Sarah's Thoughts

  California Newsreel (Writer). (2006). In Sickness and in Wealth (Episode 1) [TV series episode]. In Unnatural Causes . Kanopy.           This documentary seeks to uncover the truth behind why the United States can be one of the top economic and industrialized nations in the world and as a nation spend half the healthcare dollars in the world, but be one of the most unhealthy and have a shorter life expectancy than thirty other countries. Numerous studies show an extremely high correlation of the cause of this-an extreme health and wealth inequity balance. The episode shows that this relationship does not falter between two lines of rich and poor, but it is a gradient relationship that can be clearly tracked and observed as people get wealthier, they get healthier and live longer, and as people have incrementally less income, they become incrementally less healthier, and their live expectancy also intermittently drops. The interdependence is strong and striking and can be seen through

 I am currently on my third year of teaching in Woonsocket, and am lucky enough to call the building that I work in my former elementary school. I am teaching second grade for the first time this year, and have previously taught fourth grade, and really enjoy working with young students to be able to have the ability to instill in them early on a love of learning by making content accessible and engaging. I am working towards my Master's Degree in Teaching English as a Second Language.