https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z en-us 2022-12-02 13:10:00 UTC 2022-12-02 18:32:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406994014 I do not think that her abilities are legitimate. I think that she suffered a brain injury when she was in a car accident and her thinking that clicking her fingers to diagnose is a sign of her being delusional from whatever injury she sustained. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:12:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406994014 aswain34 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406994502 My initial thought is that the whole process was bizarre. I personally could not trust someone who treated me with herbs based on finger clicks. On the other hand, I realize that there are so many things that I don't know about. I am not well informed on herbal supplements and homeopathic cures. I believe mostly in science, but there is a thin veil between practical science and faith. A person's faith or their outlook could possibly affect their mentality which could affect their ability to heal, I suppose. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406994502 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406995651 After Tyler left the father was left without a crew and had to turn to scraping to get the money to keep the house running. He got the kids to help him scrap metal from old cars. Tara began to work in the scrap yard with her father and brothers while also helping her mother with "medical remedies". At this time Tara is about 10 so I think it is a reasonable time for her to start working but I don't know about working in a scrap yard with stray pieces of metal everywhere. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:13:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406995651 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996614 Although it was Gene Westover who came up with this shortcut in hopes to save time. I do believe that a seventeen year old should have enough common sense to change out of gasoline drenched blue jeans, when it is scorching hot. However, since Gene was unreasonable and rushing to finish this process, he might have had enough time to do so.]]> 2022-12-02 18:14:24 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996614 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996854 I believe that the mother's "new found medical abilities" are not legitimate. There are certain things, like a broken bone, that someone can tough you and know, but a person can not ask a question, click fingers, and the answer magically shows up. Tara even says that some of the medicine did not help. I believe her mother thinks it is real due to her brain injury.]]> 2022-12-02 18:14:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996854 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996886 The mother's newfound skills are different and weird to me. She has begun to grow them and is now crossing her fingers to find out what is wrong. I do not believe her medical abilities are legitimate because there is no proof that they are legitimate. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:14:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406996886 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997146 Her "new found medical abilities" consist of her placing her hands on people, clicking her fingers, and being able to tell them what is wrong. I don't believe there is anything legitimate about her skills. After all, before her injury she didn't even believe such a process was legit. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997146 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997447 Faye is still suffering from her brain injury, and it makes her question her abilities as a midwife. She drifts away from working as a midwife to concocting blends of essential oils which she believes have healing properties. Faye seems to be moving away from a formerly scientific and rational perspective toward one where she relies on intuition and spiritual claims. I don't think her "abilities" are legitimate because a brain injury as bad as hers can cause you to think this crazy.

]]> 2022-12-02 18:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997447 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997920 After the concussion the mother doubts her abilities to be a midwife. She then creates essential oil blends that she thinks can heal. She called her children the wrong names without even realizing after her head injury and I believe that alone shows how severely she needs medical help. She is not in a place to be making healing oils and she does not know enough about a lot in the medical field for these abilities to be legitimate. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406997920 aswain34 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406998548 As her older siblings began to grow up and move away, she takes on more responsibilities helping the family earn money. She works in the scrap yard with her father. The thing that struck me the most is that it seemed like a very dangerous environment for a child. Her father had very little regard for her wellbeing and treated her gruffly when she worked with him. Maybe I am just soft, but I would not allow one of my children (at that age) to work in those surroundings. I guess that they were just doing what they thought that they had to do in order to survive and make ends meet.]]> 2022-12-02 18:16:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406998548 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999252 There is nothing legit about her "new found medical abilities." After her car accident she has serious brain damage that has not been treated. I would never trust someone who has had brain trauma and did not go to the doctor to get help.]]> 2022-12-02 18:16:39 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999252 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999279 Mother's new found abilities are not legitimate. The injuries she now lives with because of the accident have changed her views from being scientific to now simply relying on her intuition. I do not believe that someone is able to diagnose a medical problem by just simply clicking their fingers together. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999279 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999525 I do not think that she is actually diagnosing anything real or that she is legitimate. She clicks her fingers and then magically knows things like if a wound is infected or not. Medical treatment is not supposed to be magic it is supposed to take schooling and skill to diagnose and treat things these are things she does not have.]]> 2022-12-02 18:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2406999525 skirk3903 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000034 She began healing people through essential oils and believed she knew what was wrong with a person by how her fingers would "click". I don't think her abilities are legitimate. I think she believes her abilities are legitimate partly due to her brain injuries. She has suffered extreme damage to her brain and this has altered how clearly she thinks. I do believe God can heal people and prayer can help heal, but the idea that she can heal people through the energy of others sounds completely bizarre to me.]]> 2022-12-02 18:17:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000034 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000162 After the older siblings leave, Tara starts working with her father in the junk yard. I believe that a child helping with light work is okay, but I think the father took it a bit too far. I think a little bit of help in the junk yard was okay, but to have a child do as much as Tara did at such a young age is not okay.]]> 2022-12-02 18:17:29 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000162 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000820 I don't think that her abilities are legitimate.I say this because finger clicking simply does not heal. I feel that she believes that she is healing because of her brain injury. I would not trust someone who has had a brain injury who hasn't gotten help. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:18:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407000820 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001028 I don't really believe in the whole muscle tester thing because when you close your eyes your center of gravity slightly changes making you sway back and forth. Also she has little knowledge about the oils that she is using and is just going off of "if it feels right I guess it should work" kind of thing. When Tara fell from the scrap bin and hit the trailer her mother said she was fine and that it would scar. A gash that big has a high chance of infection and she can very possibly get tetanus. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001028 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001196 Tara's responsibilities are now to work in the junkyard where her brothers worked. They have changed from the beginning of the book. I do not feel that Tara should be working in the junkyard because she is so young and a girl. She should be learning how to cook and learn some mechanical things in the junkyard but not the things her dad needs to do. She does not need to be doing things that could kill her.]]> 2022-12-02 18:18:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001196 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001741 Even though Gene came up with the shortcut to save time, I believe that a seventeen year old should have enough common sense to change his blue jeans after getting completely soaked with gas, when it was so hot out. However, since Gene was unreasonable and rushed to finish this process, he might have actually had enough time. So I feel like it was both of their fault. One time I had spilt gas all over me at the gas station but even I had enough since to go to the store and quickly change my clothes because it was summertime and I was deathly afraid of getting caught on fire.

]]> 2022-12-02 18:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407001741 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002021 I believe it was Luke's fault I mean I'm seventeen myself and even if I am in a huge rush if I drenched my jeans in Gas I would change out of them so he should have thought better to get out of them. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:19:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002021 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002124 Since Tyler had left, Tara had to help her father in the scrapyard. I think it is reasonable because she is at an age where she should start working. I do not think it is reasonable that she had to work in a scrapyard that could be dangerous dealing with sharp and rusty metal. Also her dad was wrong by not letting her wear the hard hat and gloves in a place that could be dangerous.]]> 2022-12-02 18:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002124 aswain34 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002125 I think that the dad was most to blame. The children have all been raised in an environment that does not believe in caution. They have been taught that "the Lord" will protect them. I do believe that God protects us, but he also gives us common sense. While Luke was probably old enough to know better, the carelessness had been instilled in him (as a form of faith) since an early age. It is hard to overcome all of those years of teaching. The whole thing was disgusting. I still can't believe that they tried to treat him rather than taking him to the hospital. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002125 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002515 All of her sibling grew up and went out on their own. She now has to step up and take on responsibilities like helping her father and due to her mother's brain injury she has to step up with common housewife chores also. This is unreasonable because of everything she has gone through already, with the lack of education and having to deal with her extreme father. Also these responsibilities are extremely dangerous when it comes to helping her father. Her father hit and cut her with metal rods without even noticing.]]> 2022-12-02 18:19:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002515 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002852 When Tyler left, her father no longer had his crew and went back to scraping. Tara was meant to go with him to the junkyard to help. Considering all the dangerous possibilities that surrounded her in the junkyard, it was reckless for her father to put her out there without any form of experience.]]> 2022-12-02 18:19:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002852 skirk3903 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002986 At the age of 10, Tara begins working in the junkyard with her father sorting pieces of scrap. I think it is a good thing that she is working, but this job is a little too dangerous for a young girl. Her father is constantly throwing scraps around without acknowledging where Tara is standing. The metal is also very sharp and heavy. It is very rigorous and dangerous work for such young girl. She also helps her mother with her "remedies", which I think is more fitting work for her.]]> 2022-12-02 18:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407002986 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407003503 When her older siblings move away she is now forced to help the family get by. She gets a job working at the scrap yard with her father to help pay for things. This is reasonable because if she is not going to school then she has time during the day to do things like work which is better than to sit around and spend more money than she makes everyday especially if it helps her family get by.]]> 2022-12-02 18:20:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407003503 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407003651 Tara took on many more responsibilities after her siblings got older and moved out. She had to work in the junkyard because her brothers were not there anymore to do it. I think this is reasonable because the work has to get done somehow and if she is the only person left to do it then it is her responsibility.]]> 2022-12-02 18:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407003651 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004750 I don't believe that there is anything legitimate about her "skills". Her newfound medical abilities don't seem realistic to me because before her injury she said that she didn't believe that such a thing could work. It seems unrealistic for her to know what was wrong by clicking her fingers or by getting a feeling of what was needed in her oils.]]> 2022-12-02 18:21:38 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004750 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004789 When Tyler left the Westover household, many responsibilities were laid upon Tara and the rest of the children. Father was now left without a crew and Tara had to step up and fill the roles that were left. She is now lifting heavy metal and other things and this is a lot for a younger child. This does not seem reasonable to me because she is still a younger child. Father could have easily hired other workers, but instead relied on his own children for the task at hand.]]> 2022-12-02 18:21:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004789 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004820 After the older siblings left, Tara begins working with her father in the junk yard. I think that a child helping with easy light work is fine, but I think Gene took it too far. To have a child do as much as Tara did with so much responsibility at such a young age is not okay, in fact it can be overwhelming.]]> 2022-12-02 18:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407004820 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407005330 I believe that the father and Luke are both at fault for this. The father should be more concerned with his family more than the amount of money he can make off of them. He was so obsessed with money to keep the house running that he was blinded to his own children's safety. Luke is at some fault for not thinking things through first and should have changed his jeans after getting gas on them. Gas is flammable and they all know that but ignored it to save time.]]> 2022-12-02 18:22:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407005330 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407005606 Luke is responsible for his leg situation. Luke was seventeen years old. He is old enough to understand that gasoline is dangerous and can catch on fire. He should have changed his pants either when it happened or as soon as he went home for lunch. Although the father could have told him to go and change, it is not clear that the father was aware of the gas-drenched jeans. Tara even mentions Luke forgetting to change into different pants, so he knew he needed to. He just did not.]]> 2022-12-02 18:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407005606 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407006478 I believe Gene was most to blame but Luke should have known that jeans drenched in gas will start a fire. But Gene should not be so worried about the time in these situations. He should be worried about keeping his son in good care and not allowing him to wear the gas-drenched jeans, he should have made him go change before messing with anything else. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:22:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407006478 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407007005 Tara begins to become more involved in helping her father work with scrap metal. This is dangerous and fast paced work. This does not seem reasonable because she is just a child. Her father treated her like a man when working with them. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407007005 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407007275 It was Gene Westover who is at the most fault for Luke's leg ending up the way it did. He came up with the short cut and was in a rush to get through the work, not giving Luke the time to change his pants and causing him to forget about the gasoline on them completely. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407007275 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407008776 Tara has began working in the junkyard with her father to replace Tyler. This is where readers learn about the unsafe working conditions and the irrational choices that her father tends to make. Although most people of Tara's age do have chores, their chores do not include working in a dangerous junkyard. While the father might be attempting to teach her about a diligent work ethic, he was putting her and the rest of the crew in danger. Having her in the bin while he dumped tons of iron, and being disappointed when she was injured is not reasonable. A ten year old should be making up beds, washing dishes, and doing homework; she should not be hauling scrap with her father all day. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407008776 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407009646 I think Luke is responsible for what happened to his leg. He is old enough and should know that fire is dangerous and can spread very quickly . ]]> 2022-12-02 18:25:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407009646 skirk3903 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407010106 I think it is mostly Gene's fault. Luke has always been taught to not waste any time that could be spent working. So, when he spilled the gas on his pants, he probably kept working and said he would change them later. Gene is so worried about time, that he left his son to take care of himself so he could deal with the fire. Although it is smart that he tried to put out the fire fast, he should have at least taken care of his son first.]]> 2022-12-02 18:26:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407010106 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407010793 The father once told Tara not to worry about her cut hand because God and the angels are watching them and they wont let her get hurt. The children have been engraved with carefree and "I do not have to be careful" teachings and for that the father is at fault. It goes deeper than Luke being irresponsible. If he was raised with better ideals this would not have happened.]]> 2022-12-02 18:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407010793 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407011549 I believe it was both Gene and Tyler's fault. Tyler should have been more careful knowing that his jeans were drenched in gas and Gene should have some patience because rushing things is not always the safest.]]> 2022-12-02 18:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407011549 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407013327 Luke is responsible because he is the one who spilled the gas on himself and didn't even think to change pants when he got back home.]]> 2022-12-02 18:28:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407013327 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407013766 I believe that Gene and Luke himself were at fault for Luke's leg. Even though Gene was trying to save some time, what he did was very dangerous to Luke. Luke should have immediately changed out of the gasoline-soaked blue jeans and into something else, but instead kept them on and continued working. They both should have had common sense and just simply have stopped working and allowed Luke to change jeans.]]> 2022-12-02 18:29:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407013766 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407014555 I feel that Luke is responsible for his leg situation. I say this because he should have understood that gasoline can catch on fire so he should have changed his pants. He is old enough to be aware that gasoline is not safe in the first place. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407014555 https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407014793 When Tyler left all of the siblings responsibilities changed. Now that there were not enough people to help Gene around in the scrapyard, Tara was now helping sort pieces of metal in different piles. It seems reasonable for Tara to be helping around the house because she is at the age where she is able to start working. While it's reasonable that she starts working I don't think that she should be working with her father in the scrapyard where she could severely harm herself. ]]> 2022-12-02 18:30:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aswain34/6h2cocezilugi16z/wish/2407014793