Thursday, November 17, 2011

Module 6 Reflection

There was definitely a lot less information in the Module because it was only on one chapter. I learned a lot more about marijuana and the physical and psychological effects. One thing I didnt know before this Module was that football is the most common sport to use steroids. When taking the quiz, I put wrestling as an instinct, but I was wrong. It was also interesting to learn all of the states that marijuana is legal in.

The mini lecture was helpful, with all of the different facts about marijuana. I knew that THC was the active ingredient in it, but I didnt know you can get high from second hand smoke.

I did my dicussion question on marijuana legalization, and it was cool to see someone agreed with me that if I was ill or had a disease, I would want whatever is available to me. So if smoking marijuana would help me cope with my illness, I would want it to be available for me to do.

Now that we are almost at the end of the course, I feel like overall I have put in more effort in each module. After the first module, I felt like I didnt. My grades have improved and I see what a postive effect reading the text closely has done to my grades.

One thing I have learned in this session that I can use in the future is the facts about marijuana from the mini lecture. Some I already knew, but most I did not. I received good points (either 4 or 5) on each of my dicussion posts. This is because I provided all of the information necessary. (Sometimes I forgot to provide a website or reference the text)

Monday, November 7, 2011

Module 5 Reflection

The chapters keep getting more and more interesting! I never knew there were classifications for different types of alcoholics. Delta, Epilson, who knew! I have learned quite a bit of this in previous health classes, such as the information on the effects of alcoholic on different parts of the body. Alcohol has some serious effects on the liver! Knowing what it can do to you makes a person never want to drink again.

These discussions were interesting. I chose to do mine on the "hair of the dog" hangover cure. It seems like a lot of people chose to do it on domestic violence or children of alcoholics. I learned that children of alcoholics are more likely to have certain behavioral, psychological, and emotional problems rather then people who wernt born from an alcoholic. I also learned domestic violence is linked to alcoholism but not directly. One can cause the other but just because there is domestic violence in a home doesnt mean one of the parents is an alcoholic.

The mini lecture this time was fun! I never knew what crazy laws there were in some states. Like the one about sending a friend alcohol as a gift, a person can end up in jail! Ridiculous!

I think I improved a lot in this class. My first quiz score was awful and I made sure that it didnt happen again! I have been spending much more time reviewing the material to make my grade the best it can be.

One word I didnt know was teetotalers which is an individual who drinks no alcoholic beverages whatsoever. I never knew there was a term for that. There are definitely a lot of people in the world that are teetotalers. The second word i chose was alcoholic cardiomyopathy which is congestive heart failure due to the replacement of hear muscle with fat and fiber.