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domingo, 13 de junio de 2010

Lets stop Life Support

I want to persuade you to stop using life support for people that have no hope of living a life again. Like to don’t let people suffer with life support. I know life support has saved lives, but it has made lot of suffer in people too. It also makes the donator suffer a lot.

Life support makes patients suffer a lot. They always get very strong medicins that makes patients throw up, makes their hair fall out, and doesn’t lets them live well. Also because they are most of the time attached to cables, imagin you living because of cables, and most of time you wont be able to see. You might only be thinking in your head, but wouldn’t be able to see whats happening outside. Life support doesn’t only makes the patient suffer, it also makes the donator tu suffer because if he donates his organs, later if he needs them back what would happen.

Lifesupport is very expensive so not everyone can afford it. All the medicines are expensive, having all the visits of the doctors. Maybe you could afford the life support buat all the money you spend may had been for a different occasion. Or you pay so your familiar live like for two months but what if he wants to die and he cant tell you. Your just making people feel sad and suffer by wasting your money. I know someones live has no price but if he wants to die dont let him suffer.

Life support gives you lot of emotional feelings. Like imagine you being the familiar and just seeing the sick familiar of you sad, suffering, and maybe not even moving. Wouldn’t you feel bad, you will never be ok anywhere you go, because you would be worried he/she could die in any moment. Now you are the patient, imagine you always been suffering, seeing all your familiars worried about you knowing you could die in any moment or knowing the date you will die I would be happy and prefer dying normally with not much pain.

In conclusion I think life support is a very good invention. But that government and hospitals could let familiars, mostly the patient decide if they want to still live or die. What ifyou are living not wanting. Having life support is very bad because your living because of it and you cant do all the things you wanted to do. If I have hope of live I would like to be on life support but if I know that I will die any day I would prefer someone to disconnect me when im sleeping and not waking up in the morning. So this is just my opinion of life support, I would be very happy if my family would pay anything for me to stay alive not even if I need to be on life support, but maybe I would like them to think that whats good of live when you cant do anything.
MASU

jueves, 10 de junio de 2010

Does Having a Poor sleep affect your grades?

Everybody knows that if you don’t have a good sleep you will not have a good day. Everything happens to you when you don’t sleep. For example when you are in school you will be all sleepy and you will not be paying attention to class etc. So I made I research about this since I think it is an interesting research. I also made this because I think that this may be a reason of why some students have so low grades.

Sleep and Learning Research
Everyone knows that if you don’t have a good rest time at night, your next day could be ruined. When you are sleepy, you will feel all tired and sleepy and obviously all your day will be ruined.
It is quite obvious that mental functions and learning are the primary victims of having a bad sleep. Scientists have suspected for a long time that the main function of having a sleep is heavily related to learning and memory. For example, in the 17th century, John Locke, an English philosopher, campaigned that children should have a good sleep. This would help children by learning more in school. In the present there are still some famous sleep researchers who argue about this topic. Lots of sleep researchers say that ‘‘sleep is like eating, if you can get more, you will always want to sleep more and more’’. There are people that maybe don’t like sleeping and there are some people that might just love to sleep.
The main thing that may make students sleepy is going to school. First of all, they need to wake up early to go to school to ‘‘learn’’. Being tired and sleepy doesn’t really contribute to have a good school day since it just contributes to sleepiness and distraction. And not just your learning is affected, or it is just a waste of time, not only the kids get all stressed and bored, but even their health could be affected. Some researchers have tried to change school time so students can have a better sleep.

When I read this, I decided to make a research so I interviewed several students. So this where the 2 things that I asked them: what was their actual grade and that how many hours they sleep per day. And these were my final results:

Name of Boy / Hours of Sleep /Grade
GGV / 7 / 74
MSF / 8 / 75
FAJ / 8 / 72
LACF / 7 / 79
ERA / 7 / 75
HJG / 8 / 74
TNS / 6 / 70
RARS / 6 / 72
PGL /7 / 76
JRC /8 / 88
TBC /9 / 85
AEM /8 / 80
JJB /7 / 92
MAOQ / 8 / 96
EMG /8 / 75
JLM /8 / 82
FIRP (me) /8 / 88

I also searched for a research in internet that was already done and this was what I found:
Doctors, nurses and other health care providers never forget to remind teachers, principals and other school professionals that children and adolescents can only learn in a good way if they are healthy. But how true is this?
In a series of six recently-published articles, the relationship between children’s actions in school and various health problems was examined. In each of these articles, the authors read numerous published research studies to look for thing about lots of different things. Of all the health problems researched, having a poor sleep was among the most unexpected and definitive causes of poor academic knowledge.
Most children need at least nine hours of good sleep each night. However, for many reasons, children that go to school may receive less than the recommended time of sleep. The reasons for this shortfall include the working, eating, and bedtime patterns of students and their families, early school-start times, and childhood sleep disorders (such as disrupted sleep from snoring or breathing pauses).
Many adolescents and pre-adolescents (more than 40%, in many research studies) do not get good amounts of sleep. In one study of 1,000 students (grades 9-12), 90% reported feeling tired from lack of sleep etc... And there is evidence that tiredness affects school performance.
Ways to improve your sleeping
Some ways to improve your sleeping are:
• Follow a consistent bedtime routine.
• Establish a relaxing setting at bedtime.
• Get a full night's sleep every night.
• Avoid foods or drinks that contain caffeine, as well as any medicine that has a stimulant, prior to bedtime.
• Do not stay up all hours of the night to "cram" for an exam, do homework, etc. If after-school activities are proving to be too time-consuming, consider cutting back on these activities.
• Keep computers and TVs out of the bedroom.
• Do not go to bed hungry, but don't eat a big meal before bedtime either.
• Avoid any rigorous exercise within six hours of your bedtime.
• Make your bedroom quiet, dark and a little bit cool.
• Get up at the same time every morning.
Things that might not let you sleep

There are lots of things that might not let you sleep but I just researched this 3: Narcolepsy, Insomnia, and sleep apnea.

Narcolepsy is one type of sleep disorder. Narcolepsy is characterized by sleeping a lot during the day, in which a person experiences extreme tiredness and possibly falls asleep in not very appropriate hours, like when you are working or even when you’re ate school. A person that suffers narcolepsy will not have a normal time at sleeping. Narcolepsy is often confused with another sleep disorder called Insomnia. When a person with narcolepsy falls asleep they will generally experience the REM stage of sleep within 10 to 30 minutes. This might often happen to students at school that might not had a good sleep time.
‘‘Insomnia is a symptom which can accompany several sleep, medical and psychiatric disorders, characterized by persistent difficulty falling asleep and/or staying asleep despite the opportunity. Insomnia is typically followed by functional impairment while awake. Both organic and non-organic insomnia without other cause constitute a sleep disorder, primary insomnia. One definition of insomnia is "difficulties initiating and/or maintaining sleep, or non restorative sleep, associated with impairments of daytime functioning or marked distress for more than 1 month."
According to the United States Department of Health and Human Services in the year 2007, approximately 64 million Americans regularly suffer from insomnia each year. Insomnia is 1.4 times more common in women than in men’’.

Sleep apnea is another type of sleep disorder characterized by pauses in your breathing during sleep. Each pause, called an apnea , can last long enough so that one or more breaths are missed, and such pauses or episodes occur repeatedly throughout sleep. ‘‘The standard definition of any apneic pause includes a minimum 10 second interval between breaths, with either a neurological, a blood oxygen desaturation of 3-4% or greater, or both arousal and desaturation’’. Sleep apnea is diagnosed with an overnight sleep test called polysomnogram, which is just a sleep study.


Why is sleeping important

Your body is like a battery. And you use the energy of the battery during all the day. So obviously there needs to be a way to charge this battery. This way of charging the battery that is the energy of your body is by sleeping. Sleeping also helps taking stress away. Stress takes away your focus, stifles creativity, and can contribute to poor sleep
FIRP

The Creation of Golf

The creation of Golf
Long ago there was a tribe called The Huachichiles.This tribe lived in the northern part of Mexico. This tribe had a very strange tradition. First of all they always cut the heads of the prisoners they had & second of all they played a game without sense in which you needed to hit those heads to see who hits them harder. And the one who hit them the hardest won the best woman.
This tradition lasted very long until the emperor Chichimequis said this game was very violent. So he prohibited that game. Obviously all the men in the city of Hotdog were mad since they couldn’t find a way to find out who will stay with a woman without fighting. This problem lasted for about 6 months until a person from another city came and told the citizens that in the city from which he comes from it existed a plant whit a round hard fruit.
The emperor liked this idea and asks Cube the person from the other city if he could bring some and he would give him whatever he wants. So the next day the emperor sent Cube & 20 soldiers to go for that plant. They made a trip for about 1 week until they were there. There they found the coconut plant and Cube took several so he could plant some in Hotdog. Finally he came back to the city of Hotdog to plant the coconut seeds in there.
They waited for about 4 months until the first coconut came out. But they realized that the game had no sense anymore since the ball was too big. So they planted again and took the coconuts when they were smaller. So after that they invented a new game. But they also made another changes, for example a person made a special stick so that you could hit the ball in a better way & they also made holes so that they tried to insert the ball in the hole from long distances.
This game became very famous in about one year. So it also extended around all America & when the British came they took that game to England. Also after the time the British invented a name for this game and this game was Golf. And obviously after the years they started making changes to the game like for example they made different golf clubs (sticks) for different situations or the creation of golf courses that made golf even more enjoyable.
So this game is also played today in the entire world. Also tournaments were created to see who is the best playing this game. So this was how golf was created and how it evolved.
The End

How Does Music Affect Sleep?

Everybody likes music. From classical, pop, rap, or rock, everyone has their own taste. Music is more than just entertainment. It can affect your health, or more specifically your sleep.
Listening to music while you’re sleeping has many positive effects on the human body. Being in contact with music (playing, listening, singing, etc.) can also have effects in your sleep. Have you ever taught sleep problems as insomnia can be reduced or solved with something as simple as music?
Based on the research published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing in February 2005, people with sleep problems from the older generation that listened to music while they slept reported a thirty five percent of improvement in their sleep. They were able to chose what song to listen from a collection of calm pieces. The benefits included relevant improvement in the quality of sleep, as well as in the amount. They also claim to be less stressed during the day. This is due to the fact that sleeping provides rest and energy for the body.
Canadian researchers in the University of Toronto proved that listening to music before you sleep can lead to a restful night. They came up with “Brain Music,” or music based from the brain waves produced when you’re trying to sleep. They played music to two groups of people: one group listened to brain music and the second one listened to normal music. Both groups showed improvement in their sleep, but the ones exposed to brain music showed more significant results. Brain music reduced the levels of anxiety and stress and induced sleep.
Neil Stanley, chairman of the British Sleep Society, said that your favorite piece of music is even better for sleep (Stanley). Calm music isn’t necessarily the only choice for good sleep. If you don’t like calm music, then your body won’t feel comfortable. Anything that goes against what you like is not a good option. If perhaps, your favorite music is rock or pop, it would still be good for your sleep.
The Benefits of music therapy are great! They cure sleep problems, or simply provide you with a restful night. What makes this better that medicine or therapy is that you won’t become dependent to it. Many medicine for sleep problems contain drugs and other substances that can result harmful for the body. The side effects may also be something to have caution about.
Music does not only give you good sleep, but it can also be present in dreams. According to Valeria Uga’s research musicians who have been playing a musical instrument from an early age can listen or even create music in their dreams. Some testimonials , which have not yet been proven by scientific research, say that if you listen to music while you sleep your dreams can be related to the song you hear.
I surveyed seventh grade students to find out if the listened to music while they slept. Only one out of 20 surveyed boys and girls listened to music while he slept reporting eight hours of sleep. Even though, this survey can’t be analyzed further due to the lack of people who listen to music while they sleep.
One of the surveyed students, who doesn’t currently listen to music while she sleeps, affirmed to get better sleep and health when she listened to classical music while she slept during the second grade. She states her grades back then were always in the high nineties. This may happen because of the good quality of sleep and other benefits caused by music. She also mentioned that as soon as she stopped listening to music her grades dropped back to the low eighties. This proves that music doesn’t only benefit sleep, but plays an important role on a daily basis. This also clues in that music can affect attitude, sleep, dreams, rest, and even your way of thinking.
Based on the research I found out that music helps reduce sleep problems and it-s symptoms. It can, as well, affect your dreams as musicians often dream with music. Music doesn’t only play a part in sleeping habits but may also benefit health. Getting good sleep is especially important for your attitude through the day and your overall health. If you’re not getting enough sleep, give music a try!
FGB

When My Grandfather Died

I laid sound asleep, beneath the duvet of my bed. The streets were asleep, and everything was perfectly silent. My head stayed completely still, resting in the pillow beneath it. My little body in its pink pajama covered only half of the mattress.
Suddenly I was woken up by a constant ringing, which I recognized as the phone. “Ring, ring.” I could see the dull shine of a night light being turned on in the hall, followed by the sound of footsteps that clumsily made their way to pick up the phone. It was a quick and quiet conversation.
I twisted and turned around my bed. I sat up, and tried to listen carefully to what was going on. I struggled not to make any noise. I couldn’t make out what was happening.
“Yes.” I could make out coming out of my father-s mouth.
I heard some whispering and shuffling around. I laid back in bed still awake and confused.
My teary eyed mother, stood by my bed. She wasn-t wearing her pijamas anymore. Instead she was fully clothed but her hair wasn-t done.
“I`ll be back soon.” she said quietly.
“Ok.” I said.
After that she was gone all morning, yet nobody told me where or why. I didn’t ask either. I just went through the day. I got up, took a bath, got dressed, and ate breakfast.
Later that day, after my mom was home, I knew that I lost one of my two remaining grandparents. H e died from a Heart attack.
FGB

My Autobiography

The Meaning of my Name and the Way it Suits Me
There are many meanings of my name, but two of them are: “Sea Star” and “Wookiee Princess”. I guess being a sea star is cute, but being a Wookiee Princess is actually depressing. if you don’t know what Wookiee means… you are very lucky. Because Wookiee was the name of a very hairy race from the movie “Star Wars”. Unfortunately the most famous Wookiee is called Chewbacca. The fact is that the only way my name suits me, is because of the combination of names. My grandmother is called Maria and the other grandmother (my mom’s mom) was called Ana, so my name is a combination of the two names.
On the other hand, there is actually an animal that I think that matches with me. The BEE. The bee is one of the most hardworking organisms, and I consider myself as a hardworking person. Bees are always preventing, like I always try to do. Besides that, some people say that if I only had a little bit more energy I will start buzzing just like a bee.
My Childhood
As everyone else my childhood is a huge part of my life, full of wonderful moments and the best experiences. When I was about one year and a half, I had the chance to watch snowing here in Torreon. I consider it something very special because it will never happen again. My kinder garden was the only chance I had to be in a Montessori, at that school I developed every possible ability I had. From things like learning to otherones like excavating. I remember my father used to call me Sapo-Topo-Cocodrilo (Toad-Mole-Cocodrile).he used to call me like that because while I was waiting for them to pick me up, I used to play in the mud. that nickname stayed with me until I finished kinder garden, and I began the elementary school at other city or town near from here called Jimenez. School was different for me, because besides my friends I don’t remember a lot of thing about it. I remember I was seven years old when I learnt to ride my bike. Eight when I got my motorcycle and nine when I learnt how to ride a Yet Ski. I also remember that every month we would g shopping to “El Paso” because it was very near, and that we would organized camps with friends very frequently. My cousins were also very important because every time I visited them the time we spent together was very special. The last thing, and the one I like more about my childhood was my best friend. Her name was Jessica, and she was my neighbor. We met each other because of our mothers. I used to go to her house almost every day. I remember that the games we used to play were extremely silly and crazy, but we used to spend hours playing them. I visit her almost every vacation and she will always be my friend.
About Me
In a very descriptive way I would say that the adjectives that best describe me are: creative, hard working and talkative. In my whole life people has told me I am creative. Until I am thirteen years old I am starting to realize that it might be truth. I know I am hardworking because I have tested in so many ways and I have had lots of good results. I am talkative because sometime talking feels like a necessity for me. Unfortunately since a few years ago, chatting has given my some difficulties between school and me.
My Future Goals
In ten years everything could change, and I am not able to decide my future, but I can dream about what I would like it to be. In ten years I must be at collage. If I am lucky, I would be in a collage form a foreign country. After that my goal is to succeed in whichever career I studied. With the money I earned travel to a few places. Places such as Europe, Dubai, New Zeeland and Alaska. Meet someone, get married, have children and raise them in the city or town where most of my family lives.
MCC

The Creation Of Paperholics

Since ancient times there has always been a square peg in every group of people. The quiet boy in a kinder garden group, a girl who doesn’t like Barbies, and of course a boy that has a candy and prefers to eat the wrap. Well a long time ago those kinds of children did not exist. Until Pasa, was born.
Pasa was born in Cartolandia. He was so weird that when he was born and the doctor smacked him on the bottom instead of crying he mooed. His parents noticed he was different very quickly. They were very catholic. They also believed that a name is supposed to mean something or be related to the person that is given to. They could not decide a name, so they took him to church. In there the minister Christianidoso said that maybe they had to baptize him first. They did, but that did not help anyway. They decided to call him _________ (blank), but that is another story. Later on other nicknames where given to him Pasa was one of the most common used by people. The name Pasa stayed only during his childhood. In Cartolandia the time were you had converted into a man was defined by the time you had left your house to become a homeless. Pasa became into a homeless when he has 15. He moved into the neighborhood of Quintas Cartolandia. In there he found some other guys he knew. For example, Fonso. Fonso became a man when he was 12 and because he had lived there more, he ruled. Pasa lived very scared and he feared everything (Especially going out.) Instead of going out with people, he would stay at his Xbox and play HALO the whole day. Sometimes he would go to eat from recycle bins instead of going to the super market. All that he would eat was paper, paper and more paper. One day the goddess of paper discovered him. She loved paper and respected it so much that she would not let some weird guy eat it. For that she assigned a person to avoid Pasa from eating paper. His name was Vicenton, he was as weird as Pasa, but like to hit him and make him suffer.
They became very close friends. One day they discovered that when Pasa went to the bathroom and do his business there (you know), his poop would become “papel mache” .Make Pasa stop eating paper was not an option anymore. That “papel mache” was very expensive and they would become rich easily. They planned to convince the goddess of paper to let Pasa eat whenever he wanted, but she did not want. They begged but the answers stayed the same. One day Pasa accidentally killed her because he appeared at night, and when the goddess saw his face she got so scared that had a heart attack. Pasa and Vincenton were very lucky that time and the rest of their lives. Pasa died because X-boxes were too old to be played. The end of Vicenton was different. He did not die because he was a god. He married the goddess of hippies, Gina and they had two super-cute sons, and one of them was given to Mariana the goddess of Jokes.
MCC