- For your project, I believe that you intended to explore how much knowledge people had on the topic of hospital births and what their impressions were. You explored to different hospitals to see how they handled birth, as well as interviewing multiple students at Hunter College. This topic is extremely important to me, and it should be to everyone else as well. Understanding the procedures of hospitals is essential in the woman's decision to either have a hospital birth or go with a midwife instead. It is also important to be aware of the general public's understanding of a topic like this, so one can observe what knowledge people still need to acquire in order to take an educated stance on the matter. I think you guys did an amazing job making that video! The fact that you were able to get all those students to talk to you for such a long time is impressive in itself, but your choice of questions in the interview provided very informative answers. The effort you put into this project was clear, and it showed through the observations you made in the hospitals. It would have been nice if you had been able to get the necessary information out of the hospital staff, but nevertheless, great job!
- It seems clear that for your project you were focusing on the differences between home and hospital births. Using evidence such as financial reasons and the comfort of the women, you support home birth as a solid alternative to the mechanical process of hospital births. This topic matters to me because it is something that I intend to consider highly when having children of my own in the future. Although I am not the one who will ultimately be making the final decision, having this information is essential for women that are unsure of where to give birth. The conclusions made in your project are some that should be observed by all women today. I really liked the way you were able to connect your topic to your personal life by speaking to your mother. Her opinion demonstrates the ignorance (no offense to Sheline of course) that you depict in your project. One suggestion I would make would be to incorporate the opinions of any mothers who had experienced a home birth and observed how she felt about the debate. However, I understand that for some people this might be hard to come by. Overall, good job!
- Your choice to focus on the mistreatment of pregnant women in prison was a very interesting and unique one. This topic is important to observe primarily because of how many people do not even think about it, as you stated in your project. Although it is hard for me to personally relate to it, your project was still important to me because my eyes were opened to a completely different area of pregnancy and birth that I had never even thought about myself. I really liked the way you were able to include multiple real-world situations for a topic that was so specific and rarely spoken of. If you had been able to find more statistics, that would have made your point even more convincing. Good job!
- I think that what you were comparing in your project was the differences in home birth and hospital birth as far as the woman's comfort level is concerned. This topic is extremely important to me, because I am someone who had never even heard of a home birth before reading this. I thought that you had to give birth in the hospital because there was no other safe way. It is also important for women to know the information in your post so they will know that they have another option if they do not want to have their baby in the hospital. I really liked the way you were able to interview a woman who had experienced both a home and hospital birth...I feel like it made your point a lot more believable and strong. Overall, this was a pretty good post Ben.
- Jim Harker said...
- This post was focused on observing the aspects of home and hospital births that are typically not viewed even by those who are aware of the safety differences, such as comfort of the woman. You describe the woman's comfort as being influenced by financial needs, as well as physical surroundings and previous knowledge. As a father who's wife experienced a hospital birth, this post is important to me, but not as important as it would have been 17 years ago. Although I don't think I would have changed my mind about where you were going to be born because of all the things that went wrong in your birth, the information in this post would have certainly been helpful for Tia and myself just in case. There are also many women who could use knowledge like this to save money as well as stress and pain in some cases. I especially enjoyed the section where you provided the quote from your mother, because it seemed to do a good job of represented how most people today would respond when asked the same question. For some constructive criticism, I think that you could have gathered more information from women who gave birth at home on how the surroundings effected them online. Other than that, good job. I can see you put a lot of effort into this one.
Monday, April 11, 2011
HW 44- Comments
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment