12/06/11 Scribe

Hey guys!!!! :)

Today we had a bit longer class time than usual so we talked about *eh hem* a man getting pregnant...But putting that aside...

Today we had an assembly so we went there first. After we got back, Mrs.Stein checked our homework (UP47-50) and stamped our stamp sheet. Then we talked about our homework and reviewed the problems. After that, we took some notes. Here is a little bit of the notes:

pedigree-used to trace diseases through a family

probability-chance of something happening (expected and actual)

autosomal-NOT sex linked (any-male and female-can be carriers-carry the disease but not be infected)

sex linked-only female can be carriers

*This is not all the notes. For more information, look at 14.2 in the textbook*

We talked about a lot of interesting things. One of them was about twins. For fraternal twins to be born, there are 2 eggs produced in a woman and 2 different sperms are joined with it. For identical twins to be born, one egg is produced and joined with a sperm, but later divides.

We later then moved on to a new topic. I'm not sure how it started, but we were talking about a man who got pregnant. Thomas Beatie was born a woman, but later changed to be a man. He married a woman, but she had to undergo hysterectomy, the removal of uterus. Thomas still has his (her) female reproductive organs which allowed him to get pregnant. Here is an article about it:

http://wizbangblog.com/content/2008/04/03/woman-calling-herself-a-man-gets-pregnant-liberals-cheer.php

I wanted to look more deeper into it so I searched on youtube for some videos. It made me sad because a lot of people were being very disrespectful to Thomas. They even made phone calls calling him an "it" and not a human. There are 5 parts and it is a bit long, but i really liked it.

Part 1-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jho1UCPDqXg

Part 2-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wbIoOrZNNY&feature=related

Part 3-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwDRJD4QX9Y&feature=related

Part 4-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvhA8zqIhqs&feature=related

Part 5-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCmT7PYeqlY&feature=related

That wraps up everything for today. Oh, by the way, sorry it's not that good as everyone was expecting... You guys were pressuring me! >_< I wasn't sure how to write it so I put links. It's really interesting and I suggest you watch it.

Homework:

-UP 51-52

-14.2-any reading strategy (there is going to be a mini reading check quiz!)

-UP 53-56-optional, but it is review for our quiz on Thursday! It's good practice!

Thanks for reading!!! :)

(oh and I added colors, but it won't show! :[ )

The next scribe will be: KASIA