https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc Made with swagger en-us 2016-07-25 07:46:52 UTC 2016-07-26 01:31:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962384 "Kathy said the word baby shocked her. In all of her talks at the clinic,the fetus was never referred to as a baby. She didn't want to hear the word and mentally shut it out of her mind."

Why?
Well,it demonstrates the strength of perceptions. People can choose to believe,or not to. But a life is a life,once it has been given birth to. Some things can't simply be avoided,and pushed to the back of our minds,just like how Kathy suffered after treating her baby like a fetus,and inadvertently caused its death. It also reveals the hypocrisy of humans,how we can simply 'switch off' our emotions towards certain things,once we classify them under a colloquial term,such as the difference between 'baby' and 'fetus'. ]]> 2016-07-26 01:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962384 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962391 "they would never see the sunset, the trees or a mother's smile"
This  creates a feeling of guilt in the reader as the reader ponders all possibilities and what could be of the baby's life, sending the reader into a moral dilemma as they question the moral standards that govern the human mind- that of personal greed in a world where every man is for his or herself.
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from 'Tiny Tim'


]]> 2016-07-26 01:01:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962391 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962397 "I thought about his eyes. They would never see the sunset, the trees or a mother's smile."

Most of the time, I just rush off to where I need to be or to do things. I tend to get so caught up in the world that I forget to look at the world around me. I take for granted that I am able to live my life in such a safe and peaceful environment while there are others out there who don't even live to see daylight. Tiny Tim's story makes me reconsider my view on life and reminds me that life is really precious!!!

]]> 2016-07-26 01:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962397 kimberly_tan_yan_teng_2016 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962451 "...... when the foetus has the audacity to survive"

How can a doctor who's job and purpose is to save lives, say that a baby's life is insignificant? He doesn't deserve to be a doctor. A foetus, child or adult - all are lives, and they all deserve to live.]]> 2016-07-26 01:02:56 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962451 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962454 > TS: We get a sense that the mother hates the child despite it's humanity

> ETS: It is unwanted and treated nearly like a burden or mistake, being 'not part of plans'

> EV: " 'oops abortion.' ... meant the mother's due date was miscalculated, and the fetus survived the abortion procedure."

> T: The tone of the description

> E: We get a sense from the coined phrase 'oops abortion' that the failure of the abortion was seen like a negative accident, where 'oops' is often a colloquial term or expression in reaction of an accident

> M: We get a feeling that the aborted fetus is unwanted and was a mistake, showing how it is brushed aside like a burden despite it's presence as basically half a human already]]> 2016-07-26 01:03:00 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962454 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962489 "I would be inhumane to attempt to intubate this poor little thing again"

Like the baby was fighting to stay alive but then the author and all his other colleagues did not try to save him because of the mother's wish

]]> 2016-07-26 01:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962489 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962517 "Here are people who would risk their lives for a whale or an owl but they wouldn't even blink about what just happened to you"
This causes readers to think more about what they have been doing to help protect mankind, their own species and whether or not they have been too focused on saving other animals' lives and neglecting their own species'. In addition, this shows the irony of humans as they have more feelings towards animals than their fellow mankind.]]> 2016-07-26 01:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962517 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962622 "Tiny Tim who are you? i am sorry you weren't wanted. It's not your fault. You didn't ask for this, and neither did i"

It shows how unfair the world is, where the baby is powerless and has no control over whether he lives or dies. It forces the reader to sympathize with the baby, to enforce a sense of responsibility within them.]]> 2016-07-26 01:06:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962622 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962676 ..now it's your problem

The crushing mortality of a baby, weak and powerless to change how it/he/she wants to live its/her/his life, reduced to nothing but a simple problem of a mother. Yet, the doctors are just doing their jobs. Could the mother have cared for them? Somehow if im too poor to sustain the baby or what not, wouldnt 'euthanasia' be the most logical choice? Can my baby survive? How do we rationalize the sanctity of life? ]]> 2016-07-26 01:06:45 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962676 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962684 it's turned from a 'right' into a liability that someone gets blamed for

It shows how we might feel as if we have to pursue our own ideals but not realize the possible consequences o]]> 2016-07-26 01:06:55 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962684 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962687 "Kathy's pain almost cost her her life and is a wound that will take years to fully heal. The scar will last forever."

I empathize with Kathy over the severe depression she has faced as a result of her abortion. Although time may fade, the scars of abortion will never heal... Once done, it can't be undone... Tiny Tim and the unborn may not be with us but they leave a heart-wrenching scar on humanity, a scar that haunts us in pro-life versus pro-choice debates.

"Abortion kills twice. It kills the body of the baby and it kills the conscience of the mother. Abortion is profoundly anti-women. Three quarters of its victims are women: Half the babies and all the mothers."
~ Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta ]]> 2016-07-26 01:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962687 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962693 "Why would people destroy you before even considering adoption? That goes beyond selfishness and turns into something sinister." 

It stands out because it shows that in this world, there are people who do not care about their children and more about themselves which is not something a parent should do. ]]> 2016-07-26 01:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962693 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962775 "We worked feverishly over the infant, doing everything we could, according to the policy and standards of practice in our hospital - but we knew we were fighting a  losing battle."

It makes me sympathetic towards Tiny Tim because the doctors and nurses are already trying their best to save him but their efforts prove to be futile.]]> 2016-07-26 01:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962775 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962836 "His gasping started slowing down, along with his other vitals, but he still clung to my finger."

Even a foetus that is not fully developed is alive. The HRD Acrticle 3 mentioned that "everyone should have the rights to live and liberty of life..."]]> 2016-07-26 01:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962836 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962984 "Keep him comfortable and let me know when it's over."

Apathy towards the death of the foetus.]]> 2016-07-26 01:12:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116962984 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963014 "Before my eyes was a very, very tiny baby boy. The doctor and I immediately made an attempt at intubation... unsuccessful and caused the baby greater trauma."

The fact that a baby so young had to go through something like this is just heartbreaking.]]> 2016-07-26 01:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963014 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963016 "Tiny Tim's pain didn't last long, but it was fatal. Kathy's pain almost cost her life and is a wound that will take years to fully heal. The scar will last forever. A 'choice' that was intended to be 'no big deal' turned out to be a very big deal for all of us." 

There are many instances when the consequences of our actions are too much for us to bear but something as significant as abortion and pregnancy will be a mistake that is hard to recover from. Hence, it is a lesson to all of us to avoid such things as much as possible.]]> 2016-07-26 01:12:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963016 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963024 "All the voices of influence around her said, 'Just take care of it. It's no big deal.'"

Kathy was forced to made a choice that she was not fully comfortable with doing. No one in her life cared about what she felt.]]> 2016-07-26 01:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963024 https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963048 ''Her baby had been touched and loved by another.He had a name.He didn't die alone.''
The baby got to live like a human before he passed on.]]> 2016-07-26 01:13:42 UTC https://padlet.com/wong_xinyi/y7lg7yzm68mc/wish/116963048