This unit covered a lot of "trigger" topics, topics that create a lot of activity in our minds as we think about the issues. What was the most interesting part of the chapter... why did you respond to it? Did the examples discussed in the text remind you of anyone you know or may have known... tell us about it (you don't have to use names).
How do you think the various issues in this chapter are dealt with in the media? How influential are movies, t.v. shows, magazines, etc., on our personal motivations and emotions?
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The part about color blindness jumped out at me. I think this because im big on colors! I couldn't imagine not being able to see color but then again those who were born color blind don't know any different. This reminded me of my 2nd grade teacher who happened to be color blind. He would write on the white board and to kill time the bratty students would lie and say he did it in yellow so he would rewrite everything. It was terriable, but shows how you'd have to go by what others said.
I would have to agree with the colorblindness. I honestly don't know how people could live without color. I would think it would be so plain and boring. Of course, the people who were born like that don't seem to have a problem with it though, for they are used to it, and the fact that they have never seen color, they have no reason to really question their colorblindness and how dull it is.
Nathan P.
i thought the section about pain is what i was interested in. it showed a picture of some african male with piercings all over his body, even through his tounge, its weird how there are alot of people who do those things and then most of us try really really hard to avoid anything that could be a tid bit painful. and now days more and more people are getting more piercings on their bodies and more tattoo's and they say that they are addicted to getting tattoo's even though they are painful. a couple of my friends actually say they like the feeling of pain.
jill d.
an example of a person is i remember in middle school having a substitute teacher who couldnt see red or green and of course all of the kids would pick on him and ask him what colors red or green things were. it was cruel and i feel bad for people who are color blind, but id rather be color blind over blind or deaf.
and as a response to jills post, i find it funny that people can think a piercing would hurt, the wound is so concentrated and so tiny, i think sunburns hurt more.
peoples level of tolerance to pain is really all in their head
I have to agree and syathe part about color blindness was very interesting. I think that people take the fact that that they aren't color blind for granted; I have to admit that I did before I read this. This world without color would be very boring and blah.
Leeanne M
I thought the pain thing was interesting too. I recently saw a program on i think the Discovery channel about the human brain. It talked about how in extreme situations the brain can stop the signals that make you experience pain so that you can survive. The example they used was a woman who fell of a cliff. Her knee cap was broken into three pieces and her pelvic bone was shattered, she was in the middle of nowhere and needed help. Her brain was able to recognize that pain would not help her survive in this situation so it stop the pain signal from reaching her brain. She was able to crawl for 2 days in her condition before she found help!
Sarah Y
I agree with both Brittany and Nathan on how they can't live without color, this made me think the same way towards emotions and how some people have been saying to not let emotion interfere with the prusuit of things and I thought to myself how could people live without emotions, things would be so boring and, well lifeless.
It's pretty cool how the whole colorblindness thing really resonated with so many of you. Well, that and the pain threshold stuff. It's pretty amazing what the human body anmd mind can do when confronted with extreme pain. And why do paper cuts hurt so badly? They are so small but deliver so much!
i think the media plays a big role in motivation and emotion, some people look up to people portrayed in the media, so that would effect their motivation and emotion.
-patrick g
The media is definitely a big influence on most people, sadly. Heck I get all jazzed up after seeing a war movie that takes place pre-B.C. all the time.
Martin R.
I comletely agree with martin and patrick when they said media has a big influence on people. I tend to think that people let the media take over there lives and the only reason why people are famous is because us normal people make them that way. I also agree with Brittany when she was talking about color becuase that definitly caught my eye since i love colors.
SHELBI
I have to agree with alot of you on the color blindness. It would be weird for any of us to not know what the color of the rainbow is but for some people thats normal. I have a grandpa who is color blind and he had to memorize the Red, Yellow, And green lights just so he is able to drive. Its sad that they dont get to see all the beautiful colors we all see but they deal with it just as we do. they are human just like us.
Brit S
The part I liked most was about eye sight, since I do wear prescription colored contacts I found it necessary to read it. Since vision is a huge thing in our lives to be able to see who were talking to, see what were eating, and so on and so forth.
My vision as you already guessed isnt all too great but with prescribed contacts/glasses it helps a great lot. Also I might add colored blindness I found intersting too because in a movie called "little miss sunshine" , the teenager dwight was color blind and that changed everything for him. So i wanted to get a grasp for what it is and how much is deprived.
I would have to say as well as everyone else that the color blindness was most interesting to me in this chapter. I wouldn't know how it feels to be color blindness but I bet it must not be so great. I remember in Middle School I had a substitute teacher that was color blind and kids there would make fun of him or would ask him stupid questions like what color is this. It was so messed up!
Vanessa P
I was also interested in the color blindness because sophomore year my biology teacher told me I had a slight color deficiency with purple but I could see all those pictures! I also thought it was interesting to learn about "Fight of Flight" I had heard of it before I just didn't know how it specifically worked in the sympathetic system.
--Claire B
The color blindness jumped out at me too. It caught my attention because my dad is semi color blind. He is often asking me if his socks match.
It makes me feel bad because i couldn't imagine knowing what its like to see colors and then all of a sudden losing the ability.But it doesn't seem to bother him.
Laura M
Well I was hoping someone would mention this topic first so I could respond, but I thought the sex part was interesting. I'm definitely not a pervert, or a fiend, or a sex addict, I just found it the most interesting out of chapter 9. I admit i laughed when the charts for female and male orgasms were shown right next to each other, with the female one leaving it open for multiple orgasms and the male one stating that it's near impossible to have multiples. The reason I laughed is because this fact is so exploited in media and movies, it has turn into a common joke. The chapter also says that there are different sexual triggers for everyone that gets them into the arousal state. I wonder if this is how fetishes begin? My mind went crazy with questions about this topic. Hey, it may be completely inappropriate for high school but I don't think so and that's just me.
I would agree with the color blindess. That would totally be no fun. I could not image not being able to see the color of the sky or the anything. It would be no fun at all.
Color blindness freaked me out because i wouldn't want to be color blind. I love being outdoors and without color?...whats outdoors you know? and the scary part is that every 2out of 3 men are color blind.
The part on pain in the chapter really caught my attention because I have 10 piercings and 1 tattoo, they both didn't bother me at all. I feel like I have a high tolerance for pain and can handle it really well. I also thought it was interesting how different cultures do certain things involving pain as a part of their heritage.
I feel like the media plays a big role in motivation and emotion because you may see people with a lot of money or a good body and it could motivate you to be or look like what you saw on t.v. or in magazines.
-Adrianna M :)
It was interesting to see how much society plays a role in how we see ourselves in the section about eating disorders. It is all too common to see people suffering of Anorexia and other eating disorders. I thought that section was really cool.
I agree with most of the the comments about color blindness.I especially agree with Vanessa P.,because I had a substitute teacher in Maze middle school and I remember how everyone would make fun of him because he was color blind.BEY BEY........=)
I would have to agree with everyone about the color blindness. I think that is so interesting. It's sad how some people could live without color.
It would be so hard to experience things in life with no color, it would be so boring.
I think its very interesting on how society plays a huge role in eating disorders and how we all perceive ourselves to be. I also thought the color blindness thing was interesting but i know a lot of people who are color blind and their all guys.
Michelle G
The colorblindness section jumped out at me. It made me think about how I wouldn't be able to do A LOT of things I do now. For example, I wouldn't have my pilots license. I also probably would not be able to do what I want to do after college. It would have a huge impact on my life. I think that media can infulence our emotions and motivations. We all know that the media blows things WAY out of proportion, and really likes to "sell" stories to do exactly that; influence our emotions.
Derek H.
The color blind part of the chapter was interesting to me. Just like Chelsea I had a substitute teacher who was color blind. i just left him alone but there were a couple of immature kids making fun of him and i didn't think it was cool.
I enjoyed the section on pain. I think its really interesting on how we naturally try and avoid pain. That section actually reminded me of a friend of mine. He was racing motocross and landed a jump wrong and fell, got up finished the race and later found out he had broken both of his legs. The doctor said it was all the adrenalin that made him not feel the pain.
Danielle P
I like the topic about being immune to pain. I think it is crazy how tribes in Africa can put that many pierceings on there body and not show an ounce of pain.Getting a tattoo is one thing but to put needles threw your nose and nipples and other sensitive areas of the body is just mind blowing.
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