Normal is weird. Our dominant social practice are so normal to us, but in actuality they are so weird. People are oblivious, just going along with what they are told, never usually questioning any of it. This unit of illness and dying thats left me questioning. I feel enlightened from this unit of illness and dying. It has opened up a new found knowledge. Although I have learned so much I now feel like there is more I dont know.

What happens after we die? why are we so afraid of talking about the one commonality we all share? What changes in a person after seeing death? Can improvements be made to make the process of dying more comfortable? Is there such thing as a fair, functional healthcare system?

There is never a simple answer. With countless attempts to solve/ answer the problems getting sick and dying it seems is allot more complicated than it seems. A survey conducted in class resulted in everyone knowing someone who is sick or has died. The topic surrounds us yet we fail to see the strangeness of it. It was only until after this unit, of exploring movies, reading articles and conducts experiments that I opened my eyes. The ill, the dying process is one of alienation. The sick are isolated, cared for, and charged. The American healthcare system motivated by cash, denies millions access to healthcare. For most, with or without healthcare it is to expensive to get sick. After watching Sicko, along with further information in Ben's and Omar's projects the solution would be to prevent. Lets change the focus of our attention from trying to heal those who are sick to trying to prevent people from getting sick in the first place.

But, sickness and dying is a part of everyones life at some point. These people become alienated. Death and illness are isolated into areas with other deaths and illness. Its one big anxiety attack for all of us. The ill hooked up to machines, kept in rooms, labeled as a number, ingesting constant medication. While the healthy ones around them are remind of our immortally and vulnerability. People keep a good amount of distance between them and the overall topic of illness and dying.