"Older Fathers Linked to Lower I.Q. Scores"

I use to assume, the older the father, the smarter the child. However, I was wrong. The article "Older Fathers Linked to Lower I.Q. Scores", was very interesting and informing. The article informs us that after a study was completed on 8 month old, 4 year old, and 7 year old it was shown that children who are father by older men has a lower I.Q. and an other cognitive measures, when compared to children who are father by younger men. In contrast, children that are conceived by older mothers perform higher on cognitive measures, when compared to children who are born to younger mothers.
I found both the male and female aspect of this study very interesting. One would think because a baby is born to an older man they would be smarter for various reasons. For instances, one reason is maturity. I know maturity doesn't play a major role, if any at all when concerning I.Q. levels or genes, but one would assume because an individual has more experience they would teach their child more or have them participate in many different academic extra activities to help build their children's I.Q. And as far as older women is concerned I think their child may score higher on an I.Q. test because they may value the importance of their children's educations more, when compared to someone who is younger. I'm not saying that younger mothers don't value or care about their child's education, I just believe it may not be as important to them. Every mother wants their child to be smart but it's a question of what are you going to do academically in order to help them get where they should be or where you want them to be academically. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/10/health/10dads.html??

Day of School

When first giving the assignment to listen in on another class I didn't like the idea, especially since I don't get off of work until two-forty and all the presentations after three wasn't anything of interest to me. However, when going to see the actually presentations some were very interesting. The three presentations I went to were entitled, "Screencasting as a Resource for Quantitatively Based Courses", "Preliminary Assessment of the Cyberbully and Cyberstalking Experiences of College Students", and The Degree U need to Achieve-Can an Hour Change Your Life".
I thought the Screencasting presentation was the most interesting. This presentation was about Cantasia Studio, which allows a browser to download or make records of material for their class to help benefit students as a whole. It can be good for power point presentations, business courses, and it can also give you a better understanding how to become more advance in excel functions. Many use screencasting as additional help within their classes, such as with homework, or missed lectures. If giving the opportunity I would use take advantage of screencasting because it seems as if it would be really useful.
The Cyberbully presentation was mostly about cyberbullying and stalking. They discussed the various ways someone is stalked, and the difference between the two. When someone is cyberbullied they may commit suicide, and are the ones who are affected through emails or text messages. Cyberstalking has an 2% homicide rate and are the ones who are being followed or watched in various ways.
(First two presentations by Ellen M. Kraft)
The last presentation was more useful knowledge. In there they discussed the various resources available to you to help obtain your degree. I also learned that throughout the entire semester they offer information sessions that help students who are unsure about what they want to do, the many different courses, or just general knowledge about Stockton College.

NYTIMES 3/5

The article I read in the NY Times was entitled "Customized Embryos, Struggling Hospitals and Questions on Health Reforms". The article was about a fertility doctor named Jeff Steinberg, who in coming months will allow soon to be parents to choose what eye, hair, and skin color they want their child to be. Dr. Steinberg has two fertility offices, one in New York City and the other in Los Angeles where he already allows parents to choose the sex of their baby. After reading this article I asked myself if giving the opportunity would I choose what physically features my child has and as of right now no. One main reason is that when going through this procedure several eggs are taking out and examined to see which would have the greatest odds of giving you what you want, and the ones that has the least odds are destroyed or not use, shall I say. Now what if that child don't come out to look the way they thought it would? Would the child still be loved? Or considered a disappointment! Every parent wants their child to look a certain way, whether they have their dads eyes, moms nose, or grandma's smile, but what about just letting mother nature run it's course? One positive thing about the entire situation is our every growing technology. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/03/health/03rounds.html??

John Pryor: Part 2

To also see the major impact he had on individual lives is a blessing within itself!

John Pryor

Wow!!!! What a wonderful individual! I remember when we discussed him in class a little (about his determination to become a medical doctor), but eventually forgot about him. But after reading these three articles John Pryor, will be embedded in my memory forever. Theses articles caused me to reflect back on my senior year in high school. I decided I was going to join the marines, no one could tell me nothing. That entire school year I met with recruits, was signed out of school early at least once a week, and took the placement test to see what job I was eligible for. Recruits would come to my job and home to eat lunch or dinner with my family. Eventually, I was talked out of it by family members, mainly my mother because she was in the army for several years and didn't think I was built to join the marines, let alone in 2005 with them sending soldiers over to Iraq. As much as I would have fought for this county, I am glad I was talked out of it. John Pryor, seemed as if he had a heart of gold. It's one thing to work in the medical field and try to save lives, but then to also join the military to help serve is wonderful thing. Often medical doctors detach themselves emotional from their patients when something goes wrong or even if they are faced with death, but he showed that he was human by doing the complete opposite. It had to be extremely hard for him to work on injured soldiers day in and day out and not allow it to effect his life daily. And to know that this was a job that could and/or would eventually take his life and do it whole heartily with passion leaves no other words to describe his character but as a WONDERFUL MAN!

Daniel Johnson

Daniel Johnson, was one interesting but strange character. I couldn't understand why he is was liked by many musically. I personally didn't care to much for his choice of songs or the sound of his voice. One thing I did like about him was his free spirit and drive. He was determined to let his music be heard even if he had to gave it out for free. As the more I think about it, he didn't seem like the type to want to be rich and famous, but instead just heard. As I watched him on the clip when he was performing on MTV, I thought he was going to have a anxiety attack. He didn't look comfortable or in his element, but still seemed to love what is was doing. That's what makes him very interesting.