Monthly Archives: June 2017

Nasal Cancer – Mutation Story

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The making of the cancer story

Some of the questions I needed to research were: ‘What happened to you as a gene’, ‘What cause your mutation’, ‘What effects does nasal cancer have on your host’s body’, ‘How was the host affected, what is their story’, and ‘How is nasal cancer treated’.

When researching for this project I used Google. I found very factual sources, like the official website for cancer research in Canada, and a government funded website in the US, for medical research. It took a while to find some information on this cancer, since it’s a very rare cancer, and there is not much information.

It took a while to look for information on this cancer, I spent a while reading articles, and facts about nasal cancer, before choosing the right websites to get my information from.

For verifying I checked if the website seemed real or not, like we did in school. Since multiple websites had the same information, it should be true. I also asked for my mom to ask my grandparents, since they are surgeons. They gave me most of my information, and it was very helpful. I also added citations in the bottom of this post, using the citation machine.

The overall process of this post was pretty challenging, but easy at the same time. I used a lot of new resources to find information, like the Riverside Digital Library. It took a while to find the right information about this rare cancer, but I looked at the criteria to make sure what I was posting was correct. I think my story explained the cancer pretty well, but it was a bit difficult since there wasn’t much information on the cancer. Thanks to my grandparents, I added some more information that I couldn’t find online.

 

Medicine, National Library of. “Nasal Cancer | Paranasal Sinuses | MedlinePlus.”MedlinePlus Trusted Health Information for You. National Cancer Institute, 10 May 2016. Web. 18 June 2017.

Society, Canadian Cancer. “Symptoms of Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus Cancer – Canadian Cancer.” Www.cancer.ca. Canadian Cancer Society, 13 Nov. 2014. Web. 18 June 2017.

Principles of Learning – First Peoples

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The media that I chose for the First Peoples Principles of Learning, is the song ‘Colors of the Wind’ from the movie Pocahontas. The movie surrounds the idea of the importance of First Nations and how important their relations with the land are. Pocahontas tries to convince the people that are taking her land, on how important it is to the species, and the people in the nation.

For interconnectedness, everything and everyone is connected. Whatever happens to one thing, it affects everything around it. Pocahontas sings about how every rock, every tree, and every creature has a name, and they’re all big one family. Every place has a story. In spheres, we learned about the cycles, and how if one organism doesn’t get the nutrients it needs, everything around it will get affected. It is important to keep everything intact, because you don’t know its worth, and how important it is for us.

For sustainability, everything should remain the same, with no drastic change. Pocahontas sings about how ‘we [the nature] are all connected together, in a circle in a hoop that never ends’. She’s trying to explain how everything is in a cycle, and it’s been that way for the longest time. Everything and everyone remains in peace, and nothing harmful is going on. She also says ‘how high does the sycamore grow, if you cut it down then you’ll never know’. This relates to what we’re learning in science because it is best to keep things, especially the climate and this earth, the way it is. When things change too quickly, or too drastically (like the climate), things will change for the worst.

Pocahontas sang about the importance of nature, and how every land, and every tree, rock, etc had a story to tell. Everything and everyone is connected and if one gets ruined, the others get ruined. She also sang about the cycle that nature goes through, and how its been like that forever. Once you change a habit, that’s not sustained anymore, the world will change, but not for the better.

SMART Goals Reflection

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SMART Goal Reflection – Kalen

My goal was originally to take the bus to school for one week, but since that wasn’t amicable for my family schedule, my new goal was to not eat meat for one week.

I did achieve my goal. Since chinese food it part of my diet, there is a lot of meat intake. But at the same time, there are a wide variety of vegetables that I love to eat. Although the rest of my family ate meat, I asked my mom to prepare some of my favorite non-meat meals everyday to help me sustain my goal; like tofu and potatoes.

The most challenging part of achieving my goal was my family. I asked to not go out to any restaurant, since I couldn’t resist ordering something I’d like, and my family agreed. But, my family decided to cook my favorite meats every day of the week. It was a traumatizing experience, but I fought through and decided to eat my dinner/lunch facing away from them, in a different room.

If I were to do this goal again, I would make sure to search on how to make (or purchase) some alternatives to meat, that don’t have meat in them. Since the smell of meat is horribly strong (in a good way), it’s very difficult to stay away from it. But if you have a substitute, it might be easier to stay away from meat.

Although this goal was really interesting, I would not continue this goal. I’ve always thought of become a vegetarian, mainly because of the harm of animals, meat is still too precious to me. Living in a chinese cuisine based house makes it almost impossible to stay away from meat. I wish I could continue with this goal, one week is well enough, but my whole life? That’s too much

Letter to Trump about Paris Accord

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Hello Mr. Trump,

I understand what you’re trying to say, but I disagree. But I know that you are entitled to you wrong opinion, and I hope this letter persuades you to do the right thing.

First of all, temperature, and sea levels have risen severely in the past decade, and yet you decide to call global warming a hoax created by the Chinese to ruin your economy? Even China has decided to to develop wind and solar powered projects and power plants, and they’re the #1 source of pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. But, your country is right behind them and is the second biggest provider of greenhouse gas emissions, and you decide to leave the Paris Accord that could singlehandedly save your country. The fact that almost 200 countries around the world have signed this agreement, should open your eyes and make you realize that America is in trouble.

Secondly, do you have any idea about the impact this is making on the citizens of your country? When their ‘leader’ decides to bail out of a monumental worldwide agreement for saving the world, your citizens will have the same mindset as you. When their leader thinks that global warming isn’t an issue, neither will they. Climate change is mainly from the people, and when they aren’t motivated to start lowering their power, water, gas, and heat usage, then you’ve really done something wrong. Even your staff, and your own daughter advise you to stay in this agreement. You need to be a good role model and prove to the people of your country, that climate change is worth fighting for. Your children, and their children could possibly live in an overheated, water risen country, on the verge of disaster, thanks to you and your ignorant decision.

And lastly, the impact you’re doing for the world. If you think that you backing out of the agreement wouldn’t do any harm, think again. Since you’re the world’s second largest producer of greenhouse gases, right behind the country that you thought made up global warming, (who also is combatting against climate change, learn something from them) billions, and billions of carbon dioxide would be produced just because of your ‘harmless action’. Ice will melt, water will rise, and the world will be damaged, piece by piece, faster than ever before.

So Mr. Trump, I hope you realize that you’ve made an unacceptable decision for your country. But you know what, I could have been wrong this whole time! The economy is way more important than half of your population needing to flee your country, the produce industry being ruined, and your country falling apart. Maybe I was wrong! Learn something from this, your tiny decision that ‘couldn’t make an impact’, is more drastic than you think.

~ Kalen