HW 44 - Comments on Other People's Projects

Matt,
I liked your essay, you established that poor single mothers are a portion of the population who aren't helped in a way that they should be. I appreciated the amount of background information that you put in to the piece to really further your point. I think it is important that we recognize not only the hardships that these women face, but the opportunities that should be afforded to them. On a side note, i feel that id you put it though some sort of spell check to check for grammar it would make the paper much better. Altogether it was a good paper though
Sam

Alex,

I understand your feelings of the importance of health care reform. You make a very good argument in the form of a letter about what is wrong with the way the hospital industry treats pregnant women. I was particularly interested in the enthusiasm that you had in this particular topic. I also appreciated the way you took existing information that you had and put it together with new information to form your arguments. I feel that this is an important topic to me personally because i want to have children one day and i will need to be well informed of the choices that there are. Good post

Sam

Javon,
I think you had a great post, the way you go about the interview of this woman who had an abortion at 17 and then addressed what it means to be ready to become a mother. I think that you had some great ideas, especially about how a mother needs to be ready to put her baby before herself. I feel that this is a topic that is important to everyone because it involves not only being able to have children, but the emotional maturity to put someone else before yourself on a daily basis. I do agree with chris that you could have gone more in depth with this paper. But other then that i think you had some great ideas.
Sam

Brendan,

I think that you addressed an important point here. By looking at the comparisons between home birth and hospital birth i think you were really able to show some clear comparisons and contradictions between the two. You showed how dangerous hospital birth can be with your numbers and statistics comparing it to home birth. I really appreciated how you took the time to compare the two and show how people aren't aware of the dangers of hospital birth. This project really mattered to me because it is something that is very important considering i am going to have children one day so it is important to see the other side of the story. Good post, keep it up.
Sam

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Hi sam,
This is leticia

I enjoy reading your blog about the importance of having a baby and its part of our human nature. I really like the part when you mentioned "I believe that family have the most conscientious approach to raising a child, as they see it as a responsibility and not a toy. Friends look out for your best interests in terms of life style changes and possible career implications". Especially the line when you mentioned believe that family have the most conscientious approach to raising a child, as they see it as a responsibility and not a toy. Because I see my brother raising his child, he make sure his child is good and has the things he needs, I could he will be raised well, since the fact my brother is in his 30's and so is his wife.. But I have question for you. What do you think about young adults such as 14-20, They spend most of the time partying and not focusing on their child life? Are they responsible? Do their friends and family members support them? What do you think about that?

Also from your blog I like that you based it on religious views too. I think that’s also a part of people families and how they will like to raise their baby.... Is your religion view going to influence on how you would like to raise your baby?.. Do you think religion is important in peoples life

Sam,

I liked your blog post because it covered a very big and important topic. There are so many factors that go into deciding if you want to have a baby. One of the big factors in religion. One thing that really surprised me was that 83% of Americans belong to a religious group but only 40% of Americans attend a weekly religious service. This made me wonder how the religious people that attend a weekly religious service and ones that don't differ from each other. Do they have different opinions about pregnancy and birth? I thought that your post was very well researched and well written.

Dean

Samski,

I first off i love the first sentence of your project especially where you said having a baby is "our deepest animal instinct". You covered many important ideas that matter when it comes to having a baby and how a families religion correlates within the decision making around having children or not. One aspect that stood out to me was the bit you were talking about in your 5th paragraph about how religious Americans actually are. I found it crazy how only 83 percent of Americans belong to some type of religious denomination. Something I would of liked to see you add to this project would be maybe a comparative section maybe comparing maybe a country like china's birthing information and statics to Americans. But overall great project.
-Brendan.

Mom (Mentor)
As a "mom", and as your mom, it was fascinating to read about your observations on pregnancy, choice, religion and family. These are deep complex subjects that have so many layers and variables. For you who have lived a relatively short time, you have a pretty solid understanding of the depth and variables surrounding them. I will say there is still much you have to learn, but i am proud of your knowledge and sensitivity, as these are giant steps to enlightenment and understanding.

Brother (Protoge and Future President)
Your post did a good job focusing in on the factors that make up whether to reproduce or not. You brought out some helpful steps to help people consider what they need to think about before making this decision as well as who they should talk to.

I really valued the part where you used an authors steps for what people should consider. It gave your piece some real heartfelt meaning to show that these are things they should consider. You also explained them well.

This is particularly important for our society because it is undisputable to say that abortions are not a positive thing and neither is removing a child from its original parents. Therefore, to avoid those situations people need to be sure they want a baby before they go proceed and bring a child into their lives.