Driving can be dangerous; however, if you follow certain rules, take precautions, and always be careful, you can make something that is dangerous into something that can get you places faster. As every driver knows, the weather can suddenly change with no warning as you are driving, and you have to be aware and ready to take the precautions needed to be safe and to be careful while driving in these weather conditions. Some of these conditions include ice, snow, rain, wind, darkness, fog, etc.
In my opinion, one of the most dangerous weather conditions to drive in is snow because the snow can act as fog as it is falling, and limit the driver’s field of vision. Also, in the wintertime there can be many ice storms as well as snowstorms. This can also make it hard for the driver to concentrate on the road because the driver has to concentrate on the road, but is being distracted by the ice pelting at their windshield. Besides ice, snow can fill the road making it hard for the tires to get any traction. In the winter season, the sun goes down earlier than it does in the summer season, so not only do you have to deal with the snow, you now also have to deal with the darkness. Driving in the snow can make it easy for your car to lose control and to skid. If this happens you have to turn the wheel in the direction you want the front wheels to go. If your rear wheels are skidding left, steer left. Also, when you drive in the snow or while it is snowing, make sure to go slower than the actual speed limit. The speed limit is there to make sure everyone is going at the same speed, but in the snow, going the speed limit can be dangerous due to loose patches of snow that can cause your car to skid.
Another dangerous road condition to is ice. Ice occurs in the wintertime, when the temperature drops drastically. Ice can come from puddles of water that is frozen solid by the temperature, or by snow on the ground that gets compacted together to form a slippery surface. The most dangerous kind of ice is black ice. Black ice is ice frozen without many air bubbles trapped inside, making it almost transparent and invisible. It appears as the color of the material underneath it, making it look like it isn’t there at all. Because black ice can be anywhere, drivers should always drive slowly and carefully in winter conditions and be aware of their surroundings. Also, when you are driving on the highway or expressway, be careful of the bridges. Bridges freeze well before roads and highways do because of the way they are positioned. Bridges are often built high above the rest of traffic, making it easy for the winter wind to hit the bridge above, below, and both sides, which causes the bridge to lose heat rapidly. Also, bridges have no way to trap heat because they are so high up, and will start and continue to lose heat and freeze shortly after the temperatures hit the freezing point.
In conclusion, many different and dangerous road conditions can happen when you are on the road; snow and ice being the most dangerous in most opinions. Just taking a couple extra precautions can prevent many drivers from getting into accidents, whether it is a small or a large accident. Drivers should always be prepared for the worst when they are on the road, therefore they should always be careful and alert no matter the weather conditions.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Thursday, July 23, 2009
gym thing
Amy Tam
Personal Fitness
10:30
Garret/Gerlach
Fitness Review: Effective Steps to Building Muscle
The article that my fitness review is on is called Effective Steps to Building Muscle. I found it online, on a website that’s just dedicated to fitness and what you can do to achieve it. The article was written by Mandy Gibbons, who is a virtual fitness trainer. She dedicated this article in hopes that people will find it and hopefully it will help them on to a better fitness level.
This article had many different sub categories, but the main thing was how to be fit and how to build muscle and be healthy. Some of the sub categories were Training to Build Muscle, and Eating to Build Muscle, etc. There was also a category that even told you how to make your own fitness muscle building program! Some of their tips for this program were like telling you to always have water while you’re training because it will keep you dehydrated. There was also a part that said to perform a warm up before exercising. And also to cool them down when I’m done. Another piece of advice was to sleep because it will really help your body.
I thought that this article was really blunt, and they really told you what you could do in order to be healthy and build lots of lean muscle. I thought it was also really helpful and I felt that it would let people find out how to build more muscle. I also learned that I don’t have to go to places like the Summit and Lifetime to get fit. I can make my own personal gym at home because the article said that I didn’t need a big gym and little things like dumbbells are okay too!
Some ways that I can use this article to my own advantage would be to try and start my own muscle building program and try to not be so weak. I don’t want to just stop and never work out again after this class, because I feel that I worked really hard these 20 days, and I don’t want my effort to just die. I think I’ll try and keep my strength and effort going, and hopefully be leaner and stronger later on in life.
Personal Fitness
10:30
Garret/Gerlach
Fitness Review: Effective Steps to Building Muscle
The article that my fitness review is on is called Effective Steps to Building Muscle. I found it online, on a website that’s just dedicated to fitness and what you can do to achieve it. The article was written by Mandy Gibbons, who is a virtual fitness trainer. She dedicated this article in hopes that people will find it and hopefully it will help them on to a better fitness level.
This article had many different sub categories, but the main thing was how to be fit and how to build muscle and be healthy. Some of the sub categories were Training to Build Muscle, and Eating to Build Muscle, etc. There was also a category that even told you how to make your own fitness muscle building program! Some of their tips for this program were like telling you to always have water while you’re training because it will keep you dehydrated. There was also a part that said to perform a warm up before exercising. And also to cool them down when I’m done. Another piece of advice was to sleep because it will really help your body.
I thought that this article was really blunt, and they really told you what you could do in order to be healthy and build lots of lean muscle. I thought it was also really helpful and I felt that it would let people find out how to build more muscle. I also learned that I don’t have to go to places like the Summit and Lifetime to get fit. I can make my own personal gym at home because the article said that I didn’t need a big gym and little things like dumbbells are okay too!
Some ways that I can use this article to my own advantage would be to try and start my own muscle building program and try to not be so weak. I don’t want to just stop and never work out again after this class, because I feel that I worked really hard these 20 days, and I don’t want my effort to just die. I think I’ll try and keep my strength and effort going, and hopefully be leaner and stronger later on in life.
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
chang's thing
Alcohol is known as one of the main reason as to why babies are born with mental and physical birth effects in the United States. Wine, beer, or liquor are also included in the category of alcohol. There are many babies in the United States that are born with birth defects each year. One in every 750 babies are born with a pattern of physical, developmental, and functional problems. The main effect of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is that it permanently damages your central nervous system and your brain. Alcohol causes malformed or underdeveloped brain cells and structures. Some signs and symptoms of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome are developmental delay, low birth weight, poor coordination/fine motor skills, lack of imagination or curiosity, learning difficulties, behavioral problems such as hyperactivity, social withdrawal, stubbornness, and impulsiveness. Usually any problems that have anything to do with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome grow stronger as the child grows up and moves into adulthood. They can include mental heath problems to trouble with the law. Some physical characteristics that Fetal Alcohol Syndrome can include are a smooth philtrum (the small grove or indent about the upper lip and below the nose), low nasal bridge, short nose, small head circumference, small midface, and thin upper lip. A child or infant is diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome when there is a history of alcohol exposure before the baby’s birth, the person has some signs of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, and if the person does not meet all the necessary criteria for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. There is no cure for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome but there are treatments for it. Medications can be used to temporarily treat this syndrome. The only prevention of this syndrome are to not drink while pregnant. Although it is found that little drinking while pregnant will not do any harm to the fetus or baby. Only excessive and overdrinking will start causing problems in the baby when it is born. Children born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome has an impact on all the people they come into contact to; not only their parents. Not only does the individual have to face a lifetime of pain, frustration, and disappointment, the impact on all the people around them will also be bad.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
personal narrative
Have you ever been reckless on the roads and it got you into an accident? Well that was what happened to me at the beginning of this year. On the night of January 6, 2009, my sister, Amy, my boyfriend, Alan, his two brothers Justin and Andy, and I left Alan’s house around 9:00 p.m. to go to my house. I remember when we walked out onto the porch, the ground was already very slippery. As we walked down the driveway, I saw my sister sliding down the driveway and saying, “Whoa! It’s so slippery!” I then noticed it had been freezing raining pretty hard, and the ground was mostly ice. We all ran into Alan’s 4x4, and he started driving. I have a bad habit of not putting on my seatbelt when I am in a car with my friends, so this time I did not think anything about not buckling up. As we were driving, the freezing rain pelted the car and made small clicking noises as it made contact. The music was turned up fairly loud, and we were all singing along to it. We slid a couple times on the road on the way home and Alan had a hard time braking because of the icy ground, but we did not think it was that big of a deal. It took at least fifteen minutes to get to Cherry Hill, which is the main road my house is by, and I remember how hard it was to stop at the red light.
As we turned onto Lotz at the red light, I turned around to talk to Justin and Andy, who were also in the backseat with me. Alan and Amy were in the front seats, and they were both still singing along to the music. None of us were paying attention to how fast we were going until I looked up and saw the street sign we were supposed to turn at. By then I realized that we were going too fast to be able to slow down and turn in time. As Alan pressed the brakes down to turn, the car slid and the brakes did not work due to the ice on the ground and because of how fast we were going. The car made only half the turn before smashing into a telephone pole. A split second before we crashed, I remembered I did not have my seatbelt on, and my first response was to grab onto the seat in front of me. The sound of the car smashing into the telephone pole was the loudest sound of metal crunching I have ever heard in my life. It was almost as if someone had taken a giant hammer and had smashed the front of the car with it.
As everything calmed down, everyone started talking and asking if everyone was okay. There were no major injuries but there were minor ones. Alan had hit his head on the steering wheel, Justin got a small cut from the seatbelt, Andy got elbowed in the eye by me, Amy was fine, and I hit my head on the ceiling and then on the window. I remember the metallic taste of fear in my mouth as I realized what had just happened. My heart was racing fast, and I was gripping the seat in front of me so tightly, it hurt. We all sat in the car, shocked at what just happened before we noticed that was a car parked to the right of us. Amy rolled down the window, and we heard the lady in the other car ask if we were all right. We answered with a “yes,” and she made sure a couple more times be fore slowly driving away. As soon as she drove away, we all slowly got out of the car to check the damage.
We al got in front of the car and stared in shock. The entire front bumper had fallen off onto the ground and into the snow, and both the headlights were smashed in. The sudden realization that there was a possibility that someone called the police, we all quickly got back into Alan’s car, and Alan pulled away from the telephone pole and started driving to my house, this time, very slowly and on 4-wheel drive.
This experience was quite an eye opener and was very important to me. I chose to write about this because I think almost everyone can relate to being reckless on the roads or just being less careful when they are with their friends in the car because they can be distracted. I think that even if you are with your friends and having fun, safety still comes first, especially in a moving vehicle, and even more if it is the winter season, where it can be icy and hard to drive. In my case, we were lucky that nobody got seriously hurt, but for others who are put in the same situation that we were in might not be so lucky. Having fun with your friends is not wrong, but you should always put safety first when you are with your friends.
As we turned onto Lotz at the red light, I turned around to talk to Justin and Andy, who were also in the backseat with me. Alan and Amy were in the front seats, and they were both still singing along to the music. None of us were paying attention to how fast we were going until I looked up and saw the street sign we were supposed to turn at. By then I realized that we were going too fast to be able to slow down and turn in time. As Alan pressed the brakes down to turn, the car slid and the brakes did not work due to the ice on the ground and because of how fast we were going. The car made only half the turn before smashing into a telephone pole. A split second before we crashed, I remembered I did not have my seatbelt on, and my first response was to grab onto the seat in front of me. The sound of the car smashing into the telephone pole was the loudest sound of metal crunching I have ever heard in my life. It was almost as if someone had taken a giant hammer and had smashed the front of the car with it.
As everything calmed down, everyone started talking and asking if everyone was okay. There were no major injuries but there were minor ones. Alan had hit his head on the steering wheel, Justin got a small cut from the seatbelt, Andy got elbowed in the eye by me, Amy was fine, and I hit my head on the ceiling and then on the window. I remember the metallic taste of fear in my mouth as I realized what had just happened. My heart was racing fast, and I was gripping the seat in front of me so tightly, it hurt. We all sat in the car, shocked at what just happened before we noticed that was a car parked to the right of us. Amy rolled down the window, and we heard the lady in the other car ask if we were all right. We answered with a “yes,” and she made sure a couple more times be fore slowly driving away. As soon as she drove away, we all slowly got out of the car to check the damage.
We al got in front of the car and stared in shock. The entire front bumper had fallen off onto the ground and into the snow, and both the headlights were smashed in. The sudden realization that there was a possibility that someone called the police, we all quickly got back into Alan’s car, and Alan pulled away from the telephone pole and started driving to my house, this time, very slowly and on 4-wheel drive.
This experience was quite an eye opener and was very important to me. I chose to write about this because I think almost everyone can relate to being reckless on the roads or just being less careful when they are with their friends in the car because they can be distracted. I think that even if you are with your friends and having fun, safety still comes first, especially in a moving vehicle, and even more if it is the winter season, where it can be icy and hard to drive. In my case, we were lucky that nobody got seriously hurt, but for others who are put in the same situation that we were in might not be so lucky. Having fun with your friends is not wrong, but you should always put safety first when you are with your friends.
editorial
Anne Tam
5th hour
March 8, 2009
To Take A Life
How would you feel if you did not have a choice whether to live or die? That’s what all babies victim to abortion have to face. They have no say in the situation because they have not yet been born, so therefore they are killed. A couple years ago, my friend’s mother got pregnant. She decided that she did not want another child at the time, and had an abortion a couple weeks later. However, less than a year later, my friend’s mother got pregnant again, though this time she did not have an abortion. What was the difference between these two babies? Why was one allowed to live and the other not? Abortion is wrong no matter what the reason. Everyone has a right to live, and if a woman is getting an abortion, because she got pregnant on accident, then she should have to bare the consequences.
Some people believe that abortion should be legal. They believe that abortion can fix a woman’s mistakes with getting pregnant or the woman could just not want a child. Also, they believe that abortion is not murder because it is only a fetus, not yet a fully developed baby. Supporters believe that having a child is their own decision, and if they do not want the baby at the time, they should be able to just abort it. Another reason why there are people who believe abortion is okay is if the mother’s life is in danger or she is going to die if she gives birth to the child. However, these supporters probably do not think about adoption. The woman should give birth to the baby because she got pregnant in the first place, then give it up for adoption if she really does not want the baby. Therefore, the baby would get a chance to live. Though these are good reasons as to why some believe abortion should stay legal, there are also reasons why abortion should be illegal.
There are many reasons why abortion is wrong and misleading. To think an abortion is okay just because the fetus is not a fully developed baby is absolutely wrong on a woman’s part. Abortion is the murder of unborn babies, and although there are people who believe it is not murder because a fetus is just the starting stages of a baby, there are facts to prove some women get abortions later on in the pregnancy when the fetus is already a baby. According to http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html, 25% of abortions happen between the ninth and tenth week of a woman’s pregnancy. During the ninth week, the embryo has developed into a fetus, has lost its embryonic tail, and is starting to develop its genitals. By this stage, the fetus is now an unborn baby. Also, 1% of abortion happen after the 20th week of pregnancy. After the 20th week, the fetus has already fully developed his ears and can hear. All organs and structures of the fetus has developed too, and now the fetus is just entering a stage of basic growth. If the fetus has the characteristics and features of a living, breathing baby, why is it considered okay to kill it as long as it has not been unborn while killing a baby after it has been born is considered murder and wrong?
Abortion is wrong, just like the killing of a baby is wrong. No one wants to be killed, but at least he/she can try to defend themselves. However, when a child is still in his/her mother’s womb, he/she have no choice in whether he/she get to live or not, and cannot even try to defend themselves. If a female is fooling around and ends up getting pregnant, abortion is the number one solution teens think of. However, they do not consider the living baby inside of them and how the baby will die because of their foolish mistakes. People need to be more careful when they think they are only having fun, because one mistake could lead to a pregnancy, and that pregnancy could lead to an abortion. No matter how anyone looks at the situation, it is still considered murder. There are about 42 million abortions per year, and 115, 000 a day. These are about how many babies that are killed and not given a chance to live. Therefore, before you do something, think about the consequences. They might just change your life.
5th hour
March 8, 2009
To Take A Life
How would you feel if you did not have a choice whether to live or die? That’s what all babies victim to abortion have to face. They have no say in the situation because they have not yet been born, so therefore they are killed. A couple years ago, my friend’s mother got pregnant. She decided that she did not want another child at the time, and had an abortion a couple weeks later. However, less than a year later, my friend’s mother got pregnant again, though this time she did not have an abortion. What was the difference between these two babies? Why was one allowed to live and the other not? Abortion is wrong no matter what the reason. Everyone has a right to live, and if a woman is getting an abortion, because she got pregnant on accident, then she should have to bare the consequences.
Some people believe that abortion should be legal. They believe that abortion can fix a woman’s mistakes with getting pregnant or the woman could just not want a child. Also, they believe that abortion is not murder because it is only a fetus, not yet a fully developed baby. Supporters believe that having a child is their own decision, and if they do not want the baby at the time, they should be able to just abort it. Another reason why there are people who believe abortion is okay is if the mother’s life is in danger or she is going to die if she gives birth to the child. However, these supporters probably do not think about adoption. The woman should give birth to the baby because she got pregnant in the first place, then give it up for adoption if she really does not want the baby. Therefore, the baby would get a chance to live. Though these are good reasons as to why some believe abortion should stay legal, there are also reasons why abortion should be illegal.
There are many reasons why abortion is wrong and misleading. To think an abortion is okay just because the fetus is not a fully developed baby is absolutely wrong on a woman’s part. Abortion is the murder of unborn babies, and although there are people who believe it is not murder because a fetus is just the starting stages of a baby, there are facts to prove some women get abortions later on in the pregnancy when the fetus is already a baby. According to http://www.abortionno.org/Resources/fastfacts.html, 25% of abortions happen between the ninth and tenth week of a woman’s pregnancy. During the ninth week, the embryo has developed into a fetus, has lost its embryonic tail, and is starting to develop its genitals. By this stage, the fetus is now an unborn baby. Also, 1% of abortion happen after the 20th week of pregnancy. After the 20th week, the fetus has already fully developed his ears and can hear. All organs and structures of the fetus has developed too, and now the fetus is just entering a stage of basic growth. If the fetus has the characteristics and features of a living, breathing baby, why is it considered okay to kill it as long as it has not been unborn while killing a baby after it has been born is considered murder and wrong?
Abortion is wrong, just like the killing of a baby is wrong. No one wants to be killed, but at least he/she can try to defend themselves. However, when a child is still in his/her mother’s womb, he/she have no choice in whether he/she get to live or not, and cannot even try to defend themselves. If a female is fooling around and ends up getting pregnant, abortion is the number one solution teens think of. However, they do not consider the living baby inside of them and how the baby will die because of their foolish mistakes. People need to be more careful when they think they are only having fun, because one mistake could lead to a pregnancy, and that pregnancy could lead to an abortion. No matter how anyone looks at the situation, it is still considered murder. There are about 42 million abortions per year, and 115, 000 a day. These are about how many babies that are killed and not given a chance to live. Therefore, before you do something, think about the consequences. They might just change your life.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
psych project
Introduction
1) Forensic Psychology includes both psychology and the criminal justice system. Forensic psychology involves applying psychology to the field of criminal investigation and the law.
You need to understand criminal law enough in order to be able to interact with judges, attorneys, and other legal professionals. You also have to be able to testify in court, be able to tell the court what psychological findings you found, and provide information to legal personnel in ways that can be understood.
2) This topic relates to Psychology because when a psychologist treats an individual who has been emotionally traumatized by an accident, the treatment is designed to help the person recover from the trauma. However, when the psychologist is asked to report what happened for the court, regarding the extent of the trauma and how much psychological damage was done, then the psychologist is providing forensic services.
-Forensic psychologists are usually seen as criminal profilers that are almost psychically able to deduce a killer's next move. But in real life, the forensic psychologists practice psychology as a science within the criminal justice system and civil courts.
-The word "forensic" comes from the Latin word "forensis," meaning "of the forum," where the law courts of ancient Rome were held.
-Becoming a forensic psychologist will first require you to get a doctorate in psychology, often (but not necessarily) in clinical or counseling psychology. Usually takes 5 to 7 years of graduate study to complete.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-454795439553669690
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=forensic+psychology&emb=0#q=forensic+psychology&emb=0&start=30
1) Forensic Psychology includes both psychology and the criminal justice system. Forensic psychology involves applying psychology to the field of criminal investigation and the law.
You need to understand criminal law enough in order to be able to interact with judges, attorneys, and other legal professionals. You also have to be able to testify in court, be able to tell the court what psychological findings you found, and provide information to legal personnel in ways that can be understood.
2) This topic relates to Psychology because when a psychologist treats an individual who has been emotionally traumatized by an accident, the treatment is designed to help the person recover from the trauma. However, when the psychologist is asked to report what happened for the court, regarding the extent of the trauma and how much psychological damage was done, then the psychologist is providing forensic services.
-Forensic psychologists are usually seen as criminal profilers that are almost psychically able to deduce a killer's next move. But in real life, the forensic psychologists practice psychology as a science within the criminal justice system and civil courts.
-The word "forensic" comes from the Latin word "forensis," meaning "of the forum," where the law courts of ancient Rome were held.
-Becoming a forensic psychologist will first require you to get a doctorate in psychology, often (but not necessarily) in clinical or counseling psychology. Usually takes 5 to 7 years of graduate study to complete.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-454795439553669690
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=forensic+psychology&emb=0#q=forensic+psychology&emb=0&start=30
Thursday, May 14, 2009
A beautiful mind
Anne Tam
3rd Hour
May 14, 2009
A Beautiful Mind
1) The psychological disorder that John Nash had was schizophrenia. This illness was diagnosed because John was imagining and talking to people that were not really there, for example, his roommate and his niece, and Parcher, the man that is making John think he is working for the government. John collects all these newspaper clippings together, and pins them all up, trying to devise a way to figure out where the Russians will attack next.
2) The symptoms that John Nash revealed during the film was that
3) John Nash managed to have a successful career because he was taking medication at first. Later, he realized that he did not want to take medication because it made him not able to do his work or handle the baby. Though he still saw hallucinations of the three people, John said goodbye to them, knowing they were only in his mind, and ignored them for the rest of his life even when he saw them or when they talked to him.
4) John Nash coped with his illness by first taking medication. He then realized he did not need the medication, and realized that his hallucinations were what they were. And soon learned how to cope with the hallucinations by just ignoring them and everything they have to say or do.
5) The types of treatment that John Nash received to help him with his illness is drug therapy, and shock therapy. The drug medication slowed John down. Making him not able to do things with his child or do his work, and that is why John decided that not taking his medication is the better thing to do even though he would still see the hallucinations without his medicine. Another treatment John received was electric shock therapy. John had to receive this every five days for ten weeks, and this rewired his brain into trying to not see the hallucinations. This treatment helped John.
6) The character I chose to discuss was his wife, Alicia. Throughout John’s disorder, I would say that Alicia was very strong. There were times where she felt that she could not be able to live with someone who imagined people and became violent because of it, but she worked through it with John, and now they are still happily married. She helped John cope with his psychological disorder by working with him through it, and being with him the entire way. She supported him and accepted that John did not want to receive drug therapy.
7) a) Yes, the movie did provide me with a better understanding of physiological disorders because one minute your life could be normal, and the next it can change to having a physiological disorder without warning. You don’t know whether you are going to get it or not.
b) Yes, I was surprised that even though John confronted the hallucinations and told them he knew that they were fake, they kept coming back to him. I would have thought that once John realized they were fake, the hallucinations would then leave him along. However, the hallucinations kept coming back and more persistent then ever.
3rd Hour
May 14, 2009
A Beautiful Mind
1) The psychological disorder that John Nash had was schizophrenia. This illness was diagnosed because John was imagining and talking to people that were not really there, for example, his roommate and his niece, and Parcher, the man that is making John think he is working for the government. John collects all these newspaper clippings together, and pins them all up, trying to devise a way to figure out where the Russians will attack next.
2) The symptoms that John Nash revealed during the film was that
3) John Nash managed to have a successful career because he was taking medication at first. Later, he realized that he did not want to take medication because it made him not able to do his work or handle the baby. Though he still saw hallucinations of the three people, John said goodbye to them, knowing they were only in his mind, and ignored them for the rest of his life even when he saw them or when they talked to him.
4) John Nash coped with his illness by first taking medication. He then realized he did not need the medication, and realized that his hallucinations were what they were. And soon learned how to cope with the hallucinations by just ignoring them and everything they have to say or do.
5) The types of treatment that John Nash received to help him with his illness is drug therapy, and shock therapy. The drug medication slowed John down. Making him not able to do things with his child or do his work, and that is why John decided that not taking his medication is the better thing to do even though he would still see the hallucinations without his medicine. Another treatment John received was electric shock therapy. John had to receive this every five days for ten weeks, and this rewired his brain into trying to not see the hallucinations. This treatment helped John.
6) The character I chose to discuss was his wife, Alicia. Throughout John’s disorder, I would say that Alicia was very strong. There were times where she felt that she could not be able to live with someone who imagined people and became violent because of it, but she worked through it with John, and now they are still happily married. She helped John cope with his psychological disorder by working with him through it, and being with him the entire way. She supported him and accepted that John did not want to receive drug therapy.
7) a) Yes, the movie did provide me with a better understanding of physiological disorders because one minute your life could be normal, and the next it can change to having a physiological disorder without warning. You don’t know whether you are going to get it or not.
b) Yes, I was surprised that even though John confronted the hallucinations and told them he knew that they were fake, they kept coming back to him. I would have thought that once John realized they were fake, the hallucinations would then leave him along. However, the hallucinations kept coming back and more persistent then ever.
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