Yin and yang

August 22, 2014 Dr. Caryn Ito Associate Scientist Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa, ON Dear Dr. Ito: Enclosed is my work-term report entitled Summer 2014 Work-Term Report: My experiences as CO-OP student working in the Ito/Stanford Lab at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. It is a description of the workplace, sepsis and the Ito/Stanford Lab’s sepsis project, my role in the project, and the skills that I have obtained during this placement…

chose; he continues to go to Reardan without forgetting his Indian culture. Unlike Junior’s plans on stabilizing his two lives, Jin chooses to maintain his focus on ways in which he can become white; or at least, as white as he can be. Writer Gene Luen Yang makes this obvious in American Born Chinese by altering Jin Wang’s introspections. On a bright, sunny afternoon, thoughts of…

Jin vs. Junior A part of growing up is changing and accepting yourself for who you are. Although transferring to a new school may be inevitable how you handle this experience is what counts in the end. Everyone goes through a series of events that either change your life in a favorable way or unacceptable way when being apart of two cultures. In this case Junior and Jin must both battle with many different problems because they are trying to find an identity while being apart of two different…

turned medical intern who was fun-loving, outgoing, and ultimately everyone's favorite cast member. Alex Karev was the jerky intern who everyone hated but then everyone loved when he finally decided to show sensitivity at certain moments. Cristina Yang was the cold as steel intern who wanted to be involved in every single surgery. Then there were the two attendings, McDreamy and Dr. Preston Burke, who were perfect romantic players for Meredith and Cristina. And Dr. Bailey was the hot headed…

There are many trials and tribulations that colored people in America have to deal with. These Stereotypes have a drastic affect on both children and adults. What is a stereotype? A stereotype is to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same. This concept can do both mental and physical damage to a human being 's psyche. If a person is introduced to stereotypes at a young age, they may have insecurities that will hinder their mental, physical, and…

conception of acceptance. In the book, “American Born Chinese” written by Gene Luen Yang, the American religious experience is accepting yourself. Once a person does this, their true identity is released. We must learn to be true to ourselves and accept where we have come from. This could be difficult for some, given the stereotypes that are constantly being tossed around. For instance, ‘My momma says Chinese people eat dogs” (Yang 31). When people are always categorized differently than others,…

American Born Chinese and stereotypes “Children must be taught how to think, not what to think.” I believe this quote by Margaret Mead is very accurate and is something that all parents, teachers and adults should think about. “A stereotype is used to categorize a group of people. People don 't understand that type of person, so they put them into classifications, thinking that everyone who is that needs to be like that, or anyone who acts like their classifications is one.” (Dictionary.com).…

book Shi Shuo Suan Shu [The key to Mathematics]. Although the original book has lost, the later mathematician Yang Hui (1238-1298) mentioned in his book that he was inspired by Jia’s work and found out more theorems and applications related to Pascal’s Triangle (Qian, 1981, p56). Moreover, the earliest display of Pascal’s Triangle was also from Yang Hui’s work. The following is how Yang Hui display the…

During the ear of 600-1450, the Sui Dynasty started as a dynasty heavily depended on high taxes and compulsory labor, but changed to a bureaucracy more heavily based on merit, cultural advancement, and epansion in the Tang Dynasty, and then to appointed administration and smaller borders in the Song Dynasty, however throughout this period, the dynasties pushed high taxes on its citizens. The baseline is the Sui…

In the year 615, the Sui Dynasty is in distress as the emperor has been surrounded by the Türks, which was one of the 200 rebellion groups, at a place called Wild Goose Gate in northern Shanxi. Li Yuan (Duke of Tang), who is the maternal cousin of the Sui emperor, got word of this and led a rescue mission for his cousin. The rescue mission was successful and the Sui Emperor fled to his refuge in the south. The Sui emperor felt uneasy with his cousin so he sent two officers to keep watch of Li…