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Journal 14

Journal 14

Q Each week, please make a post in this journal. This journal is private to you and me; your classmates cannot see it. Please make a new post each week. Your post can be in response to any of the following prompts, and you can do any of the prompts each week (i.e. you can do the same prompt each week or a different one or a combination!) • Reflect on your own workflow this week. Were you able to complete the work the way you wanted? What challenges in completing the work did you face? What elements of your study/time management/organization worked in your favor? • Reflect on the connection of the materials we covered this week to your life. What felt similar to your experiences? What felt different? In what way does the material connect to what you’ve experienced? • Reflect on your engagement with the material this week. To what degree were you engaged with the material this week? Why do you think that was? How did it feel to do work when you were really engaged/sorta engaged/not that engaged? • Reflect on your emotional reaction to the materials this week. What ideas, concepts, or parts of the reading/lecture/discussion caught your attention? Why? How did it make you feel? Why do you think you felt that way? • Reflect on your experience as a student this week (both in this class and with any other classes you are taking right now). What is feeling exciting or inspiring about being in school right now? What is feeling challenging or frustrating? Why do you think you are feeling this way? • Reflect on your progress this week. What have you learned about your strengths? What areas can you improve upon? This can be about your student skills or the class material. • Reflect on your struggles this week. What felt challenging this week? What strategies might you employ to meet these challenges? What can you learn from these challenges? • Open reflection. Write about anything that came up for you this week related to this course. Try your best to “reflect/think about your thinking here”.

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Week 14 has been interesting as the concepts of medicalization were very practicable and relatable. If a substance or the use of something is illegal, then even if it has a medical value, the person will be punished. Medicalization has been a way to stop putting several people in prison. However, one needs to decide whether medicalization has any factual basis. For instance, homosexuality was considered a disease, but it is not. Thus, medialization might help reduce arrests, but one needs to understand if it is helpful.