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Not Love at First Sight

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Welcome to my first action project for this terms Humanities class, Forbidden Books. This class is about banned and/or censored information, which things like books carry, that some people might not want the public to know about and why. For the first part of the term, we learned about the Socratic Method. The Socratic Method is basically an argument, but with a lot of questions of "why" involved. There are five steps to the Socratic Method. First, look for statements that people would call common sense. Second, find an exception to that rule. Third, if you have proven your statement false, you must go back and ask the question again. Fourth, refine your response. Fifth, continue the process for as long as possible. The Socratic Method can be considered dangerous because it can change how someone thinks, believes, or sees the world around them. This is what got Socrates, the one who invented it, killed for spreading his knowledge onto the children of Athens about there being

Breathless

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Hello! For the first action project in this term's STEAM class - Disease - we were instructed to choose a disease to research. Each of us studied a patient who has a disease of interest. So far, in this term, we have learned about all of the body systems, diseases, and symptoms. We have learned about a variety of diseases that can be contracted from specific things like genetics or environmental factors. In this action project, I will be talking about a patient who has stage IV non-small cell lung cancer. We will call the patient Mrs. Henn. I will be explaining her process of diagnosis and how she is coping with this condition in her everyday life. In addition, I will be talking about the cancer itself - the anatomy, physiology, etiology, and epidemiology. It is very important to note that Mrs. Henn is still, actively battling this disease. I hope you enjoy! Illustrated by “SN” Meet Mrs. Henn, she has been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer. It is a very aggressive and unf