Blindness

all these minor health issues checked and managed at the appropriate time will go a long way in saving lives. How would you like to live in a world where you cannot see anything around you? Glaucoma is a leading cause of blindness worldwide and while there is no cure once blindness occurs, early detection means that it can be controlled with just little damage to the eye and perhaps vision maintained. Testicular cancers if found and treated early, has a high cure rate. Hence, the lives of…

cataracts van affect those without diabetes, “people with diabetes are 40% more likely to suffer from glaucoma” and “60% more likely to develop [cataracts]” (ADA). If left untreated, either disorder can lead to severe vision impairment, or even blindness. Retinopathy, unlike glaucoma and cataracts, only occurs in people with diabetes. Diabetic neuropathy is an eye disorder, caused by diabetes, that causes damage to the retinas. It can be broken down into two forms: non-proliferative and…

Imagine a mother who just wants to save her son but she has no other choice but to illegally use medical marijuana. This mother actually had this problem when her son was diagnosed with incurable Crohn’s disease. The medications given to this young boy by the doctors had side effects that led to fatigue, weakness, and depression. The depression from these medications led to the boy feeling secluded and not being able to attend school due to his weakness. The prescribed medication was basically a…

very person in my class had to pick a person for National History Day because we were doing it as a class project. I had to find a person that took a stand in history. I “Google Searched” people in history that took a stand. I went through lots of lists trying to find an interesting person to do. Finally, I thought of Helen Keller after looking for a while. I decided that she would be a good person to do because I thought I already knew a lot of information about her. I easily found…

of what really happened due to the dishonesty in his life. I think yes, he is powerless by his blindness because even though he found out his own fate, he was still powerless to what happened. He wasn’t even able to leave to go to the mountains until he consulted Apollo. For an example, “You must send me out of the city! Your wishes can only be granted by Apollo”. Leaving him as a prisoner to blindness due to the lack of knowledge and power. I thought that Oedipus was…

passage was when Brutus exclaims this, “What means this shouting? I do fear the people / Choose Caesar for their king” (1.2.84-5). I feel as if this is really apparent as to what it shows about Brutus true character and continues to exemplify the blindness he is affected by.. What makes this scene even more interesting is the fact that Caesar is Brutus’ only good friend. But yet he is still trying to go against him as if he doesn't care for anyone else but…

Tragic heroes are a major part of the tragedy genre of drama. A tragic hero is a character in a play, usually the protagonist, who has a flaw or makes a mistake that leads to his demise in the end. Often, this mistake may include the hero making a decision to fix a situation that winds up working against him. The tragic hero in Sophocles’s Oedipus the King is Oedipus, the king of Thebes. The tragic hero in Shakespeare’s Hamlet is Hamlet, son of the former king of Denmark. Both of these tragic…

Robert’s friend, to really see the world despite being blind. "Cathedral" is narrated by a man whose wife has an old friend who is coming to visit from Seattle. The friend is blind and his wife has just passed away. The narrator identifies Robert's blindness as his defining characteristic. Though Robert is blind, he can perceive the world in ways the narrator cannot understand and despite him being physically able to see the world, he remains blind. Robert senses this and the fact that despite…

In the wake of Kevin Rudd’s Apology in 2008, the Australian Indigenous educational landscape has remained in a state of upheaval, with countless initiatives, strategies, and cross-curricular priorities aimed at closing the gap in educational outcomes apparent between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. One of the major by-products of this tumultuous climate was the resurrection of the theoretical framework introduced by Ladson-Billings (2000), who links the concepts of Critical Race Theory…

In many situations, human beings have no capability of dominating what they experience in the outside world. Events like accidents or opportunities are beyond individuals’ control and their range of prediction. However, there is a natural demonstrator living in individuals’ brain, determining how individuals perceive the outside world. Besides, the perception varies along with individuals’ experiences, belief, personality, and volition. Charles Siebert, in his essay “An Elephant Crackup?”,…