This day March 28, 2014 marks Jacob Brandon Polston’s Birthday. Jake died on November 10, 2013 which was the day of my very first powerlifting meet. I knew Jake from football and I had a good friendship with him. He might have not made the best decisions and partied hard but I always did my best to get along with him and respect him. He was a hardworking, loving guy who was friends with everyone. I will always remember him in a good way because he was such a good person and son and brother. When someone dies in  a tragic way such as Jake did, no one forgets what happened and will always cherish the memories of his soul. Even if the parents don’t know his friends they still would see the support of how many people came to his visitation and hanged out with his friends and talked about him in a great way. I hope that more people avoid drinking while driving because that is how he died and he was not wearing a seatbelt. These are two easy things to avoid while driving to avoid a death of a loved one that affects so many people outside of the family and that has to pay bills just for death and college. Always remember do not drink and drive and always to buckle up. I hope and pray that his family will always remember him and think about him because that’s what you can do when someone passes. Rest in peace Jake and keep looking over all of God’s children. We love you Jake.

I am responding to a text on page 365 in the book and just by the title I thought it was making fun of lazy people and making them do the right thing in the work place or in life. As I kept reading it was talking about how poor the men are in the bathroom. While most of us would admit to having a gross bathroom at home and having nasty bathroom habits, the Amsterdam airport found by placing a picture of a fly in the urnal decreased spillage by eighty percent. Choice architecture is a very important part of what grabs are attention today such as making pictures and putting them in bathrooms across the world to help people do their business. If you give people easy enough choices for whatever they want to do such as go to the bathroom, pick a lunch in a restaurant or pick a medicine they need they will easily make the decision. Some tiny changes have become size of the meal, toilet and what the toilets are made of. Companies know this and have given people healthcare options and encourage people to save more. There are also more than one option. This includes enrolling for a magazine or school, their names are automatically entered into an automatic renewal program. Years back companies would have a certain amount of time and after the certain number of years the contract would expire. You would often see this is the NFL. Players have a five year contract and after have a choice to resign for more money or go to another team. In all of these examples people see that certain things can make life easier given a choice to make results better.

I was doing research for a paper and found out that there was a national day of unplugging ourselves from technology. In a recent paper I typed for English I saw how many people are always on their phones and computers playing games while they could strike up a conversation with a person and get to know them. While I do think technology is useful, our gadgets suck up so much time and constantly need fixing and recharging that we kind of lose sight of the outside world because we are so sucked into what is going on in Facebook and Twitter when we could be playing card games or having fun outside running around playing tag like I remember doing in third grade before we became so engrossed with phones and more. At some point the human race will not know how to function without their phone, computer, or tablet in their hands. Schools and libraries always have books and teach you how to read and write without the use  of computers. Today the school library is dominated by computers with online books and some hard backs but not as many as there were back in the forties and fifties. I realize times are changing as more and more people come up brand new ideas to help make life and business easier but let us not forget the simpler times of problem solving and figuring things out on your own without looking it up on Google. I admit I do this because I have not grown up being forced to play outside and having free time like many younger kids played outside such as my grandparents because they did not have TV or computers to spend time on.

medical field response

My response to the text on page 213 is in agreement with the author. The author Rahul K. Parikh who is a medical doctor knows a lot when it comes to the people he has seen and treated. According to Rahul, African Americans are being a victim of racism in the medical field and sometimes not even being treated for any of their diseases. I hope that more and more blacks can be able to afford the costly but beneficial health insurance so they can get their problems fixed. I am fortunate to be healthy and live well enough to go to the doctor if I need too. I wish that the Medical field would train all the doctors with the same material to know how to handle all patients with varying problems. Even though the studies in the text article are good resources there are many poorer white and other raced people who cannot afford healthcare insurance to go get their routine checkup at the doctor. There are also blacks that are very wealthy that go to the doctor’s office. I think this article is true in regards to the studies, but also lacks sources of other examples of other races such as Hispanic or Caucasian who cannot afford to see a doctor. The paragraph that mentions that hospitals are in tough urban areas should be used to the lower income patients and be more familiar with them. The hospitals could give discounts to attract more people that need help. The doctors should not judge people by their skin color but as an individual no matter the financial situation.