Doctor of Philosophy

David’s father Wes Hayden, the local sheriff, decides that they should call his brother Frank, one of the town’s local doctors, to come over and check on her, Marie declines. Frank still comes with the request by Marie that Gail Hayden, David’s mother, stays in the room with her during the check-up. The decline leads to Gail Hayden…

Personal Narrative My personal narrative to me was when I went to Mexico. We weren't planning to go to Mexico ,but something really bad happened. One day my uncle called us to inform us that my grandma was really bad in the hospital that they weren't sure if she could of would survive. As soon as my dad hanged up the phone. He told us what was going on and he also told us that we are going to Mexico the next week. Because we couldn't go the next day because there was no way my parents…

Making a change in the world for the health care provided to Jehovah’s Witnesses didn’t become so personal until recently. My cousin who is a Jehovah’s Witness as well passed away last month after being put on the waiting list for liver transplant. She got sick two weeks before, but really didn’t think anything of it until she started having sharp stomach pain and was having trouble walking. She and her husband went to the hospital that night, there they tried to give her a blood transfusion,…

My first week of this summer program didn’t go as well as I expected. I felt scared and unfamiliar to this new environment. On the second day, I couldn’t stop throwing up. My head was in immense pain. I went to the health center with one of my mentors to talk to the Physician Assistant. She gave me a quick checkup, a list of foods I should eat, and pills for my head. I went to my Social Justice class for the last ten minutes. When I entered the class, everyone was sitting in a circle. Even…

broken because I could not feel them. The lady who had hit me called the ambulance and my parents, and then I was taken to the hospital. While at the hospital I had to get x-rays done to make sure that my legs were not broken, which they weren't. The doctor was saying how I was lucky that they were only scratched and bruised. I know that it was a miracle that saved me from getting too hurt. I was afraid to ride my bike for a while because…

The night out was cold, about four degrees Celsius. Men were huddled up together, while others kept their eyes out for the German troops. The first battle of Ypres didn’t go so well, our enemies had used a new weapon on the French troops. It was some sort of deadly chemical weapon. It was April 21st, 1915, so far we didn’t know what to call this war. It was enormous, and affected most of the world. Poor Belgium wasn’t even a part of the force, but Germany tried to attack France by going through…

Have you ever had a broken bone? One day I went camping with my Grandpa, Grandma and my sister. We were going to go to Mt.hood. We had to make a lot of stops and one of the stops we made was at a park. We stayed there for a long time because it was really fun.I went to go on the monkey bars and when I was on them I fell and hurt my arm. My arm hurt really bad and stung and my arm was really numb. My sister was sitting down in a chair, when she saw that I was hurt she started laughing really…

When I was about ten years old, I was camping in Lake Eaton. It had been fourth of July weekend. On July third, I was playing man hunt in the dark with a handful of my close friends. I was being chased; all of a sudden, I was on the ground. I didn’t realize what had happened until I felt the excruciating pain traveling down my arm seconds after the fall. I had tripped over a enormous tree root, and I dropped putting all of my weight on my arm. Don’t even ask how I didn’t see the root, because I…

It seemed like a normal day in Kauai Hawaii for a young girl named Bethany Hamilton, but little did she know that day would change everything. Bethany was a young 13-year-old tall, blonde, and beautiful surfer who was thinking of going pro. On October 31, 2003 Bethany, Alana Blanchard Bethany’s best friend who was also a promising surfer, and Alana's father, went on a surfing holiday. On this beach off Kauai's North Shore, called the "tunnels" it was known by “locals as a great place to catch up…

Elmo Clean Up day It was the third Thursday of September in 2014. My community called Elmo has a community crime watch meeting every third Thursday of the month. The main problem was our community was getting dirty so we decided to have a clean up day 1 month later. My little brother wasn’t looking forward to it but I was ready to clean up my town! So that one month rolled around and it was a record breaking 120 degrees! Or that is how it felt. But I didn’t care. I Had the job of picking up…