Stem Cell Research

The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act's bill was vetoed by George W. Bush but was passed twice by Congress. The research has grown an impressive amount since it was discovered. A family friend of mine recently had Stem Cell done. He was diagnosed with Cancer in his Sophomore year of high school and as time flew by, six years later, his cancer reappeared and he knew he needed Stem Cell done or there was a great possability that he would die. A current WHY question for this issue is: Why does the Government intervene with science? The Government has enough power to persuade people's opinions and "play God" sometimes. But for this issue, the scale is close to 50/50. People are having an issue with stem cell because it is taking away a human embryotic cell from growing to it's full potential as a human, and being used for a sick, living human being. There are pros and cons for both sides but is it really isn't the Government's place to limit scientists and doctors from their work to better the lives of people who have endured a great deal.

http://www.cancer.org/downloads/stt/CFF2007EstDthSelSiteByState.pdf

This site provides the statistics of the year 2007's cancer estimated death rate in the US. MANY of these patients, depending on their case and situation, could have been cured of their cancer if they had Stem Cell to help. As technology improves and stem cell is better well known, I believe cancer's death rates will drop dramatically in the near future. It needs to be given the chance it deserves and a second opinion by certain branches of the Government.

(The picture above symbolizes the opposing view of stem cell research)

JT

The infamous JUNIOR THEME starts off difficult even when picking a topic. For not knowing much about it, I can still feel the stress building in the room when different topics are discussed. After picking three main ideas, I narrowed my list down to stem cell research/cloning. The narrowed focus of my topic is the history of health and how this information and enhanced medacine can become beneficial. A recent article in the Chicago Tribune is what caught my eye on this particular topic. The article mentioned scientists testing on animals, cloning a black cat, and advancing their medacines a great deal since last year. It will be amazing what they can do in a few years from now. Their advanced technology was impressive for the amount of time they've spent trying to perfect their studies.

Reconstruction

Slavery was not completely abolished during the reconstruction era. Lincoln, who had the same point of view of the North, was against slavery but made the decision that African-American people could continue their work, as long as they were paid wages. Therefore, slavery faided out slower than it should have, and wasn't until later recognized for how horrible and wrong it actually was. Owning a person as their property was viewed as normal and perfectly acceptable until the Civil War. When the US worked on becoming a new place were equality was finally important, all people who were previous slave owners struggled with their new life of working for themselves. While doing this, white people had to work longer hours and spent more time slaving away like black people once had to. When the North began to take control of Southern territory, they destroyed more than they actually reconstructed. Some people's homes and property were destroyed. The most important part of this time was that slavery was finally coming to an end. Although the Civil War, in my opinion didn't resolve the majority of the problems, the North finally fought for as long as they needed, and until they won their battle to end slavery.

Play Time

The next generation always takes something significant to a higher level. Studies have proven that in later years, children's play was focused on activity vs. play with toys. The cost of toys has risen significantly along with the amount of toys comercialed regularly on tv and in magazines and newspapers. Since toys have developed and become more advanced for a young child's mind, play time for younger children is needed to be more structured or planned out. It has also been said by doctors and by different professions that "make believe" utilizes "private speech". When children talk themselves through the steps of play time and explain how someone should play, this shows that they have more controling ways of working and enjoy a controled environment. Along the side of developing toys, throughout the years, tv has become more and more popular for younger and older people and different tv shows target different age audiences. It's been said by the older generations, who lived without tv's in the earlier years of their lives, that watching people on tv live their lives instead of our own is a waste of time. Instead of only looking for the negatives of tv watching, there are many bennefits to watching tv. There are educational purposes for watching different programs on tv and there will always be certain shows that target audiences for social purposes. Every generation will tell you differently.