14) Optional Student Choice: 500 words or 5-minute video. You author content that includes a title, category, and a reflection about your experiences in this class. Consider specific assignments, specific readings/films, specific conversations, and/or specific processes that helped you learn and grow. One of my favorite reading this semester was Lulu Wang’s, What you Don’t Know. This was a podcast about a girl whose grandmother was diagnosed with stage four cancer and her family decided it was best for her grandmother if she didn’t know. This was our first reading of the semester. Which for me a was great way to start the semester. What I liked most about the story was the thoughts it provoked from readers, myself included. At first I naturally thought her family was wrong for not telling her grandmother that she was sick. I thought letting her know would give her a chance to fight it and possibly find a way to cure it. As I continued to read the story I found out that Wang’s grandmother did the same thing to her husband. Making me think well maybe she would want the same for herself. As the story progressed Wang and her mother started had a conversation about the idea of not knowing helping her grandmother to live longer. By the end of the story her grandmother lived way past the three or four months the doctor had given her to live. By the end of the story I had a completely different view. I felt like maybe there was some truth to the idea that being happy on not knowing bad news helps you to live longer. After listening to the podcast we had to do a blog post about the story and it was there that I actually got to think and reflect of what I actually thought about what her family did. Although they will never know what would have happened if they told Wang’s Grandmother their decision ultimately prolonged her life. Also after listening to this podcast I questioned if I would want to know if I was sick. How would I feel if my family did this to me? Honestly at first it thought I would have wanted to know but after hearing the podcast I don’t think I would want to know that I was sick. Not because I don’t care but because I would want to enjoy my last days of life. I wouldn’t want to spend the last days of my life stressing about being sick. I think the stress of knowing and knowing that I’m going to die soon would put more stress on my body aiding me in dying faster. I don’t think there’s a wrong or right answer to whether or not Wang’s Family made the right decision. I think what I took from this story was that in life you have to make choices and although people may question if it’s the right choice it doesn’t have to be. It just has to be the best choice for you. If that makes sense. I’m so happy that our class read this story. I learned so much from this story and the other stories we read this semester. I would definitely recommend this story to other students and for next year!
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