Blog 1.4 Ambition

Ambition is both a blessing and a curse. Ambition can drive someone to do great things and stay motivated for their goals in life, it could help them be successful and stay on track when others would just give up. For example a students ambition could be to get the highest grades in the class which is obviously good as that student will most likely study more and pay extra close attention to the teacher during class. This will most likely lead the student to live a better life as with better grades it'll be easier for him to get into college and get a job they actually want. On the other hand ambition can also be detrimentally bad. For example that same student that wants those high grades could possible ignore friends or family because they want to study or maybe they'll be discontent with themselves because they're striving too hard to be perfect, and then at one point they'll get tired of working hard and find other malicious ways to get better grades such as cheating. So in short ambition is like a double-edged sword, it will help you stay motivated and on track for your goals but you have to make sure you don't lose sight of the things that truly matter in your life as you make your way to that goal.

Blog 1.3 Impartial

Impartial means to treat all rivals or disputants fairly, some synonyms are unbiased, neutral, and nondiscriminatory. Obviously with this in mind it is very important to be impartial in arguments as you always have to make sure you give both sides a fair chance. You have to hear all the facts before you make a decision or judgment. For example a judge has to be impartial because they want to make sure they're not gonna arrest someone who is actually innocent, the judge has to pay attention to both sides and hear all the facts, the judge also shouldn't be biased as that will probably make them ignore certain things in order to support one side. The government always has more power than a citizen will ever have but that's why we need impartial judges to make sure the person has a fair trial and no one is accused of something they never did. From that you can see that it is always important to be impartial in arguments or discussions because you don't want to be seen as ignorant or biased to one side as then you will miss out on info that could possible persuade you to change opinion, its always good to listen to what other people have to say.

blog 1.2 "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks".

The main idea for 10th grade English is morality and ethics and what a better way to start the year than with the book "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks". The book is about ethical issues of race and class in medical research. The story is centered around Henrietta Lacks who was a black woman whose cancer cells became the first immortalized cell line. The problem with this is that her cells were taken without her consent or knowledge and her family never made a single penny off the multi-billion cell industry that launched from her cells. This sparked controversy as people were debating as to whether or not it was ethical to do this without the person's consent. The book also talked about other instances of unethical practices such as the time a doctor injected cancer cells into patients without telling them. He lied to them saying that he was only testing to see if they had cancer.

And the asylum for the negro insane where they preformed sick experiments on people because of their race and because of the fact that they were crazy. This book is perfect for us to get into the basics of morality and ethics and how our community could greatly change how we think as well as how our childhood shapes us as a person