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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down - Summary and Reading Log Chapter 1 - Birth Chapter 1 goes through the traditional birthing methods and traditions of the Hmong people. One of the most significant traditions is burying the placenta. The placenta has to be strategically buried in a specific spot under the homes dirt floor or when the person dies its soul has to travel back to the placenta. This chapter also introduces the characters Nao Kao and Foua Lee. Nao is husband and father of 13

California law makes possessing up to an ounce or less of marijuana a civil infraction like a speeding ticket. The more weed you have, the greater the penalty. Some localities are more strict in their enforcement than others. For example, the city of Merced banned the sale and cultivation of all weed including medical marijuana. The ban does not go into effect immediately, but will be enforced by the end of the month. One group who is not planning to stop their pot business is a group of "nuns" known

Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures by Anne Fadiman is a literary nonfiction story that takes place in Merced, California. The book centers around the Lee’s, a family of immigrants from Laos and Lia Lee, the Lee’s young daughter born afflicted with epilepsy. Lia was born happy and healthy in 1981 at Merced Community Medical Center (MCMC) in Merced, California. At three months of age Lia experiencing her first major seizure and the Lees took her to the hospital. Lia's treatment

accent.” Gazoline explores the complexities of the millennial generation, a group that has demonstrated that is more than video games and selfies – they are a growing voice and a force for positive change. Under the artistic direction of Jorge B. Merced, this cutting-edge production will take place at IATI Theater (64 E 4th St, between Bowery & 2nd Ave, Manhattan) from March 25 to April 16, 2017. Performances will be in Spanish with supertitles in English. In an anti-immigrant setting, full of rage

Growing up in a developing country in Africa (Tanzania), I witnessed school children suffering from a seizure. When they had a seizure attack, they would suddenly fall down and violently shack their whole body especially their feet and hands while their head turned to one side with foaming on the mouth and eyes turned back. It was very frightening to see and experience this. After about two to three minutes, the seizure stops, and they become awake but fragile for a moment. In an hour or so they

Structural Causes of Cultural Insensitivity in Anne Fadiman’s The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Many years ago, an epileptic Hmong girl named Lia Lee entered a permanent vegetative state due to cross-cultural misunderstanding between her parents and her doctors. An author named Anne Fadiman documented this case and tried to untangle what exactly went wrong with the situation. Two key players in her narrative were Neil Ernst and Peggy Philp, the main doctors on Lia’s case. As Fadiman describes

likely candidate to become a Shaman. Being quag dab peg means you have the ability to go between both worlds say heaven and earth. In contrast, being epileptic as defined by the medical staff at Merced is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance. In conclusion, the Merced Medical staff want to cure the disease while the Hmong are grateful Lia is qua dab peg. To the Hmong

African American communities that are facing police brutality are more likely to be anti-police. Mail Survey is the research that best fits this proposal. The target population in this study consists of two African American dominated communities, one that is facing police brutality and the other one not so much. African Americans being targeted by police in highly based crime communities as opposed to non-violent ones. The community facing police brutality consists of African Americans in gangs,

United States’ attention has shifted from communicable disease to chronic disease throughout the years. One of the leading cause of death today has been cardiovascular disease caused mainly by tobacco. Tobacco is the leading cause of chronic disease and death in the United States. Today, not only are traditional cigarettes playing a toll on one’s health but so are E-cigarettes. E-cigarettes are different compared to tobacco, as they contain liquefied nicotine and they produce vapor as opposed to

book, “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down.” The book describes the clashing of both the medical community within Merced, California, and a Hmong refugee family, the Lees, cultural beliefs. The Lees daughter, Lia Lee, is plagued with a severe case of epilepsy, or qaug dab peg in Hmong, as a child and is administered to the Mercy Medical Center Merced, or MCMC, a hospital in Merced, California. The doctors there go through many struggles in order to work with the Lee family, as they are faced with