REVIEW: 7- Seeking self-esteem through surgery

7- Seeking self-esteem through surgery
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/15/fashion/15skin.html
Newspaper: The New York Times
By NATASHA SINGER
Published: December 22, 2008
The rigors of being a teenager nowadays mark the way to think of many generations of teenagers. One of the new trends imposed by some adolescents is the discomfort with their bodies. Teenagers try to quench their disconformities by undergoing to plastic surgery.
This Plastic culture is increasing more and more due to the actual need to be accepted by their pairs. Although many male adolescents consider the possibility to change something on their bodies and visiting a plastic surgeon, it is more frequent that girls do so. What really catches the attention to some doctors is that adolescents in their puberty between twelve and sixteen go to their place asking for breast augmentation, liposuction rhinoplasty and otoplasty. But much more surprising it is the fact that these teenagers have the support of their parents. For this reason, may specialists ask parents to consider what they do and ask them to talk to their children since most of them have no grown up yet. They should speak to their children that there are other ways to discover their self esteem rather than a scalpel finding it.
Many cases of teenagers with post operation problems emerge everyday in many clinics since the teenagers go through a temporary depression after seeing their mutation to adulthood. But more dramatic it is the possible negative effects these surgeries have on their bodies ranging from anaesthesia effects up to the rejection of silicon implants. Parental support is essential for them to overcome this difficult period of their lives in which they consider surgery a form to belong to a groups or socially accepted. Adolescents must change their attitude of low self-esteem which leads them to do actions that later they would regret.
Another point to consider is the vague concept of beauty nowadays. It has turned to be something ephemeral disregarding the beauty of the soul. Some doctors emphasize this when many teenagers go to their places to ask for a plastic surgery. Doctors appeal the help pf parents and the understanding from the adolescent.
To sum up, adolescents should be guided and helped if necessary with their low self-esteem. And beauty is a concept that should be reconsidered and revised but from a different perspective at least different from the one that is coined and thought to be the standard nowadays. Unfortunately, it is this last one which is widely spread among adolescents and makes them want to follow it no matter the costs.

REVIEW: 6-Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil

6-Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil

LinK: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/world/americas/15ecstasy.html?partner=rss
Newspaper: The New York Times
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
Published: February 14, 2009

In the newspaper article Ecstasy ensnares upper class teenagers in Brazil published by the New York Times, there is evidence of how drugs have reached to the upper classes in South America countries such as Brazil. The article depicts the story of a wealthy university student who had access to drugs and late he was captured by the police and in jailed with other dangerous prisoners in a prison in Brazil.

Many wealthy teenagers from Brazil have the chance to travel abroad and they generally buy Lsd pills in Europe and bring them to sell them in their countries much more expensive. This new class of well educated students feels the need to sell drugs because they nee to sustain their extravagant lifestyles: going to parties, raves, concerts, shows, stylish clubs, etc.
Although, the law has been hard on them since they are in jailed for more years than a murderer, some of them are placed on special prisons. Some parents pay a good lawyer and the teenagers spend their time in private rooms with some privileges such as TV, bathroom and kitchen. But most of the time parents do not have to pay lawyers instead they pay police officers. They pay them bribes. This leads to another major problem nowadays that is corruption among the police guards. This problem gets even worse when many innocents are in jailed; all of them accused of something they did not take part but they are scared by the police so as to pay them a “tribute”.
Finally, the teenager who narrates the article says there two ways out to leave drugs and their commerce. One of them is to join other gangs and become a dangerous criminal and drug dealer; the other option would be to forget the idea of being part of a fashionable world they do not belong by keeping away from drugs.
To sum up, ecstasy, lsd pills and other drugs which are generally consumed by the wealthy in many countries lead to a wrong path for many while for others is a form of redemption to a new possibility to face life from a different perspective.

REVIEW:5-Some hidden choices in breast reconstruction

5-Some hidden choices in breast reconstruction
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/health/23beauty.html?_r=2&emc=eta1
Newspaper: The New York Times
By NATASHA SINGER
Published: December 22, 2008

Many women with breast cancer suffer from depression after undergoing mastectomies. Yet, these patients tend to find a solution to the absence of the mamas by going to a plastic surgeon. Yet, not all surgeons provide these patients with enough information about the different types of surgeries there are available nowadays for example, Gap flap, Tram flap and DIEP flap. Some of them more complicated than others but can be seen as new options to breast cancer women.
To begin with, many doctors do not know much about the new surgery techniques on the woman breast. Not all doctors are well trained to perform such complicated surgeries that take between 6 and 12 hours. These last tendencies on medicine open a door to those women who have problems to heal scars and wounds by undergoing breast reconstruction but by using fat and vessels from different parts of their bodies to replace the ones which were extirpated. This new surgeries allow the patients to have their breasts with a more natural appearance rather than a silicon.
Another point to consider is the economical side of the situation since plastic surgery is more expensive than any other technique. So many doctors take advantage of this and insist on a plastic surgery instead of the more complicated and cheaper flap surgeries. What’s more, many of these women have to pay for another breast implant every four years more or less. So, more than being a solution, it is more of a business for some specialists.
To sum up, many doctors play a bad trick on those who have the need to regain their bodies as it used to be before a breast extirpation. These unscrupulous specialists should give the adequate information about the different types of surgeries that exist for those patients with a terminal illness such as cancer.

REVIEW: 4-The joy of confidence

4-The joy of confidence
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2009/feb/04/fortysomething-women-sex

Newspaper: Joanna Moorhead
The Guardian, Wednesday 4 February 2009
When reaching their 40’s, women feel more confident hence they think they have gained enough experience through out their lives. More secure of what they want than ever, 40-year-old women do not doubt to say that their sexual life is in plenitude. This issue is fully described in the newspaper article “The Joy of Confidence” published on Wednesday 4th February, 2009 on the Guardian on line version. The article introduces the reader with a recent research which shows the importance of sex in forty something women due to diverse reasons.
One of these reasons is Confidence since at this age women have less insecurity while enjoying their intimacy at their most. The article gives the idea that younger women are more much likely to be obsessed wit their appearance, their weight and so in. In fact, this is true, younger women tend o have the eternal fear of gaining some pounds. But, a 40 year old woman does not mind her silhouette at all. Their interests go beyond physical appearance. They just need to feel their lives have sense and they quench their thirst of fulfilment through sex.
Other possible causes that provoke these changes on females in their 40s are hormones. Menopause and hence the hormonal unbalance on their bodies lead these women lead women to new changes in their attitude as well. The feeling of freedom is something really interesting to observe on them. The article suggests that every single woman has nurturing hormones but when women reach their 4s these hormones decrease. This lack of hormones in 40 year old women bodies is supplanted by the extreme sensation of being desired and hence replaced by having more sex tan ever.
Another possible reason is the feminist movement and its historic background. Nowadays, women reaching their forties do not always depend on their husbands. Their personal growth and professional realization have generally already taken place. Feminist advance o the labour market is also important factor to bear in mind. It’s more likely to find women who make much more money that their respective couples. This independency that has been accompanied by a new role they play in society make a great difference between the new generation and the generations of women who were tied to their husbands’ cooperation.
To sum up, the article suggests the women on their forties have the best sex of their lives due to diverse reasons; reasons that range from physical to psychological grounds.

REVIEW: 3-Calm down or else

3-Calm down or else
Link: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/15/healthscience/15restraint.php

Newspaper: International Herald Tribune
Published: July 15, 2008

A decade ago, inclusion of disabled students into a main stream school seemed a myth or a vanished dream. Nowadays, it is possible to find children with developmental and psychiatric problems at any school since they and their parents pushed their way to gain access to common education. Yet, there are many problematic situations such as abuse and restraints taken against these special children. The newspaper article “Calm down or else” explains the situations of victims and the points of view of the victimizers and possible solutions to this issue.


Many children think the punishment t he get it’s because they really deserve it due to their “Abnormal” behaviour. Although there many cases of abuse and restraints, many parents are afraid to report them since they don not want to send their children to school for especial children because they think their children in a way are sort of undermined. That’s why many parents support these restraints. Many others have other reasons such as their need to have their child being controlled. This blurred panorama confuses special children families and hence they are not sure of what the next step to follow really is.

Many doctors agree that having a disabled child a school implies thee cooperation of the whole school staff, parents and children altogether. But, first its federal law the one that should not leave the problem to school districts as Law they should provide with a legal ground to support these especial children and their families. Furthermore schools should have and specialized staff to control but not to abuse of the children’s freedom to receive a common education. Parents’ cooperation by not keeping silent or by not being ashamed of their situation will help to eradicate this problem from roots as well.
Finally, disabled children should have their chance by giving the support of the correspondent and competent authorities and the whole community as well.

REVIEW: 2-At school technology starts to turn a corner

2-At school technology starts to turn a corner
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/17/technology/17essay.html
Newspaper: The New York Times
By STEVE LOHR
Published: August 16, 2008

There is an increasing tendency to the belief that the use of high tech tools in the class may be the best way to teach and to learn since technology encourages students to study more and more. Virtual reality, the internet, scanners and printers allow the students to study easily through pictures, to have access to diverse information in a fast way and to present their researches with the help of visual supports. The author of this reflexive essay dealing with technology and its benefits clearly reflects the opinion that the use of technology transforms education.

What’s more there are many pedagogical approaches that make the best of the use of technology in the class; one of them is the project based approach. The approach gives the students the freedom to research on their account and to present their classes with riveting content and visual aids. It is also said that this approach prepares students for globalization and technological changes. Students must know the world they would find when they come out from high school. Students must be ready and well prepared to face this technological era. They have to know how to handle high tech tools. As a result, students have a better performance in class while they are still at school and then, in the everyday world and labour market.

Some others do not agree with the use of technology because they are continually pointing out that they can not afford a computer. However many individuals have this idea; it’s just an excuse since there is a wide open variety of computer trades that are even cheaper than ten years ago. Personal credits are also a simpler way to afford technology if it is still considered that expensive. The author suggests that exposing that technology is no affordable is due to the ignorance of those who reject to learn how they should use technology.

Now, technology and its benefits have its costs but not that much in comparison to the price of what students learn; this has no price. The extra cost is $1000 per student a year. The price may vary from country to country according to the value of money in each country. Many countries may consider expensive especially those who have no access to technology in an equitative way. Generally, in poor countries the elite are the only ones who can afford to have technology at their schools. A raw reality but unfortunately, that’s reality.
To sum up, the author encourages the use of technology as a help in classrooms to prepare the students to the new technological reality they will face after they get their secondary degree.

1-REVIEW:Countries make Push to increase Eye donors

1-Countries make Push to increase Eye donors
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/15/health/15corn.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
Newspaper: The New York Times
By BINA VENKATARAMAN
Published: July 15, 2008

Eye donation in third world countries especially those from orient such as Syria and China causes a big problem because there are thousand people waiting for a cornea transplant and simultaneously there are not many cornea suppliers. Donation of the visual organs and their respective transplant is a process that must be promoted to save people’s lifestyles by giving them a chance to have the opportunity to observe what is around. That is the case in many countries that try to put eye donation as a question of mentality avoiding dogmatisms that may occasionally turn up because of religion or customs.

Since a cornea must be removed from the body within hours of death, many cultures reject the idea of organ transplants as something impure such as the case of Muslims and other religions. However, there are cases that some people defy their communities and have the courage to undergo a surgery. What’s more “their hope overcomes cultural norms and they contribute to the growth of national eye banks”. By neglecting rules of their community many people saved their lives can not be seen as anything else as something significant as both a personal and communal experience prioritizing life rather than religious rules.

The need of these eye banks is simply because there is a shortage of corneas coming from exporters such as the US. This situation which eye donors are fewer allows only wealthy people to get an operation whereas the rest is kept aside because they can not afford the costs of the surgery and the organ itself. This unfair situation is also another cause why individuals from these communities are becoming adherent to the idea of nation anal eye banks. Some countries such as are also trying to get deep into the field of eye surgery and it invests money on other types of Treatments or new forms to deal with a surgery. An endoliethelial kenotoplasty is a new surgical procedure that allows selective replacement of cornea cells. Although it far more complicated, this new health advance in medicine allows the professional to perform the surgery but just occupying cornea cells and not the whole organ.

Although many ups and downs eye donation is constantly exposed to, oriental countries try to fight against injustice by giving the poor the opportunity to have access to eye banks. Yet this not always happens.