FINAL EXTRA CREDIT OPPORUNITY

Sandy.
I really enjoyed reading your final essay, you made sure to cover some very important and insightful thoughts. While reading i noticed that you continuted to conntect everything back to this idea that "The general American way of life is like a factory, there is a certain procedure that needs to be conducted in order to save lots of time and money." I never really thought of it that way but i see where you are coming from, we try and get what needs to be done as fast as possible and will go to any means to do it for the least amount of money and time. You also said that "the poorest person in England will live longer than the richest person in America because of the "factory"-like lives we live which are unnatural and unsustainable." I liked the connection you made, like a factory which is dirty, and has many problems getting up and running, that is similiar to the way we live. It is unnatural in the sense that everything is product to supply the masses, we use chemicals and other resources to speed up the process. I also found it very interesting how you connected the "factory" idea to our unit on birth, after a baby is born it can not even spend time with their mother. Instead they are rushed off and tested, similar to the way products being produce are. Overall this essay lead me to think deeper about the units convered this year. GOOD JOB! :)

Lauren,
You made some really good points, looks like you expanded you thoughts cause i saw a first draft! I agree that the heath care system in the United Sates in "stupid" i might even be a little harsher and say criminal. The american governmnet is greedy, just like everyone else they just care about money. I think its an amzing idea to move to canada (Can I come?!?) You started a great point but i think there is alot you could have said about how we deal with it. Maybe including some information form the movie SICKO or even just sharing personal experiances. You brought up another great point that we are using a decreasing resource way too much. Fossil fuels are used in almost everything we do in out daily lives, to think we might one day not beable to flush a toilet! (kinda gross!) GOOD WORK! :)

Cindy,
I thought you did really good and soild job on covering most of the units we talked about over the course of the year. I agree we are very much controlled my the government, i really liked this point you made; "When power is not granted to the citizens of America, we citizens become scared. We are scared because we cannot fight back." I think that we have stopped fighting for what we believe in, we have been defeated because of the idiotic desisions the pervious president and party has made. They have made life for americans even worse. Hopefully with a new found sense of relief this country will start to see some needed change. GOOD JOB! :)