Sunday, October 19, 2014

Education

     If education was not a big deal today, then where would humans be? Would society be this technologically advanced? Would the government be different? Would the social hierarchy have different standards? Many years ago, when one was born into a social class, it was nearly impossible to move up a class. Up to a decade ago, many teens would not complete high school. Dropping out was a common act. Even before that, school was not mandatory Society has made a drastic change since then. The government has passed a law that all teens must attend high school. All teens must receive minimum a high school education. This has given society a better chance to reach a higher class in society. Education has helped people prosper and expand their mind knowledge. Knowledge is money hence leading these people to be successful in their lives. Those who say education is not important are the ones who dropped out of high school and are working at McDonalds at minimum wage. The people who are mowing others lawns or plumbing their toilet systems most likely regret not getting a higher education. The level of someones education determines how far they have gotten in life and how rich they are. Education is wealth. Nothing makes a human richer than education. Any person can work hard and become a millionaire, but not every person can have a mind so rich with information dying to be used. There is nothing more important in this world than education, and colleges should be free to help the less fortunate students to meet their education goals.

Anatomy of the Ebola Virus

"This Ebola Diagram Shows What The Deadly Virus Really Looks Like And How It Works'
By: Macrina Cooper-White
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/10/19/ebola-diagram-virus-how-it-works_n_5921108.html?utm_hp_ref=science

     The Ebola virus has become a common topic for conversation today. The widespread of the virus has raised awareness for people all over the world. Recently, the virus had entered America causing commotion. The danger virus has multiple symptoms. The symptoms which diagnose a human with Ebola are fever, weakness, throat inflammation, muscle aches, headache, and diarrhea. At first, doctors were completely clueless about this virus since they had never had the chance of treating it. It was completely new. Doctors did not know what caused it, or the viruses anatomy, or how one could be cured. Finally, the anatomy of the Ebola virus has been discovered.
     The length of the Ebola virus particle itself is one hundred nanometers, compared to a human hair which is about 80,000 to 100,000 nanometers. The outermost layer of the particle is called the viral membrane. The viral membrane can be compared to a plastic bag. This membrane is made of proteins and fats called lipids which are stolen from the human host cells. On the viral membrane are little spiky proteins called glycoprotein. This protein attaches to the human cell and eventually makes its way inside it, taking over the cell. The next part of the Ebola particle is the layer consisting of nucleoproteins. The purpose of the nucleoproteins are to wrap the RNA into a helical shape. The last and innermost part of the Ebola particle is the viral RNA. The viral RNA contains the viruses genetic information. Ebola only has seven genes.