Arlen Frasqueri's Weblog

I am doing my essay on the arguements between the “disease” of obesity and stem cell research. Both of them are a problem in society. When it comes to obesity, obesity is spreading out a lot, meaning more and more people now-a-days are obese. When it comes to stem cell research, it is a problem because stem cell research can major problems if it is being tested on humans, because stem cells are supposed to be used to replace other broken cells of the body. This can be used to cure cancer possibly, replace a broken spinal cord, etc. The arguement that I am trying to make is that I am agreeing with the research that is being done with trying to fix the obesity problem and the stem cell research. That is the main claim to my arguement. I agree with the research method that is being done because if scientists, doctors, etc. can fix obesity and if they are able to replace cells with other stem cells and there are not any side effects to either one of these cures, then it can really help society out and it can help people become better than what they normally could have been. When it comes to obesity, a lot of obese people don’t really have the “drive” to go on some type of diet and lose some weight. Even if they start going on a diet, they don’t have the motivation to stick to that diet because the urge to eat, be lazy, etc. gets in the way of sticking to that diet. When it comes to stem cells, some people can have some really major problems that can’t be fixed like cancer for example. If people can successfully replace cells with stem cells without anymore problems occuring, then this can help cure a lot of people that couldn’t normally be cured. This is mainly why I agree with the research that is being done. This is what I am doing my essay on.

I am going to talk about how the first three weeks of this semester have been going so far. So far, things have been going pretty good. My classes are at pretty decent times and the classes I am taking are not too hard. The only thing that I really don’t like is the fact that I have been getting a lot of homework in all of my classes. But, that is kind of expected because this is college after all. Also, things have been going pretty smoothly with the payments that I needed to make, such as the payment on my meal plan, the payment on my housing, the payment on the rest of my tuition, etc. The only thing that I was having trouble with was getting a loan that I applied for from the bank “Wachovia.” I thought I was going to get the loan deposited into my bank account , but instead, it was dispersed throughout everything that I need to pay for. These weekends so far have been really fun too. I did a lot of catching up with my friends. Other than going to classes, there need to be times where I have to relax and just hang out with some people. Whether me and some my friends went out to the club, or if we just went to somebody’s place and just relaxed and talked, weekends were really something that I needed after going to school for five days a week. Basically, these first three weeks back at college have been going pretty well.