Health Care - I was talking to a friend a few days previous to watching Sicko, and she was telling me about how her father didn't get health insurance for her family through his job, and because of this, he had to pay for it himself. He works for the New York State department of health.
Spiritual aspect of dying / living a good life - This was a theme in Tuesdays With Morrie, and it came up in class a few times. We were asked how alive we felt, and when we felt like we were alive. In my culminating project, I asked people how they would feel about dying, what they would do if they had 24 hours left to live. Most people, like Morrie, talked about spending time with friends and family, and doing things to help others. I came to the conclusion that when people think about the fact that they are going to die someday, they want to do more and live more. However, people don't tend to think about the fact that they are going to die one day.
The last few years of life / dying alone in a hospital- A lot of money is spent on people in their last years of life, trying to keep them alive for longer. They end up dying while attached to machines. It seems like a better solution would simply be to try to keep them as comfortable as possible for as long as possible. People also shouldn't be isolated in nursing homes - they should be around family and people of different ages.
I think that you definitely came away from this unit with some strong insight.
ReplyDeleteYour best part was applying what you had learned to your own understanding, "I came to the conclusion that when people think about the fact that they are going to die someday, they want to do more and live more". I think it showed great growth from the beginning of the unit where you would respond to the text much more personally than general.
For example I went back to your first Tuesdays With Morrie Homework, and I found this in your response, "I couldn't imagine waking up and reading the paper and drinking coffee like normal if I knew I was going to die". Your analysis has grown and I'm actually realizing that my Homework 32 may not have grown out of a superficial nature compared to my earlier homework assignments.
That was a LOT of praise right there, but there's that cliche saying, "there's always room for improvement". For this post, I felt that you could have gotten a little more personal with the reader of your blog. Bold titles and sectioning work is great for projects or thorough research. Because you had a lot to say, but few words to say it in, I feel as though the bold titles removed the reader from exactly what you were trying to say and gave TOO general of a summary.