Why PBLs Have Changed My Life
Problem Based Learning has impacted my learning. First of all, the general usage of PBLs has broaden my horizons. I was talking to some students at John A. Burns’ School of Medicine, and they told me that they use problem based learning. As a student that is considering to attend medical school, this introduction to PBLs was very beneficial because I got to see how education works in medical school. On a conceptual level, PBLs have also impacted me. By using PBLs, I acquired the skills necessary to complete PBLs. Majority of those skills fall under the category of metacognition. Metacognition skills, such as better time-management and more in depth self-reflection, have helped me improve my work and work process not only in Biology, but also in all of my other classes. In conclusion, PBLs have improved my learning by providing exposure opportunities and improving my work process skills to ensure quality work.
The Storm
The water trembles,
Bashing its head violently against the breakwall,
I know I have but little time until it comes a shore,
“Hi, I’m Chelsea, and I’m a….”
Stumble,
Stutter,
Ummm,
The water escapes its cage,
Awkward stares crash down on me,
Like a fierce wave crashing down on the shore,
“You’re a…?”
The prompting taunts me,
A question I can’t answer,
Though the answer comes so easily for others,
“I’m sorry,” I say,
“It really is a simply question,” says the teacher,
“No. No it’s not actually,” I say,
“For I’m neither”
“I’m both,”
The awkward stares turn to disgust,
Faster than the tectonic plates can slip,
The water is here,
Everywhere I look is water,
I’m drowning,
Drowning in a sea,
A sea of hate, discrimination, and disgust,
The water takes down the house I worked so hard to build,
The house I built to protect myself is tore down,
By their waters of hate,
Their stares pierce me like broken shards of glass,
Their gossip sinks its sharp teeth into my exposed flesh like rusty nails,
All because I’m different,
I thought it was ok to be different,
But as I continue to drown in their sea of hate,
I realize that what I thought was horribly wrong.
For my product for the unit of intersex, I decided to write a poem. My poem highlights the discrimination many intersex people described in their videos and stories. I compared the judgmental behavior of other people to a tsunami because after listening to what intersex people said, that’s kind of what it sounded like. People draw back when they find out that a person is intersexed. Then the judgment is there along with disgust. I hope that my poem will help people realize how hurtful judgments are to intersex people.
Intersex people deserve respect. According to Mr. Patino, biologically, intersex people are natural. There are intersex animals such as dolphins, one of human's beloved animals. From a religious perspective, a religious individual would say that intersex is against God because in Ephesians 5:3, it says, "But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints." Sexual immorality means homosexuality. However, if people want to play this card, in Mark 12:30-31, it says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Saying that someone isn't normal or judging someone based simply on sexual preference is completely non-Christian. If loving another as yourself is one of the greatest commandments, should Christians not love someone because they are intersex? I believe not. I am a Christian, and I believe that not loving someone simply because they were born both male and female is hypocritical. If I was to have an intersex child, I would not change its gender to a definite gender because according to my family's value, God has a plan for everyone, and everything happens for a reason. If God created my child like that, it is not in my power to change them; it's God's.
Bashing its head violently against the breakwall,
I know I have but little time until it comes a shore,
“Hi, I’m Chelsea, and I’m a….”
Stumble,
Stutter,
Ummm,
The water escapes its cage,
Awkward stares crash down on me,
Like a fierce wave crashing down on the shore,
“You’re a…?”
The prompting taunts me,
A question I can’t answer,
Though the answer comes so easily for others,
“I’m sorry,” I say,
“It really is a simply question,” says the teacher,
“No. No it’s not actually,” I say,
“For I’m neither”
“I’m both,”
The awkward stares turn to disgust,
Faster than the tectonic plates can slip,
The water is here,
Everywhere I look is water,
I’m drowning,
Drowning in a sea,
A sea of hate, discrimination, and disgust,
The water takes down the house I worked so hard to build,
The house I built to protect myself is tore down,
By their waters of hate,
Their stares pierce me like broken shards of glass,
Their gossip sinks its sharp teeth into my exposed flesh like rusty nails,
All because I’m different,
I thought it was ok to be different,
But as I continue to drown in their sea of hate,
I realize that what I thought was horribly wrong.
For my product for the unit of intersex, I decided to write a poem. My poem highlights the discrimination many intersex people described in their videos and stories. I compared the judgmental behavior of other people to a tsunami because after listening to what intersex people said, that’s kind of what it sounded like. People draw back when they find out that a person is intersexed. Then the judgment is there along with disgust. I hope that my poem will help people realize how hurtful judgments are to intersex people.
Intersex people deserve respect. According to Mr. Patino, biologically, intersex people are natural. There are intersex animals such as dolphins, one of human's beloved animals. From a religious perspective, a religious individual would say that intersex is against God because in Ephesians 5:3, it says, "But among you there must not be either sexual immorality, impurity of any kind, or greed, as these are not fitting for the saints." Sexual immorality means homosexuality. However, if people want to play this card, in Mark 12:30-31, it says, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Saying that someone isn't normal or judging someone based simply on sexual preference is completely non-Christian. If loving another as yourself is one of the greatest commandments, should Christians not love someone because they are intersex? I believe not. I am a Christian, and I believe that not loving someone simply because they were born both male and female is hypocritical. If I was to have an intersex child, I would not change its gender to a definite gender because according to my family's value, God has a plan for everyone, and everything happens for a reason. If God created my child like that, it is not in my power to change them; it's God's.
PBL #4: Hand Sanitizer
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