Please post your reflections about the project over here. Was this project helpful? How? Did you learn more about the topic as opposed to classroom setting? Did this project generate your interest in human health and disease? Anything else that you feel about this project. Your reflections should be posted by November 27th.
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My Reflection
I am doing this project so that I can boost my grade up. However, I can honestly say that doing my project on Cigarettes is very interesting. I’m glad that I’m doing it because I have a better understanding as to why people become so addictive to it and just they way how the body works due to that process is very interesting. Learning ways which you can stop the addiction is very helpful to me because I have close ones to me that are very addictive and I can share these options with them so that they can better their health. The project is cool. I like it.
Our group topic is cigarette. Although, there have been many advertisers around informing us the consequences cause to our health by tobacco, the statistics of smokers in the state remain high. Today, as a teenager, I witness my friends and many other peers becoming a smoker. In this project, I’m responsible for the social aspect of teen smoking. From my research, studies found that teen smokers start in junior high school and they claim that smoking is only for temporary; they do it because their friends smoke, others said they smoke cigarettes to release stress. However, researchers show that more than half the amount of adult smokers started in their high school because it is not easy to quit smoking. I can relate to this because that is exactly what my friends said that smoking is only for now and they will quit before hitting the age of twenty because they think that cigarette will do more damage in their body once they have reached full development as an adult. Based on my research, it shows to me that my friends are not going to quit smoking in another five years from now. Advertisement only tells you that cigarette gives you lung cancers and it even says on the cigarette container itself. This project gives me the chance to gather information that most people wouldn’t notice. For example, our knowledge on the effect of cigarette remained at the stage of the health issues such as lung cancers; however, cigarettes hold many aftermath on our overall health not only on the inside by our physical appearance, too. I learned from this group project that cigarette decreases smoker’s appetite as well as causing them to appear older physically. This is a great source of information because every female human beings spend hundreds of dollars on just skin products to keep us look younger. Therefore, this project helps a lot because I know smoking is not good for the body and now I know that it even add ages on smokers, making them look older and tire. Now I have an even stronger reason to tell my smoker friends to quit smoking not only for the better health but quit smoking will also keep their young and natural look for a longer time.
Being part of this group project has informed me of the various diseases that are out there in specifically Dementia. Before starting this project, I had no idea what Dementia was or if it could be cured. But as I searched for information I have learned that Dementia is a mental disorder that slowly progressives and it can lead to other diseases such as Alzheimer and Parkinson. This project has been helpful for my personal use because my grandmother has one of the branches of Dementia which is Parkinson. I have learned and understood that this disease cannot be cured but with treatment a person can carry on with their life. Nearly one million people in the US have Parkinson yet the government hasn’t taken any action in creating an awareness program or invested money in research programs. In my opinion, I have learned more about Dementia by doing this project as oppose to classroom setting. This is because when you’re in a classroom you are only exposed to some information as oppose to doing some research in which you are exposed to a ton of theories, prevents, and treatments. Since doing this project it has interested me into looking at other types of diseases and the treatment it may have because it may come to a point where we might have this disease and we should be informed about it. It may seem like we will never have any disease but as we get older we are exposed to diseases and our chances of getting a disease increases.
My reflection:
Being part of a group is always helpful, because you can always learn from others. Therefore I think this group project was a great idea. Not only you get to know your class mates better but you can also see what they are capable of. My group topic is Dementia and even though its a big and general disease. I think we might just stick to one part of it and that’s Alzheimer, its the most common part of Dementia. This project is really helpful because you learn about things that you never knew about and gives more knowledge about how to take care of yourself and try to avoid these kind of diseases. Learning this outside of a classroom I think was better due to the fact that we hace more time to understand and learn it and not only get the general information. This did put some interest in me about diseases, but not to the point to become something within the perfession but to be more awared of all diseases around you and what they are capable of. This also great in that we can teach people about it instead of just letting all the research go to waste. Generally I don’t loke projects and presentation but this was a great project not because I learned a lot from it but also I can share that research and information with others in college.
My Group topic is Insomnia I have learned a lot of Information on this topic. Now I am Informed better about this topic and I have found this topic more interesting at first I was like oh this is about sleeping problems but if you really look into the topic you understand more. I have also learn to be careful because insomnia can be caught up in anybodies life and now in days is a common thing in young adults life.I like this project because it got me to open my eyes to a new topic and learn about and be able to know what to do if I am in situation like my topic.
Group # 1 Cigarettes
Reflection:
Well.. searching about this topic, it have gave me a lot of knowledge about cigarettes. I never though it would be so dangerous. I have learned that most smokers use tobacco regularly because they are addicted to nicotine. Working with my group was a beautiful experience we shared ideas and we got inform, about cigarettes and other substances. This project took me to make more research about similar topics and to see the importance of taking care of myself. It is true that we all have knowledge of diseases acquired by the snuff , though it seems like being a challenge which we assume to play with our health or simply like to feel it feels like to quit. This pleasant feeling is from the nicotine is the main compound found in the snuff .
Some people think that smoking helps them to lose weight or stay thin because it contains laxative agents . Also, many people feel that smoking gives them a sense of freedom and independence or some other smoke to feel more comfortable in certain social situations , who are consuming so speeds are teenagers and many of them start smoking because they do a lot of friends , others more as a way of rebelling against her parents , school and society in general.
There are many causes of why the company decided to satisfy a taste following a totally way detrimental to our health , but we need to analyze in detail whether smoking worth it because not only harm ourselves , remember that affects others, the risks non-smokers or passive smokers are installed from smoke snuff breathing , which remains in the environment, is equally harmful than inhaled by the smoker , are triggered in a number of diseases such as cancer, bronchitis, respiratory infections, asthma and cough .
Although I was not sure how this group project was going to turn out since I had not spoken with none of the group members in my group I was willing to do the best. My group is very helpful and we decided to do the project based on insomnia, and to be honest I did not know a lot about insomnia at that time but doing research and reading helped me understand what insomnia is. While doing some research I learned that Insomnia is a sleep disorder that millions of people have to live with. People with insomnia have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, which may lead to daytime sleepiness, and feelings of being unwell mentally and physically. Although insomnia can affect people at any age it is more common in female adults and it could affect their lives since it can damage their school or work performance. Insomnia can cause obesity, depression, memory problems and concentration problems, which is what causes people to have problems with their performance either in school or at work.