The topic of death has always been something i am not so familiar with. I have only dealt with the death of about three people who have been very close to me. The two deaths that had the biggest impacts on me were the deaths of my friend Jake Mcdonough and my fathers best friend Sherman Darby. The first interview i conducted was with my friend jakes best friend who would like to remain anonymous. The second interview that I conducted was with my father about the death of his best friend. The questions that i tried to ask them were questions like, how did that persons death impact your life? Where there any things that you didn't know about that person but you later found out after their death? Do you still think about that person and how much?
When i interviewed the anonymous person about jakes death he seemed a bit uncomfortable about it at first but as the interview went on he seemed to ease into the situation a little more. When i asked him if he thought about jake on a daily basis he replied, "of course i do. Jake was my best friend, i saw him every single day. It is very hard to go from seeing someone every day to never seeing them again. When i do think about him though i try not to think about his death so much as i think about all the great moments that happened in his life." This to me showed that it was very hard for him to deal with the death of such a great friend. When i asked him about the impact it had on his life he said, "It impacted me way more then i expected. When I found out about his death i kind of just.. shut down. He died around the time i was taking final exams and i was so upset that i couldn't even get myself to study for the most important test of my school year. Jake was the greatest friend i could have and without him i just wasn't myself.
The interview with my Father was similar but much more emotional since Sherman was my godfather and like a second father to me. When i asked my dad if he still thought about Sherman he replied, "It's hard not to think about the person who you roomed with for almost 10 years. It's hard not to think about someone who was arguably the best friend anyone could ever ask for. Sherman would put me before himself no matter what the situation was. I loved Sherman and i always will as long as i'm still breathing." After this you could see the utter sadness in my fathers face and how emotional of a topic this was for him to speak on. I then asked him if he felt uncomfortable talking about his death. He said, "It's not that i feel uncomfortable, i feel irritated. There are people out there committing crimes and doing horrible things and they live to be very old. Sherman did nothing to harm anyone as long as he was alive and couldn't even make it past his late 60's. It just isn't fair." After this i stopped the interview because i noticed that it was very hard for him to talk about. Death is a very hard topic to talk about especially when it comes to the people closest to you.
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Monday, April 18, 2011
HW 46 - Initial Thoughts on the Care of the Dead
I do not really know a lot about death because I did not know many people who have passed away. The only experience I have personally with death was the death of my aunt a few years ago. When this happened I was scared and felt terrible about the incident but i was not exactly sad. This was because I was not very close to that aunt because i never really got to see her all that much. She died from cancer and it was a pretty quick process, or at least it seemed like it to me. The reason that I think I did feel somewhat bad is because my parents were sad about it. I was raised to be emotional when people died and pay respect but it was weird that i didn't seem to know how to show my emotions of that in this case.
The way that my parents really talked to me about how I should treat the dead has always just been about respect. It is very frowned upon in society to treat the dead with disrespect even if you and the person had not gotten along while they were alive. My parents told me to never say, "i wish they were dead" because that is one of the worst things to tell someone. To hate someone to the point where you want them to be dead is very extreme. When death does happen it is always very sad and takes a while to process. A year ago from april 14th my friend Jake McDonough was killed by a car while riding his bike in brooklyn, he was only 18. When you lose someone at such a young age especially someone i would see on a regular basis it is a very hard thing to deal with no matter how close you were with that person.
The way that my parents really talked to me about how I should treat the dead has always just been about respect. It is very frowned upon in society to treat the dead with disrespect even if you and the person had not gotten along while they were alive. My parents told me to never say, "i wish they were dead" because that is one of the worst things to tell someone. To hate someone to the point where you want them to be dead is very extreme. When death does happen it is always very sad and takes a while to process. A year ago from april 14th my friend Jake McDonough was killed by a car while riding his bike in brooklyn, he was only 18. When you lose someone at such a young age especially someone i would see on a regular basis it is a very hard thing to deal with no matter how close you were with that person.
Friday, April 15, 2011
HW 45 - Reply to Other Peoples' Comments
Harry,
i also belived that the pay rate was a very big part of why they choose the profession. The chart that i found really helped me form that whole paragraph.
i also belived that the pay rate was a very big part of why they choose the profession. The chart that i found really helped me form that whole paragraph.
Monday, April 11, 2011
HW 44 - Comments on Other People's Projects
Rossi,
I thought it was very interesting how you decided to do a project where you actually talked to a nurse in a hospital about the real aspects of birth. Your most interesting lines where when you talked about how the third persons childhood desire was to become a doctor/nurse. All in all this was a very good post and i am sorry i did not get to hear your speech.
Jay,
I really enjoyed reading your interview. I especially liked how the women you interviewed was not seen as the traditional standards of someone in her line of work. Your most insightful line was, t's terrible. I think it's just a convience to doctors and patients (mothers). If you dont want to have a baby on a Saturday, you just have a C-Section. That was interesting because it showed her true opinion on the matter.
Alex,
In your post i noticed that your main focus was to show people all of the bad things that happen in a hospital. Pretty much trying to get people to"see the light" in a way. Your post was very well thought out and i would like to talk to you more about it so i can know more about your opinions on this matter.
I thought it was very interesting how you decided to do a project where you actually talked to a nurse in a hospital about the real aspects of birth. Your most interesting lines where when you talked about how the third persons childhood desire was to become a doctor/nurse. All in all this was a very good post and i am sorry i did not get to hear your speech.
Jay,
I really enjoyed reading your interview. I especially liked how the women you interviewed was not seen as the traditional standards of someone in her line of work. Your most insightful line was, t's terrible. I think it's just a convience to doctors and patients (mothers). If you dont want to have a baby on a Saturday, you just have a C-Section. That was interesting because it showed her true opinion on the matter.
Alex,
In your post i noticed that your main focus was to show people all of the bad things that happen in a hospital. Pretty much trying to get people to"see the light" in a way. Your post was very well thought out and i would like to talk to you more about it so i can know more about your opinions on this matter.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
HW 42 - Pregnancy & birth culminating project
The aspect that i decided on was the process of becoming an OB/GYN and why people chose this profession.
I feel like the reason people decide to become an OB/GYN is because they are passionate about the process of birth. But it is not the only reason that people want to do this. There are many other aspects as to why people want to be OB/GYN's and that is what I will be discussing in this paper. I will be discussing the requirements of an OB/GYN, what an OB/GYN actually is, the salary of an OB/GYN and what impact that has on them choosing this job, and wether it is more common for a man or a women to become and OB/GYN.
Requirements : The main requirements of a OB/GYN are in easier terms just to deliver the baby. But really what their jobs are besides delivering the child is to make sure nothing goes wrong with the birth. If something happens to go wrong with the birth they will have to take full responsibility since it was there job to do everything possible to prevent this. "OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers babies. GYN is short for gynecology or for a gynecologist, a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs"
(http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4609). This is showing that the name OB/GYN is exactly what its abbreviations stand for.
I feel like the reason people decide to become an OB/GYN is because they are passionate about the process of birth. But it is not the only reason that people want to do this. There are many other aspects as to why people want to be OB/GYN's and that is what I will be discussing in this paper. I will be discussing the requirements of an OB/GYN, what an OB/GYN actually is, the salary of an OB/GYN and what impact that has on them choosing this job, and wether it is more common for a man or a women to become and OB/GYN.
Requirements : The main requirements of a OB/GYN are in easier terms just to deliver the baby. But really what their jobs are besides delivering the child is to make sure nothing goes wrong with the birth. If something happens to go wrong with the birth they will have to take full responsibility since it was there job to do everything possible to prevent this. "OB is short for obstetrics or for an obstetrician, a physician who delivers babies. GYN is short for gynecology or for a gynecologist, a physician who specializes in treating diseases of the female reproductive organs"
(http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4609). This is showing that the name OB/GYN is exactly what its abbreviations stand for.
pay: The pay scale in my mind is a very big factor as to the decision to become an OB/GYM. Like i have said before if the pay was not as high as it is very few people would make the decision to chose this profession.
(http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Obstetrician_%2F_Gynecologist_(OB%2FGYN)/Salary).
This chart shows that there is a very large amount of money in the OB/GYN profession. There in my mind is no reason why if someone had all the requirements for this job they would not take it.
(http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Obstetrician_%2F_Gynecologist_(OB%2FGYN)/Salary).
This chart shows that there is a very large amount of money in the OB/GYN profession. There in my mind is no reason why if someone had all the requirements for this job they would not take it.
Men/women OB/GYN: I feel that there is some sort of an advantage when you are a women OB/GYN vs. a male OB/GYN. As a women the whole experience is more interesting since it can one day happen to them. When it does there experience as an OB/GYN it will prepare them more for what is to come. "As women in a women's health profession, female ob-gyns may be benefiting from an 'insider's perspective' in how to address the health challenges in their own lives," says ACOG President Elect Vivian M. Dickerson, MD. "This puts them in a unique position to help American women have healthier lifestyles," she adds, speaking at today's ACOG news conference, "Woman to Woman: Female Ob-Gyns Reveal Their Trade Secrets.(http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr12-09-03-2.cfm).
Sunday, April 3, 2011
HW 41 - Independent Research
The aspect that i decided on was the process of becoming an OB/GYN and why people chose this profession.
A.)
http://degreedirectory.org/articles/OBGYN_How_to_Become_an_OBGYN_in_5_Steps.html
This link is showing me that the process of becoming an OB/GYN can apparently be accomplished in 5 steps. Although they do make it sound easy i don't believe that it is. Since it is essentially the same as becoming a doctor you really need to be as motivated and determined as possible. You must go through a lot of schooling and other intensive training to accomplish this goal. In becoming OB/GYN i feel that it may be better if you are a women since you are focusing completely on the anatomy of a female so it may interest you more to find out these things about your own body.
http://www.obgyn.net/women/women.asp?page=/women/articles/obgyn_dah
This page literally sums up all the requirements to be an OB/GYN. They talk about how in college it is very important to have high grades in your field of study. Most of the pre med students trying to be an OB/GYN have the GPA of around a 3.5-3.7. So not only must you be committed with the profession but you must be committed to achieve the goal to get to that profession. Once you are done with your 4 years at a normal college you must then move on to medical school. Medical school is pretty much your final test to see if you are really ready to become an OB/GYN. Some people will find out then that it may not be right for them and not go through with their plans/life goals.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4609
This definition of an OB/GYN pretty much brakes down what it really stands for. The OB part stands for Obstetrician. An obstetrician is just literally someone who delivers babies. The GYN part is just the learning of a women's body. An OB/GYN is the key to a birth, without them i feel that the whole birth process would be different. If they were not there to supervise the birth and make sure everything is going according to plan then the process of birth would have a lot more flaws then it does now.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Obstetrician_%2F_Gynecologist_(OB%2FGYN)/Salary
As a doctor an OB/GYN gets paid a very high salary. I don't believe that people join this professions just for the soul reason that they enjoy doing it. I am sure that when they do like what they are doing but when the figured out how much they would be getting paid it really pushed them more towards this profession.
http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr12-09-03-2.cfm
Many women OB/GYN's tend to benefit for the everyday work that they do. The information that they find out is beneficial to all females so they figure that if other women can use this information they might as well use it to reflect upon their own work.
B.)
The way that all the information that i gathered above can be used for a cumulating project is i can use all this information and double check it with an actual OB/GYN. I can interview them to compare all this information and see if they agree or disagree with all of these statistics. Then after this interview i can compare my thoughts of all this before the interview and after and write a comparative essay about my two opinions.
http://www.obgyn.net/women/women.asp?page=/women/articles/obgyn_dah
This page literally sums up all the requirements to be an OB/GYN. They talk about how in college it is very important to have high grades in your field of study. Most of the pre med students trying to be an OB/GYN have the GPA of around a 3.5-3.7. So not only must you be committed with the profession but you must be committed to achieve the goal to get to that profession. Once you are done with your 4 years at a normal college you must then move on to medical school. Medical school is pretty much your final test to see if you are really ready to become an OB/GYN. Some people will find out then that it may not be right for them and not go through with their plans/life goals.
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=4609
This definition of an OB/GYN pretty much brakes down what it really stands for. The OB part stands for Obstetrician. An obstetrician is just literally someone who delivers babies. The GYN part is just the learning of a women's body. An OB/GYN is the key to a birth, without them i feel that the whole birth process would be different. If they were not there to supervise the birth and make sure everything is going according to plan then the process of birth would have a lot more flaws then it does now.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Obstetrician_%2F_Gynecologist_(OB%2FGYN)/Salary
As a doctor an OB/GYN gets paid a very high salary. I don't believe that people join this professions just for the soul reason that they enjoy doing it. I am sure that when they do like what they are doing but when the figured out how much they would be getting paid it really pushed them more towards this profession.
http://www.acog.org/from_home/publications/press_releases/nr12-09-03-2.cfm
Many women OB/GYN's tend to benefit for the everyday work that they do. The information that they find out is beneficial to all females so they figure that if other women can use this information they might as well use it to reflect upon their own work.
B.)
The way that all the information that i gathered above can be used for a cumulating project is i can use all this information and double check it with an actual OB/GYN. I can interview them to compare all this information and see if they agree or disagree with all of these statistics. Then after this interview i can compare my thoughts of all this before the interview and after and write a comparative essay about my two opinions.
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