Reflections and Resoluions (little late but here it is)

Reflections:
2012 was a pretty good year for me. I started my first year of high school  It's been going pretty well so far. The cross country team i was on won divisional  and went all the way to competing in the state competition  Also, I SURVIVED 12/21/12!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #YOLO!!!!!!But moving on past me, the year had some great things. The 2012 Olympics came and went, with the U.S getting the most gold, and most medals over all (BOO YA GO AMERICA GUESS WE'RE NOT ALL THAT FAT)......there are of course other great things, check them out here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYopqtXMSwY

I learned a lot from 2012. I learned that high school isn't like the movies, i learned that some people do sick things, whether because of a brain disorder or not. I've seen people push themselves to the point of breaking  to be the best they can be. To be the best in the world at what they do. But I've also learned that the world can come together, whether through sports (Olympics), mourning (sandy hook), or just trying to have a little bit of fun (gangnam style)!

Resolutions? no way.....
I'm entirely against new years resolutions. Why should people need an excuse like new years to start doing something new, like stay in shape, or do well in school? People should be doing that stuff all the time. Also, i barely ever see anyone who actually keeps their resolution, some people do it for 2-3 weeks tops, before they just don't care any more.

The DNA Dilemma

Recently we have read a article from TIME magazine in our G&T class. This article was all about something pretty amazing, but maybe a little too amazing? This article talked about genetic testing,and what it can do for us. Did you know, that for $7,500, you can figure out if you or your child will have cancer, Alzheimer's disease, or anything else, years before the symptoms will become present. Imagine, being able to tell what diseases newborn baby will have, 70 years from now. Of course, that can be scary, especially if there's no cured for said disease. So the question we must ask ourselves is should we know these facts, and if yes, how much info should we know about it.

There can be many opinions on this. If I were to be given this test and a doctor found out I had a disease, but it was impossible to cure, I would want to know. If I new I could have the possibility of dying at any random time, I would live my life to the fullest. Some might argue that if there was no cure, they would not want to know.

If there was a cure, I would obviously want to know if I had the disease.

If I was a doctor, or some type of physician, I would be tell the patient anything, unless it would cause them more harm. This idea comes from the hippocratic oath that all doctors take. This basically means that you should tell the patients everything, unless telling them something would do something to them that would make things worse (mental trauma)

What do you guys think? Reply with your opinions below.......