chapter cinco

This chapter disgusted me...I hate hearing about cutting people or things open and looking at their organs and stuff that's supposed to stay inside our bodies. And I agree with Aarti...this chapter had so many confusing terms my head was about to explode...but the pictures saved me from having a meltdown. I also agree with Julia and Francine... we know our heads and brains do many complex tasks, yet Shubin acts like its no big deal, like its as simple as riding a bike or something. When Shubin started talking about the babies and how we develop in our mommy's tummies, it made me think of an exhibit that i went to earlier that day at the California Science Center. At the science center, there was a place where it showed stages of pregnancy...so I had like...another visual besides the pictures. I really like this book though....its really showing me how our body is not just plain and simple and how we really need to appreciate what we have.

---alyson