skloot
1. What illness did Cootie have as a child?
Cootie illness was Polio; he got sick at the age nine.
2. Cootie seems to know and understand a little bit about HeLa cells, but he believes that Henrietta’s spirit is still present in her cells. What does Cootie think about the reason that HeLa cells were used to develop a polio vaccine?
Because Henrietta saw how bad Cootie’s condition was and she always wanted to fix it.
3. Where does Cootie think Henrietta’s cancer came from?
Cootie thinks Henrietta’s cancer came from spirits or the doctor did it because he does not believe cancer keeps growing after a person die.
4. Why did doctors stop giving Henrietta blood transfusions?
Henrietta’s body was almost entirely taken over by tumors; her kidneys could no longer filter the toxins from her blood, leaving her nauseated from the poison of her own body. So Henrietta’s doctors stop giving her blood transfusion until her deficit with the blood bank was made up
WEEK 1 (Prologue, Deborah voice)
1. Skloot first learned about Henrietta in a community college biology class. What have you leanred about –even briefly-in your career as a student that piqued your interest in some particular way?
As a student what I have learned about my career is that it is important for children or teens to have someone in their lives. I have learned that cause and effect is important. Something that has my attention is foster care & juvenile detention.
2. Skloot writes,” Deborah and I came from very different cultures…” How does where you are affect how you see the world?
Where you are effects how you see the world because if you live in poverty and are around it, all you see is poverty and you won’t want to do better or it will be a struggle. If you live in nice community, and are rich or wealthy or middle class you tend to want to do more, travel more, more education etc.
3. In preparation for the next chapters, explain what the Jim Crow’s laws were?
The Jim Crow laws are
Cootie illness was Polio; he got sick at the age nine.
2. Cootie seems to know and understand a little bit about HeLa cells, but he believes that Henrietta’s spirit is still present in her cells. What does Cootie think about the reason that HeLa cells were used to develop a polio vaccine?
Because Henrietta saw how bad Cootie’s condition was and she always wanted to fix it.
3. Where does Cootie think Henrietta’s cancer came from?
Cootie thinks Henrietta’s cancer came from spirits or the doctor did it because he does not believe cancer keeps growing after a person die.
4. Why did doctors stop giving Henrietta blood transfusions?
Henrietta’s body was almost entirely taken over by tumors; her kidneys could no longer filter the toxins from her blood, leaving her nauseated from the poison of her own body. So Henrietta’s doctors stop giving her blood transfusion until her deficit with the blood bank was made up
WEEK 1 (Prologue, Deborah voice)
1. Skloot first learned about Henrietta in a community college biology class. What have you leanred about –even briefly-in your career as a student that piqued your interest in some particular way?
As a student what I have learned about my career is that it is important for children or teens to have someone in their lives. I have learned that cause and effect is important. Something that has my attention is foster care & juvenile detention.
2. Skloot writes,” Deborah and I came from very different cultures…” How does where you are affect how you see the world?
Where you are effects how you see the world because if you live in poverty and are around it, all you see is poverty and you won’t want to do better or it will be a struggle. If you live in nice community, and are rich or wealthy or middle class you tend to want to do more, travel more, more education etc.
3. In preparation for the next chapters, explain what the Jim Crow’s laws were?
The Jim Crow laws are