has opened my eyes, allowing me to recognize that we should always question what we hear and read because it's not always the truth. Single stories cause the viewer or reader to only learn one colonizer's point of view historically resulting in people making assumptions.

“The Vitamin D and Birth Outcomes in Pregnancy” and the presenter was Kristen A Sawka. This topic was one I would have never thought about before attending the Denman. The student explained her research in a non-scientific way so that I could better understand the information that was being presented to me. That was one part of the Denman that I enjoyed because you didn’t have to be an expert on

My knowledge of Native Americans culture stems from my parent’s teachings about the topic. When I was young my mother went on multiple mission trips to the Navajo Reservation in Arizona. My mother came back with stories and cultural details unbeknownst to most of citizens I interact with today, one particular story described kids in the tribe that had no shoes and walked around bare foot constantly. I was appalled by this as a child and decided I too would go without shoes, this didn’t last long but this book helped me understand and provide context for my early childhood lessons about Native America culture. In the book the narrator, Junior, reminded me of the lack of health options for the reservations. Often times reservations are idiotically far away from real health care providers that have modern equipment and a surplus of the most up to date medications. This probably accounted for why it was so dangerous to do Junior’s surgery when he was a child. Later my mother explained how bad alcohol addiction was on the reservation, at the time my aunt was going through withdrawn from alcoholism. I couldn’t imagine a population of people who a majority of the people in it have an addiction to alcohol.

Addison is a third grade student at Westside Elementary School in the West Fargo Pubic School District. Addison is nine years old. Addison’s is the oldest child in her family. She has a five year old brother and an eighth month old brother.

Due to Katy’s weird behavior, Anny was facing lot of hardships. Katy once even got physical with her sister. Being harder for both to be together Katy decides to separate, before even hearing her sister’s decision. She right after calls doctor and talks about getting separate. She decides to have surgery after week. Jack being out of town Anny and Katy had to go alone into surgery. On day of surgery doctor makes it very clear to both that only one would be able to survive. Anny with doubtful heart agrees to Sister Katy, but wasn’t ready for surgery. Getting ready for surgery Anny was nervous where on other side Katy was happy and thought Jack will accept her after this surgery. Exactly on 12:00 Pm doctor starts his surgery and ends by 7:00pm

year of 1919 and later died in 1965. She is best known for her stories

All the audio-conferences were a good opportunities for me to know the way of thinking of the other members in the medical team. Starting with Lynley Anderson’s lecture, this lecture provided me with many important points regarding the confidentiality of the athlete information within the team. As before this lecture I was thinking it’s fine to discuss and disclose the athlete medical issues to the coach without the athlete consent. Helen Littleworth’s lecture, I would say this lecture prepared me with some tips to consider when travelling with a team such as access to a hospital for X-Ray or MRI, how to be prepared to find tape and braces in other countries. In addition, the effect of the travelling to a city with different weather and time