Throughout chapters seven through twelve, A lot of information has been given to us students. Inorder to pull this information together we are given labs and Pogil packets that explain exactly what is happening. Three of these labs or activities that have given me a better understanding of our topics. The labs “Double Replacement Reactions” and “Reactivity of Metals” helped me figure out how to find the the products of a chemical reaction. The Pogil activity “Limiting and Excess Reactants” helped me understand how to calculate the amounts of reactants and products in a chemical reaction.
In the fall of 2001, a few weeks after terrorists flew airplanes into the Twin Towers, an additional wave of attacks hit the United States. This caused far less damage but started paramount aftershocks filled with fear. Envelopes holding anthrax spores were sent to several news outlets and two senators. It infected twenty-two people and killed five of them. Protecting against inevitable bioterrorism attacks in the future became of top importance for the government, and in his 2003 President George W. Bush announced the creation of Project BioShield.
Methods of genetic engineering in our world differ tremendously from methods used in the novel. In Brave New World, DNA manipulation is a perfectly accepted process used to create individuals who will later be predestined to varying social classes. Bokanovsky’s Process is a method of genetic engineering in Brave New World that can create hundreds of embryos from one singular egg. The Podsnap Technique involves increasing the speed of maturation of eggs, so one ovary may produce more eggs that are fertilized at the same time. These differ greatly from techniques used in our society: somatic, cloning, and germline methods.
“After 4 billion years of evolution by the slow and clumsy method of natural selection, we have now evolved to the point where we can direct our own evolution” (Gattaca). Being able control genetic engineering seems like a crazy, unattainable vision. However, dystopian worlds reveal that the process of selecting desirable traits prior to birth could become a reality in the near future. Attempting to coexist in such a society would undoubtedly create many challenges. In both the film Gattaca and the novel Brave New World, genetic engineering divides society and limits the opportunities of the lower classes.
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Dr. Bruno has acted as the most influential teacher that I have ever had. I am very fortunate to have been placed into his AP Chemistry class, because it was him that led me to my passion for the
In Huxley’s novel Brave New World genetically modifying babies to perfection is key to a functioning society. In the United States, however, we’ve only gotten as far as getting rid of certain diseases. Statistics show that fifty-three percent of parents with no children under the age of eighteen would gene edit their baby to lower the risk of disease. Huxley’s novel implies that genetic modification leads to a seemingly perfect but also dysfunctional society; luckily, the U.S. cannot create designer babies, but gene editing bad mutations is attainable.
I believe that Dallas University will provide a great environment for me to achieve this given the biochemistry programs offered. In addition to this, being a liberal arts institution, University of Dallas will be a great environment for me to grow into a well-rounded and grounded leader given your emphasis on developing students who are independent thinkers as well as “virtuous leaders in life and work”. Being in this type of learning environment will bring me a step closer to the achievement of my objective of becoming the best chemical researcher I can possibly be.
In BNW, society is largely based around certain scientific advancements. They have a large emphasis on genetic engineering and conditioning at young ages. This includes the birth of parent-less babies, hypnopedia, and shock therapy. To further this, a sort of hospice is used to help condition the young for death later in their life. Really, how close is our society’s scientific advancements to the Brave New World?
When people dream of their future child they always want them to be smart, athletic, and successful. In reality this isn’t true and never will be, or can it? Genetic engineering is the doorway to picking and choosing what traits a child has, but it may come at a cost that's more than just money. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley explores the idea of a futuristic city where children are being made identically in factories, then sent out and taught the same exact values as their peers. Along with Brave New World, an article from TheWeek called “Editing the Human Race” analyzes the new gene-editing technique called CRISPR.
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