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| Angelique First of all, I am a 16 year old junior at Dublin High School in Dublin, California (a little city approximately 35 miles from San Francisco). Throughout elementary, middle and high school I have always been interested in all learning. My interest in science was sparked during my 8th grade summer when I attended Tech Trek , a summer science camp, at Stanford University. This experience was sponsored by the California American Association of University Women (AAUW). While at the University, I was fascinated by the effort to map the human genome at the Stanford Genome Center. Since then, I have been trying to learn about all the science I can because frankly, it's just plain interesting! The reason why I became interested in amputation and prosthetics is because I remember a particular incident during a family vacation to Spain. While exiting the hotel I was staying at, I would always pass a woman missing both her arms and legs trying to beg for any loose change anyone had. Being very young, I had never seen an amputee before, except for in the story of Peter Pan in which the character Captain Hook has a hook for a hand. Anyways, the idea of not having any legs to walk on or hands to grab with horrified me. This horror stayed with me until now when it stayed in my mind so long, I decided to do some research about it. After browsing through dozens of web sites and reading through some books, I found that amputation is not the end of the world for people. In many cases, it actually helps to save their life. It also made me realize that amputees are brave people. Not only do they have to tackle the struggles in life, but they have to do it without the tools given to most people. After researching about amputation and prosthetics, I have become astonished at all the advances in medicine and all the breakthroughs happening now. In fact, while I was trying to dig for information about artificial hearts, the news exploded with reports of the new AbioCor heart. This made me see that advances in medical technology and procedures are happening right now. These advances give future generations even more to work with to improve the quality of life for those suffering. After seeing that I am included in the future generation, I realized that I could be a part of this revolution. By building this site with my fellow teammates, I hope that a spark of wonder and intrigue will be implanted into the minds of those who visit this site. Please give me your comments at my e-mail: (email link disabled)
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Farida My name is Farida am 17 and in my last year of A'levels at Victory International school in Dammam, Saudi Arabia. I am a science student majoring in Biology and Chemistry. I also study business and economics as my minor subjects. Besides science and business, environmental issues as well as politics carry me a way. To be frank I never knew what amputation or prosthetic was until I met Angelique. When she told me that we were to work on it I thought, "What is this girl thinking? We ain't in medical school yet!" May be because I never knew what it was or thought it was a tough subject for us but being a science student what ever goes with science I go with it. Anyway when I started working with the team I tried to find as much information as I could on the subject and I should admit I enjoyed every single minute I spent on the research. There was a whole bunch of new stuffs for me to know and that made me thirstier for the knowledge of 'Amputation and Prosthetics'. I later on realised that amputation and prosthetics wasn't strange to me, I had witnessed amputees and prosthesis before. I remember seeing my first amputee when my family and I were on a vacation in South Korea. I remember the day as if it were today. My family and I were walking down the busy street of Seoul buying souvenirs from the local vendors. As we moved from stall to stall I met other stall owners that had no arms and/or legs. I was amazed by the way they were working very hard and it seemed to me that their disability was not a dead end for them. I saw my first prosthesis on a cartoon film, Moby Dick and Yes! There is prosthesis in Moby Dick, if you have seen it you must have noticed that Captain Ahab's leg isn't quite a leg. When working on this subject I read some stories on the life of amputees together with my past experience I have realised that a leg or arm doesn't make you any greater than a person who doesn't allow his/her shortcomings hinder her/his progress. My first goal when I took up amputation and prosthetics was to enrich my knowledge but now that I know what it really is I would like to share my experience with you. I hope our site will give you a beginning to a whole new adventure. If you are interested to contact me you can E-mail me at: (email link disabled)
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Tyler I'm Tyler and I'm 15 years old. I live in the south-west part of Houston and I just graduated Lake Olympia Middle School which is in Missouri City, Texas. I have competed in ThinkQuest for the last two years, but I have learned the most helping to create this web site. At first I was skeptical about creating a page about amputation. The mere thought of it made me think of surgeons in some cold dark room sacrificing people's limbs. However, when I started reading articles that Farida and Angelique created, I realized that in reality, amputation saves lives by preventing further complications. I hope that all who visit this site will learn the same thing I did. If you would like to contact me, please email me at (email link disabled)
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Coach Rosemary Kohl I have been a science teacher at Dublin High School for the past ten years. For the past two years I have taught Biology and Honors Chemistry. Teaching is the best profession for me because I love being challenged by my students and having to continually learn about science. I especially enjoy Biology and Chemistry because they are so referent. There is so much going on in current affairs that requires a knowledge of science. |
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