Healthcare

I read an article that talks about how the life expectancy of men and how it has grown and the gap between men and womens life expectancy has gotten closer.  As it stands right now Men averaged a life close to 77 years while women live till 81 years.  This relates to my essay because my topic is about healthcare and part of that is the aspect of life expectancy.  It is definitely a good sign that life expectancy no matter the sex is lengthing.  Surprisingly though when compared to other industrialized nations or up and coming nations the United States ranks right around the middle of the pack.  Reading this leads me to believe that the United States is on its way to enriching itself for the furture. 

 

This may seem weird but since people are going to be living longer we need to have the adequate system in order to take care of them properly.  Everyone knows that when people get older they are going to need more and more care, which means if you do not change our system that we will see more and more debt accumulate.  Hopefully  they are on their way to fixing society problems before society creates problems with no solutions.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47466204/ns/health-mens_health/#.T7pjgmu0Kus

White Men Can’t Jump

There are a lot of stigmas that exists in the world and there is one in particular that I deal with pretty often and that is that only African-Americans are good at basketball.  There are definitely stronger stigmas in the world but I love basketball to an endless degree.  Many movies and punch lines insinuate that only black people are good at basketball because they are “more athletic”. This could be due to an overwhelming majority of African-Americans playing in the NBA.  I play basketball and am very good at it or at least I have been told so. Many times I am not picked because of my color even though I have demonstrated that I am worthy of being picked.  This is irritating to me because I can’t explain how much I love basketball and how much it means to me.  I love the competition and every time I step on the court I want everyone to know that no one is better than me.  Of course I have to go out there and prove it but that’s the best part.  I know that those playing against me take one look and think “ha” as in this will be easy and I love that.  That may seem weird but I know by the end of the game, he won’t be thinking that.  I believe when I go out there that I am disproving this stigma each and every time.  It is not something I try to do but rather is something that comes along with the territory.