weekly blog post #12

In class we watched the movie A Beautiful Mind. In the movie the main character has schizophrenia. I think that schizophrenia would be very scary. Even the thought of not know what is real in life and what is only in your mind freaks me out. The scariest part about this disorder is that there seems to not really be one certain cause, it might just happen. My step moms dad has schizophrenia and when i talk to her about it she becomes emotional. I cant imagine how scary it would be for a young girl to watch her father talking to people that are not there.

weekly blog post #11

Yesterday in class we finished watching a movie about people who seemed to be stuck in a catatonic state. In the movie the patients seemed to be "awaken" from another force of energy. For example, if a patient was thrown a ball, they would catch it, but make no other movements besides catching the ball. One of the doctors in the movie said that this was not an awakening, but a reflex. I believe that this could not have only been just a reflex because the patients didn't have a reflex for any other actions that should have them. For example, if the patient had a hand waved in front of their face, the reflex would be for them to blink, but these patients didn't exhibit these behaviors or reflexes. That is why i support the fact that there must have been some other awakening with the force of another object and not just reflexes alone.

weekly blog post #10

Today in class we were talking about culture and how culture is always changing. For a prime example, during our discussion we had some people come in to our room to discuss about putting it the new smart boards. This shows how far our culture has come from chalk boards to these new computer linked smart boards. These boards are apparently touch screen and are going to change education. If someone was in a coma for 20 years and then woke up in present day, there would be so many changes in our culture that it would be hard for them to catch up with society and be able to function.