Abortion. 18 May 2009
Abortion is every womans right. 18 May 2009
Abortion: Womens Rights...and Wrongs. 2000. 18 May 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Rebekah Quintana Bibliography
Bibliography
Abortion. 18 May 2009.
Abortion is every womans right. 18 May 2009.
Abortion: Womens Rights...and Wrongs. 2000. 18 May 2009.
Abortion. 18 May 2009
Abortion is every womans right. 18 May 2009
Abortion: Womens Rights...and Wrongs. 2000. 18 May 2009
Ethics in theory aand practice- Abortion by Rebekah Quintana
Rebekah Quintana
Mrs. Boresen
Expos/ P-6
Ethics in Theory
May 17, 2009
Abortion
“An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion” (The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform). Abortions happen for many reasons and some reasons are rape, incest, financial difficulties, goals, and age. Women have to choose between pro-life and pro-choice. I however believe in pro-life, because I believe if a women doesn’t want a baby they shouldn’t open there legs and if worse comes to worse adoption is always a choice. Abortion is an easy way out for those people who don’t care about them selves and are not respectful to there own body. Abortion is murder and is killing an innocent life. Overall, the abortion debate is an irresolvable conflict.
Abortion is a form of murder and violence. According to Susan B. Anthony, she calls abortion “child murder”. The unborn is a person and is considered a living human when they are growing in the fetus. People like to say that the unborn isn’t a person until after they are born but think about it, if the baby wasn’t a person in the fetus how is it a person once it is born? An abortion doesn’t only kill an innocent life, it also doesn’t have an advantage to the women having the abortion. Women don’t gain anything from having an abortion. They lose hundreds of dollars from having the abortion as well as undergoing a horrifying procedure. Also women who have abortions usually are haunted by the sound of the vacuum sucking there baby out of there lives. Women can also become very unhealthy after having an abortion. As you can see, abortion doesn’t have any advantages to the women and women gain nothing not even a sense of joy after undergoing an abortion.
Although I am agreeing with pro-life, America is a free country and women have the right to have an abortion. According to the article, “Abortion is every woman’s right”, the right to choose is just one aspect of a much larger issue of reproductive rights. Women have the right to take control over their own bodies. If a woman believes she cant or shouldn’t have a baby she should be able to make her own personal decision without being questioned. Abortions should be an open option for those women who truly need to undergo one, but not for those women who just don’t want to have a baby. There are some circumstances where there are needs to make abortions possible. Overall, truly supporting women’s rights must involve telling the truth about abortion.
Although I am pro-life, it is not my place to tell you what is right or wrong. Just take a moment and truly think about the baby and if you really want to kill an innocent life. Women need to overall think about there actions before taking the chance of being pregnant and having to make that decision on if they want to have an abortion or not. “The self is not something ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action”.
Mrs. Boresen
Expos/ P-6
Ethics in Theory
May 17, 2009
Abortion
“An estimated 43% of all women will have at least 1 abortion by the time they are 45 years old. 47% of all abortions are performed on women who have had at least one previous abortion” (The Center for Bio-Ethical Reform). Abortions happen for many reasons and some reasons are rape, incest, financial difficulties, goals, and age. Women have to choose between pro-life and pro-choice. I however believe in pro-life, because I believe if a women doesn’t want a baby they shouldn’t open there legs and if worse comes to worse adoption is always a choice. Abortion is an easy way out for those people who don’t care about them selves and are not respectful to there own body. Abortion is murder and is killing an innocent life. Overall, the abortion debate is an irresolvable conflict.
Abortion is a form of murder and violence. According to Susan B. Anthony, she calls abortion “child murder”. The unborn is a person and is considered a living human when they are growing in the fetus. People like to say that the unborn isn’t a person until after they are born but think about it, if the baby wasn’t a person in the fetus how is it a person once it is born? An abortion doesn’t only kill an innocent life, it also doesn’t have an advantage to the women having the abortion. Women don’t gain anything from having an abortion. They lose hundreds of dollars from having the abortion as well as undergoing a horrifying procedure. Also women who have abortions usually are haunted by the sound of the vacuum sucking there baby out of there lives. Women can also become very unhealthy after having an abortion. As you can see, abortion doesn’t have any advantages to the women and women gain nothing not even a sense of joy after undergoing an abortion.
Although I am agreeing with pro-life, America is a free country and women have the right to have an abortion. According to the article, “Abortion is every woman’s right”, the right to choose is just one aspect of a much larger issue of reproductive rights. Women have the right to take control over their own bodies. If a woman believes she cant or shouldn’t have a baby she should be able to make her own personal decision without being questioned. Abortions should be an open option for those women who truly need to undergo one, but not for those women who just don’t want to have a baby. There are some circumstances where there are needs to make abortions possible. Overall, truly supporting women’s rights must involve telling the truth about abortion.
Although I am pro-life, it is not my place to tell you what is right or wrong. Just take a moment and truly think about the baby and if you really want to kill an innocent life. Women need to overall think about there actions before taking the chance of being pregnant and having to make that decision on if they want to have an abortion or not. “The self is not something ready made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action”.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Bibliography
Rebekah Quintana
Mrs. Boresen
Expos/P-6
Bibliography
2-2-09
Bibliography
American Psychological Association (APA): pain. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged(v1.1). January 28, 2009. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pain.htm>
Armstrong, Lance. “Lance Armstrong quotes.” 1999. ThinkExist. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/pain_is_temporary-it_may_last_a minute-or_an_hour/346310.htm
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 2008.
Montgomery, Deb. “To see me, poem.” On Top of the Mountain. 23 January.2009 http://www.visionimpressions.com/poems.tosee.htm
Pokana, Jana. “Emotional Pain”. 2009. Currenthistory. http://current.com//items/89248392.htm
Mrs. Boresen
Expos/P-6
Bibliography
2-2-09
Bibliography
American Psychological Association (APA): pain. (n.d.). Dictionary.com Unabridged(v1.1). January 28, 2009. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/pain.htm>
Armstrong, Lance. “Lance Armstrong quotes.” 1999. ThinkExist. http://thinkexist.com/quotation/pain_is_temporary-it_may_last_a minute-or_an_hour/346310.htm
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary. Merriam-Webster, Incorporated. 2008.
Montgomery, Deb. “To see me, poem.” On Top of the Mountain. 23 January.2009 http://www.visionimpressions.com/poems.tosee.htm
Pokana, Jana. “Emotional Pain”. 2009. Currenthistory. http://current.com//items/89248392.htm
Essay
Rebekah Quintana
Mrs. Boresen
Expos-P-6
Essay
2-3-09
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit however, it lasts forever” (Armstrong, Lance). Pain is a word and it applies to everyone and in life humans have gone through pain. It may have hit mentally, physically, or even emotionally, but most people try to escape the pain although it somehow appears. Pain is a road block throughout the journey of life.
In the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, pain is defined as a mental or emotional torment or suffering; however pain as a noun is defined as a physical suffering or distress as due to injury or illness (891). When it comes to a verb, pain is defined as an action that causes (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress (Dictionary.com). As you can see, there are many different words and ways to define pain. However, pain I can define as an event or memory from the past or present that hurts you physically, mentally, or emotionally in anyway.
Pain as we all know is an abstract word, but imagine if we made it into a concrete object like a food. If a human would eat this concrete object they would be miserable. They would feel sharp pains all over there body and they would ache every day. Pain is not a pretty word and I am sure that if someone ate it would make them a depressed and unhappy person. The word would feel uncomfortable and undesirable. Pain would not be a fun word to be. If someone ate pain everyday they would need something stronger then Tums to calm there pain they are feeling. They would probably even need to go to a doctor because how miserable they would be. Nothing could cure someone if they ate pain because pain is such a strong word it would be hard to help the person feel better. Eating pain would make someone a depressed and angry person.
Teenage girls begin living there lives when they hit middle school. They have there friends, they join sports, and they experience many interesting things throughout there middle school years. Although, being a teenager is the best feeling ever, most teenage girls hit many road blocks to pain. This is the worst feeling ever and it is something everyone tries to escape. When I was thirteen years old, I hit my first road block to pain. I experienced something a thirteen year old girl shouldn’t have to. On July 2nd, 2004, I received terrible news that my cousin John-John was in the hospital because he got into a motorcycle accident. I didn’t think it was serious because I never thought I would have to experience what pain really felt like. Two days went by and on July 4th, 2004 at one thirty in the morning I woke up knowing that I lost my cousin. My world came crashing down and I knew I was experiencing pain. I go through pain everyday when reminded of his death. Although my cousin John-John past away five years ago, I get a shock of pain every time I am reminded of his accident. It is hard to go through life when you know that the one person you admired won’t be around anymore and you can’t see the one smile that made everyone’s day. Life is tough and filled with pain and all you can do is live life to the fullest trying to get past the pain and smile everyday while trying to seek your goals.
Pain has been around for centuries and has had many different dramatic shifts when it comes to the concepts of pain. During the late nineteenth century pain was described as a gift from God. Pain is not a single definition and when pain causes suffering it is a result of a sin. Sin is a sign of civilization and is attended through sensitivity. Although pain is a hard thing to go through, most Christians describe pain as in the hands of God. Physical pain however was described as taking shape in relation to other doctrinal argument as the pains of crucifixion or the sight of hell, (Wikipedia.org).
Although pain was described as in the hands of God, the definition has changed in time. In today’s history Pain is caused by emotional distress and is felt more deeply and lasts longer then pain due to an injury, (Wikipedia.org). Emotional pain has the ability to come back over and over again researchers have discovered. When humans participated in an experiment they discovered that emotional pain performed worse than the people thinking about a physical injury. “While both types of pain can hurt very much at the time they occur, social pain has the unique ability to come back over and over again, whereas physical pain lingers only as an awareness that it was indeed at one time painful. Why aren’t we always suffering pain by recollections of social betrayal and other forms of social pain? Because we are pretty good at keeping these memories at bay” (Dr. Kip Williams).
As I already mentioned, pain is a road block throughout my journey of life and there is no way I can escape it. So when humans hit a road block to pain don’t run and hide from it, just try and live through it and it will someday leave your side. I am going to leave you with the poem that reminds me of the pain I go through day by day. “For so long looking into the mirror I saw only a reflection of an image, a stranger looking back at me. When looking into my eyes, I saw only emptiness, a void. Beneath those eyes were many fears, fears of pain, fears of sorrow, feelings of no hope. How could I not know this face before me, as I stood looking at the image in the mirror? Where was this person that I used to be, why couldn’t I see? Turning again looking into the mirror, I saw my life one that had gone out like a candle being extinguished. All my pride, my joy, my hopes, my desire, my passion, all was gone. What reflected back from that mirror was a stranger looking back at me. Standing there feeling so alone, lost and confused, the fear set in, where was this person I called me? Walking away from that image, never wanting to look again, my life continued on. Over time I found myself looking in that mirror again. Yet this time when I looked, what reflected back to me was a face, my face, my eyes filled with hope, a burning love, a pride of being me, a passion for living. No longer a darkness did I see, for out of my eyes was shining, a reflection of me! For you see I was no a stranger to me! Yet there still is that pain deep within, that pain has taken on a new meaning in my life. Through the tears and countless hours of feeling alone, those hours I screamed out and no one heard slowly through that pain and confusion emerged the real me. It took all those disappointments and life hurts to make me stop and look at the real me. No longer am I just an image in a mirror I am a reflection of my life, those hurts, those joys, that hope, that burning passion, that endless love. I see now the true image the image of me! (Montgomery, Deb).
Mrs. Boresen
Expos-P-6
Essay
2-3-09
“Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit however, it lasts forever” (Armstrong, Lance). Pain is a word and it applies to everyone and in life humans have gone through pain. It may have hit mentally, physically, or even emotionally, but most people try to escape the pain although it somehow appears. Pain is a road block throughout the journey of life.
In the Merriam Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, pain is defined as a mental or emotional torment or suffering; however pain as a noun is defined as a physical suffering or distress as due to injury or illness (891). When it comes to a verb, pain is defined as an action that causes (someone) mental or emotional pain; distress (Dictionary.com). As you can see, there are many different words and ways to define pain. However, pain I can define as an event or memory from the past or present that hurts you physically, mentally, or emotionally in anyway.
Pain as we all know is an abstract word, but imagine if we made it into a concrete object like a food. If a human would eat this concrete object they would be miserable. They would feel sharp pains all over there body and they would ache every day. Pain is not a pretty word and I am sure that if someone ate it would make them a depressed and unhappy person. The word would feel uncomfortable and undesirable. Pain would not be a fun word to be. If someone ate pain everyday they would need something stronger then Tums to calm there pain they are feeling. They would probably even need to go to a doctor because how miserable they would be. Nothing could cure someone if they ate pain because pain is such a strong word it would be hard to help the person feel better. Eating pain would make someone a depressed and angry person.
Teenage girls begin living there lives when they hit middle school. They have there friends, they join sports, and they experience many interesting things throughout there middle school years. Although, being a teenager is the best feeling ever, most teenage girls hit many road blocks to pain. This is the worst feeling ever and it is something everyone tries to escape. When I was thirteen years old, I hit my first road block to pain. I experienced something a thirteen year old girl shouldn’t have to. On July 2nd, 2004, I received terrible news that my cousin John-John was in the hospital because he got into a motorcycle accident. I didn’t think it was serious because I never thought I would have to experience what pain really felt like. Two days went by and on July 4th, 2004 at one thirty in the morning I woke up knowing that I lost my cousin. My world came crashing down and I knew I was experiencing pain. I go through pain everyday when reminded of his death. Although my cousin John-John past away five years ago, I get a shock of pain every time I am reminded of his accident. It is hard to go through life when you know that the one person you admired won’t be around anymore and you can’t see the one smile that made everyone’s day. Life is tough and filled with pain and all you can do is live life to the fullest trying to get past the pain and smile everyday while trying to seek your goals.
Pain has been around for centuries and has had many different dramatic shifts when it comes to the concepts of pain. During the late nineteenth century pain was described as a gift from God. Pain is not a single definition and when pain causes suffering it is a result of a sin. Sin is a sign of civilization and is attended through sensitivity. Although pain is a hard thing to go through, most Christians describe pain as in the hands of God. Physical pain however was described as taking shape in relation to other doctrinal argument as the pains of crucifixion or the sight of hell, (Wikipedia.org).
Although pain was described as in the hands of God, the definition has changed in time. In today’s history Pain is caused by emotional distress and is felt more deeply and lasts longer then pain due to an injury, (Wikipedia.org). Emotional pain has the ability to come back over and over again researchers have discovered. When humans participated in an experiment they discovered that emotional pain performed worse than the people thinking about a physical injury. “While both types of pain can hurt very much at the time they occur, social pain has the unique ability to come back over and over again, whereas physical pain lingers only as an awareness that it was indeed at one time painful. Why aren’t we always suffering pain by recollections of social betrayal and other forms of social pain? Because we are pretty good at keeping these memories at bay” (Dr. Kip Williams).
As I already mentioned, pain is a road block throughout my journey of life and there is no way I can escape it. So when humans hit a road block to pain don’t run and hide from it, just try and live through it and it will someday leave your side. I am going to leave you with the poem that reminds me of the pain I go through day by day. “For so long looking into the mirror I saw only a reflection of an image, a stranger looking back at me. When looking into my eyes, I saw only emptiness, a void. Beneath those eyes were many fears, fears of pain, fears of sorrow, feelings of no hope. How could I not know this face before me, as I stood looking at the image in the mirror? Where was this person that I used to be, why couldn’t I see? Turning again looking into the mirror, I saw my life one that had gone out like a candle being extinguished. All my pride, my joy, my hopes, my desire, my passion, all was gone. What reflected back from that mirror was a stranger looking back at me. Standing there feeling so alone, lost and confused, the fear set in, where was this person I called me? Walking away from that image, never wanting to look again, my life continued on. Over time I found myself looking in that mirror again. Yet this time when I looked, what reflected back to me was a face, my face, my eyes filled with hope, a burning love, a pride of being me, a passion for living. No longer a darkness did I see, for out of my eyes was shining, a reflection of me! For you see I was no a stranger to me! Yet there still is that pain deep within, that pain has taken on a new meaning in my life. Through the tears and countless hours of feeling alone, those hours I screamed out and no one heard slowly through that pain and confusion emerged the real me. It took all those disappointments and life hurts to make me stop and look at the real me. No longer am I just an image in a mirror I am a reflection of my life, those hurts, those joys, that hope, that burning passion, that endless love. I see now the true image the image of me! (Montgomery, Deb).
Monday, January 12, 2009
Winter Narrative
Rebekah Quintana
Mrs.Boresen
Expos, P-6
Winter Narrative
January 12,2009
Christmas break is a time that most people spend with those who are close to them. Christmas is a fun and special time for everyone. It is best to share the memories of Christmas with the ones you love. This Christmas I learned an amazing lesson that changed my view of Christmas. Christmas is not all about opening gifts and bragging about what you got. The most important thing about Christmas is being with loved ones and the feeling of making someone else’s Christmas a miracle. Giving is the magical lesson I experienced this Christmas.
I spent most of my Christmas break shopping and trying to make Christmas a miracle for someone who has never really had a real Christmas before. My boyfriend, Tj, means a lot to me and I felt bad because he has never experienced Christmas the way I had. I made sure that I got him involved this year and that he knew what he was missing out on. I made sure I got him a stocking and a bunch of presents. I pretty much wanted to make sure he wasn’t missing out on Christmas this year. I made his Christmas a magical and special experience.
Christmas day finally came around the corner and boy was Tj excited. I have never seen him so excited on Christmas before. When Tj walked in the door of my house and saw a stocking and tons of presents with his name on them he didn’t know what to do. He was so excited he had a huge cheese burger smile and he was surprised. While Tj was opening his presents he had this look in his face that I had never seen before. He made Christmas a magical and fun experience for the both of us. I enjoyed Christmas this year because I got to see Tj enjoy Christmas the way I always have.
After opening all the presents around the tree, Tj and I spent most of the day together and we treasured the memories we both shared that day. This Christmas is one Christmas I will never replace in my heart. I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas break like I did and learned a lesson that will be handy in the future.
I really enjoyed this Christmas break compared to the past years. I really never had experienced this magical feeling before. But now I know giving is a better feeling then receiving. The best part of my Christmas break was I saw Tj have the best time and see him experience something he always wanted to.
Mrs.Boresen
Expos, P-6
Winter Narrative
January 12,2009
Christmas break is a time that most people spend with those who are close to them. Christmas is a fun and special time for everyone. It is best to share the memories of Christmas with the ones you love. This Christmas I learned an amazing lesson that changed my view of Christmas. Christmas is not all about opening gifts and bragging about what you got. The most important thing about Christmas is being with loved ones and the feeling of making someone else’s Christmas a miracle. Giving is the magical lesson I experienced this Christmas.
I spent most of my Christmas break shopping and trying to make Christmas a miracle for someone who has never really had a real Christmas before. My boyfriend, Tj, means a lot to me and I felt bad because he has never experienced Christmas the way I had. I made sure that I got him involved this year and that he knew what he was missing out on. I made sure I got him a stocking and a bunch of presents. I pretty much wanted to make sure he wasn’t missing out on Christmas this year. I made his Christmas a magical and special experience.
Christmas day finally came around the corner and boy was Tj excited. I have never seen him so excited on Christmas before. When Tj walked in the door of my house and saw a stocking and tons of presents with his name on them he didn’t know what to do. He was so excited he had a huge cheese burger smile and he was surprised. While Tj was opening his presents he had this look in his face that I had never seen before. He made Christmas a magical and fun experience for the both of us. I enjoyed Christmas this year because I got to see Tj enjoy Christmas the way I always have.
After opening all the presents around the tree, Tj and I spent most of the day together and we treasured the memories we both shared that day. This Christmas is one Christmas I will never replace in my heart. I hope everyone had an amazing Christmas break like I did and learned a lesson that will be handy in the future.
I really enjoyed this Christmas break compared to the past years. I really never had experienced this magical feeling before. But now I know giving is a better feeling then receiving. The best part of my Christmas break was I saw Tj have the best time and see him experience something he always wanted to.
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