In the movie, October Sky, there was a boy named, Homer Hickam who was inspired when he saw Sputnik flying in space. He wanted more than anything to build a rocket that can go to space. Homer Hickam lived in a mining town where his dad wanted him to continue the family tradition of working in the mine. His father did not approve of his ambition of creating rockets. Homer and his friends found a deserted hill where they made and shot rockets. Many of their first rockets failed but eventually they got them to work correctly. His town was very proud of him and his sick teacher was very supportive. The police showed up at his school one day and accused Homer and his friends of starting a forest fire with a stray rocket. But using trigonometry or something he proved that the rocket could not have in fact started that fire. With encouragement from his teacher, him and his friends entered in a science fair and won. If they didn't win they probably wouldn't have made this movie so that was predictable. In the end his father accepted him which I knew would happen in the beginning of the movie because every movie is like that. This movie was inspiring because a boy froma poor town followed his draems and did something great.

Klinefelter Syndrome is a disease that only men can get. Men with this disease cannot reproduce because of the extra sex cell that they were born with. This disease was discovered by Dr. Henry Klinefelter. Symptoms include breast cancer, germ cell tumors, diabetes, and arthritis. I feel bad for the people with Klinefelters Syndrome because they can never have biological children and they have a 40% chance of death. I agree with this blog that getting this disease can be catastrophic. However, don't understand how testosterone treatment makes someone look more manly. Overall I think that Klinefelter Syndrome is a horrible disease to get and I can understand how hard life would be for people with this disease.


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Canavan Disease

Imagine not living past the age of ten. Patients that are suffering from Canavan Disease have to live knowing that they most likely won't live to be a double-digit age. Symptoms of Canavan Disease are mental retardation, loss of previously learned motor skills, abnormal muscle tone, and an abnormally large, poorly controlled head. Paralysis and hearing loss can occur. There is currently no known cure for Canavan Disease. This disease tends to be more common in Jewish people due to the fact that they usually originate from eastern and central European. This deadly disease was discovered in 1931. If you think your life is hard and that everything bad always happens to you think about living life with multiple health problems that make your life excruciatingly hard. And even though you may fight hard against the disease, it will always be in the back of your mind that you will not live to see your eleventh birthday.

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