Sunday in the Park

The article "Sunday in the Park" by Bel Kaufman tells us a story about children play in the park and two families have a problem between them. Larry’s parents sit on the bench, and Larry plays in the sandbox. Joe is another boy who throws the sands at Larry.  Larry’s mom tells his don’t do that again, but Joe's father don’t agree Larry’s mom. Although Morton wants to with Joe's father, he does not want. They stand up and argue at each other. Then, Morton’s family leave park. Larry began crying. Morton and his wife think it is better to leave park and not to fight with them.



opinion and interpretation

after reading this story, i felt that kind of problem are very normal.  i think Larry's father was doing right. fighting couldn't solve the problem.  but another kid 's father shouldn't had that kind reaction to Larry's father.  and he should teach his child not to do this.

reading assigment 10/26

opinion and interpretation for reading assigment 10/26

I like it, because it is writing by aking questions to the author and she answer those questions clearly by using the research which is discovered by herself from Lacks farmily and history. that makes me easier to understand what the story about by using this way.  also, this article has the definitions for the vocabularies which is hard to readers. it is good to finish an article.  and i hope that all the english story for the people whos like me not speak and write english well have the words definitions in the stories. it helps alot and save the time for more reading.


summary:

This handout explains how the science discovered HeLa cells and uses it for important science research and how this cells help people cure diseases. The author who writes this book want to finds out the woman behind the hela cells and she wants to know information about Henrietta, so she went to the city which is Henrietta’s family live in and contact with them. She doing research for Henrietta from Lack’s family to know how they treated with science selling HeLa cells.

summary 137-176

HeLa cells divide everywhere. And then, Scientists use those cells in different researches. George Hyatt tries to use the skin cells for treating wound, but cells become cancerous.    When it is known by national Cancer Institute, they set up the Collection Committee to research on it. Also French researchers discover that somatic cell fusion or cell sex at that time. Soon after New York University discover that human hybrids are unprofessional production. When Deborah was sixteen years old, she got pregnant and births the first child. Deborah's older brother is doing fine with his family. But another brother Joe fights with Ivy and kills him after his military life.  He surrenders himself to the police after he hides a few days. Joe goes into jail. Stanley Gartler points out that there are 18 cells line contaminated by Hela. When Writer meets Henrietta's son, Sony again, he brings writer to his brother's house. HeLa cells are contamination because they come from a colored woman. If it is right, many scientists worry about their researches and a lot of money will be wasted. There are some scientists do not believe the announcement. Rebecca meets Henrietta’s family. Sonny says that Henrietta’s children do not know anything about her except Lawrence, but Lawrence only remember that Henrietta is strict by asking him to wash the diapers. Then, Rebecca talks to Henrietta’s family that her cells help to cure the blindness. Day tells her why Henrietta’s cells grow throughout the world. They also say how the night doctor treats on black people. Gey wants his cell like as Henrietta's cells immortal so he finds some scientists to research his cells. However they don’t work after he dies. Henrietta’s family knows that her cells alive.

this is hard one for me to read, this book has many difficult wolds and dialogue that i dont know. when i start reading story in english i felt annoying, because i dont like reading story specially english book.  everytime i reading this book, i used tainslator a lot.  that makes me couldnt focus on. after tainslating some vocabularys iam tired for that i feel not to keep doing it. so i use a lot of time to finish a english story.

93-136 summary

Summary from the “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 93 to 136. After Henrietta's death for a while, there is a plane for Hela cells factory. There have a problem is polio epidemic in the end of 1951.NFIP contacts with Dr.Gey for help. Jonas Salk has developed the polio vaccine, but he does not test it. The National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis (NFIP) doing testing and it costs a lot of money so they ask Gey for help. Henrietta’s cells are the best one for experiments. Gey sent the HeLa by mail it. Most cells are alive. NFIP knows it they want HeLa for polio’s test and a factory is built at Tuskegee. Henrietta’s cells are very useful. A factory is established to produce HeLa for selling by Samuel Reader and Monroe Vincent. HeLa is out of Gey’s control. He does not want Henrietta’s name to leak out, but it is a near-correct name in the Minneapolis Star. Gey creates the pseudonym to journalists instead of real name. After Henrietta’s funeral, Day works two jobs and Lawrence drops out school to help his father, but he is grafted by the Korean War. Ethel takes care of Henrietta’s children. She abuses them. Galen tries to touch Deborah physically. When she tells her father that, Day does not believe her. After that, Deborah does not talk this again and avoid meeting Galen alone. Rebecca goes to see Cliff, and then he brings her to Henrietta’s grave. In the family’s cemetery, Cliff tells her about the history of Henrietta’s family. Sotham uses HeLa to test what cause the cancer. He injects HeLa into patients, volunteers’ bodies without telling them that is a cancer research. There is a law to restrict the formal research in the United States.

“the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” page 67 to 92 summary

The story “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” page 67 to 92, Rebecca first meeting with David “Sonny” Lacks. Rebecca couldn’t meet with him when she was get there. She had same status like Rogers. Rebecca was trying to connect with lacks family but she couldn’t because nobody answered her. So, she went to the Turner Station. There was boomed and changed to a dangerous town. Rebecca tried to connect Courtney Speed who was quoted in Henrietta’s newspaper article. She met pastor and he brings her to find Speed. Speed couldn’t help her; he just gave her a tape. Rebecca understood Henrietta’s immortal cells in others’ views by watching that tape. After that, Rebecca went to Clover. She gave to the town which is lacks family live in by cooties help. Henrietta was in danger; she needed her family and friends help. She was near death. She wanted her husband to take care of their children. When she dead the doctors wanted to do an autopsy for Henrietta’s corpse, they asked for Day’s permission.  Day agrees with them, they took some sample from Henrietta. At the day the Henrietta’s funeral they putted Henrietta’s coffin into grave, raining changed to become a storm.

response to wiki: https://sites.google.com/site/jerskeyeslfall2011/

After reading wiki by ESL class that about science, society and pocess for " the immortal life of henrietta lacks".  I fond out there have many mistakes that we make.  like word spelling wrong and some sentences did not write in complete sentence.  most of the  group did not write details to support their ideas. i think we should go over the book again and thinking about what we write.  i think my group can make it better. we will add some details to support them, correct the wrong word and  correct the sentences to make them easyer to understand.

Answers to the following questions

1. What year did The Tuskegee Institute open the first “HeLa factory,” supplying cells to laboratories and researchers and operating as a nonprofit? What was the name of the company that would begin selling Hela for profit? 

The "HeLa factory" was build in 1952. The company named Microbiological Associates would begin selling HeLa for profit.

2. What year was Henrietta Lacks born?

Henrietta Lacks was born in 1920.

3. What year did George Gey successfully culture the first immortal human cell line using cells from Henrietta Lacks’s cervix? Why was it given the name HeLa?

In 1951 that is the year given the name HeLa after the first two initials of Henrietta’s first and last names.

4. What year did scientists use HeLa cells to help develop the polio vaccine?

 In 1952 the scientists use HeLa cells to help develop the polio vaccine.

5. What is the name of the hospital where Henrietta was treated for cervical cancer? In what year was it founded?

Johns Hopkins Hospital, in 1889 henrietta's cervical cancer was founded.

6. What year did HeLa cells become the first cells ever cloned?

In 1953 the HeLa cells become the first cells ever cloned.

summary of the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks p34-66

The story “the immortal life of Henrietta Lacks” page 34-66 is taking about Dr. Gey’s lab took Henrietta’s cell to do research, Mary to care of it. They had built it just like he’d built everything else in the lad. Before the cell dead fast after took from body, everyone did not think that Henrietta's cell can live. Mary puts Henrietta’s cells into clean test tubes and writes “HeLa” on them to present Henrietta Lacks. Dr. Gey took eight year to graduate from medical school after that Gey and Margaret built their lab. In his lab, Henrietta's cells start growing. After Henrietta went home, she did everything like before. She didn't like Turner Station so she often brings her children back to Clover. She enjoyed her life; she would go to dance when her children go to sleep. Henrietta sent her daughter, Elsie, to Crownsville State Hospital because she could not take care of her based on her pregnancy. She goes to see her every week. Because of Henrietta's treatments, she needs to live in her cousins' house so she tells her cousins about her cancer. Henrietta says to her cousins that are uncomfortable on treatments. Rebecca calls Roland Pattiillo who can touch with Henrietta's family. He tries to ask her some questions to know her purpose. Then, he gives her phone number of Henrietta's daughter, Deborah. She connects her, but she gets nothing from her. Deborah lets her to look for her father or brothers. When Rebecca calls Day, he does not want to talk about Henrietta's cells. Henrietta does not know that her cells grow in lab. Gey goes to a show to say cells' researches. He shows a bottle of cells but he does not remind that they come from Henrietta. Gey also sends Henrietta's cells to other labs. Carrel’s chicken heart cells are a crucial step on cell culture. Henrietta starts to feel sick inside her. When she tells the doctor her condition, the doctor couldn’t help her. After her thirty-first birthday, she stayed at hospital. She was sad and cries when she sees her family in Hospital. Gey visited her and tells her about her cells were different form others, she felt happy about her cells could help people.