Category Archives: Grade 9

Mutation Story

imageHi, my name Billy and I’m a breast cancer cell! I am the result of a gene misreading, I occur often in these three common genes : BRCA1, BRCA2, and PALB2.

Most of the time I affect my host with a lump in their breasts which indicates that they have a tumor, I can make my host’s skin become yellow and cause a shortness of breath too.

My host has been going through some hard times as she cannot pay for her medical bills as chemotherapy and surgery to deal with me can cost a fortune and that is something my host doesn’t possess. Even after my host does her surgery I still have a 90% chance of coming back within the following year, I sure hope she has insurance.

Some of the common causes of breast cancer cells are obesity, lack of physical exercise, drinking alcohol, hormone replacement therapy and inheriting it from your parents.

Cells become cancerous when they lose their ability to halt dividing, to attach to other cells, to stay where they belong, and to die at the correct time.

I was first discovered back in the sixth dynasty in Egypt and was treated as a lethal disease with no possible treatment until the 19th century when the medical industries had vast improvements in their studies and started doing research on me.

But till this day I am still unstoppable! -Billy the Cancer Cell

1)I researched when breast cancer cells were discovered, symptoms of having breast cancer and the common genes that support breast cancer.

2)I used Pages, which I am highly familiar with because I use it for daily school assignments.

3) 1.Research 2.Write and place image on Pages 3.Copy and paste into a post

4)I looked up the info on Wikipedia after using the sites.

5)It was fairly simple, but I took a while to do it, so finishing it quicker might of been a solution to make it better and easier for my teachers to mark.

My Footprint of Digitalness

My digital footprint will affect me in the future because everyone can see it and if there is anything unflattering it could cost me my job or respect

Some strategies I can use to keep my digital footprint safe is to always use private settings in social media, make sure I think before I post and never let strangers approach my feed/profile.

i have learned that my digital footprint can always be traced and I should always be aware when posting and that i should be aware of who i let see my feed.