31.08.23

In Health so far, we have been learning about Death, Dying and the Afterlife. We have explored different subheadings of Death, Dying and the Afterlife. Whether it would be in culture, the emotional you’ll feel, how to help yourself and others etc.

For the past two periods, we have been mashing our keyboards to finish and create our assessment, which entails us that we are to investigate a topic that we’re more interested in/haven’t had the chance to learn about yet. Of course it is impossible to cover every little detail, so instead we got to pick a subheading to research/recap about. Given my poor time managing skills, I’m currently finishing this once and for all on the due date nearing 12:00 am.

I hope this slideshow can help you learn something today, or even help you! I’d also like to thank my teacher(s) for helping me understand this topic as best as I can. We appreciate what you do and I hope you appreciate the result of your teaching

Hello readers!

In Health we have been studying about Death, Dying, and the Afterlife. We have learned about some different cultural beliefs and traditions, we also watched the film coco and learned about their beliefs, traditions, and how they remember their dead love ones in the afterlife, and how they show honour and respect to their dead relatives. We’ve also studied the difference and similarities of the culture of our teachers and fellow classmates, we’ve also finished our historical topic about a important period of time I chose the Black death also known as the plague. It is also considered the most fatal pandemic recorded in human history causing the death of 75-200 million people.

If you want to read more about this fatal pandemic, here’s a link!
The Black Death

We’ve also studied our culture and death practices that we do when someone passes away in or culture. We also made a blog about it ad here’s my culture and death practices when someone passes away in my culture.

My culture is Filipino, and in my culture we have many traditional things that we do when a person passes away. including, religous and cultural practices.

In my culture we don’t do this but dating back 2,000 years ago an old tradition occurred, there was a tradition where they put the dead in a hand carved coffin then they hang them on the high above the ground. It’s some sort of a ritual where the Igorot people believed to bring the departed closer to their ancestral spirits or closer to heaven.

I’m from the Philippines and when a person passes away in my culture, the lamay or wake is the first thing that occur when a person passes away. A body is laid in an open casket for 3-7 days, during this the friends, family, and other relatives gather expressing condolences, offering prayers, and offering support to the family left behind. Flowers and candles are also important when someone passes away in my culture, people bring it to honour and show respect to the deceased. Lilies and Roses are the most common flowers that people bring, the white lily expresses majesty, purity, and innocence. On the other hand, Roses are commonly used by the close family members to express their love for the deceased, it symbolise love and affection. We do this to show honour, love, respect, and appreciation for the departed love ones.

Before the burial, a mass takes place at either the church or the house of the person who died. A priest then blesses the deceased to ensure safe passage to heaven. After that, the deceased will be transported to a funeral home, the family and friends of that person will then say their last goodbyes to the person who died by putting adorned flowers and lights. After the burial, it is believed that the soul of the deceased will stay here on Earth roaming around for 40 days before going to heaven.

5 strategies that I suggest that can help you heal your hauora from that loss.

• Try to talk about it to someone don’t carry it on your own.
• Keep yourself busy or distracted like playing with friends and spending time with our family.
• Acceptance, we need to accept that they are gone, they can finally rest in peace, and they are in heaven.
• We can also turn to our family and friends for support.
• Visit them

We also studied the physical process of dying, the change, loss & grief. We also studied the 5 stages of grief which is denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance.

Denial is the refusal to accept that the person had died, either consciously or unconsciously.

Anger is the second stage of grief, anger is hiding many emotions and pain that you carry and releasing it to others, anger is the stage where you might aim your anger to other people or to objects.

Bargaining is the third stage of grief, the bargaining stage follows the anger stage naturally. It is also the helplessness and vulnerability that comes through loss, it is an attempt to regain control over yourself.

Depression is fact the hardest and longest stage of all the 5 stages of grief, it is usually when people feel their deepest sadness. It may also feel like a quiet stage of grief.

Acceptance is not necessarily a happy or uplifting stage of grief, but it doesn’t mean you’ve moved past the grief or loss. It does, however, it mean that you have accepted it and have come understand what it mean in your life now.

For this assessment, I have chosen to investigate the ”religious traditions around death.” I want to learn about his topic because I find it interesting and I wanted to learn the unique and sometimes disturbing ways different people honour the deceased.  On this investigation let’s explore and talk about the interesting funeral customs from around the world.

Hanging coffins in of the Bo people in Guizhou, China. 

The Bo people are a small ethnic group in China that lived in the mountain regions of Guizhou province. Their culture and lifestyle were shaped by the dramatic mountain landscape in which they lived in. Some researchers believe that the Bo people assimilated into other local minority groups and tribes over the years and may still be around today.
Nowadays, the Bo people were best known for their unique burial customs, particularly the hanging coffins they built for their deceased and placed on the cliffs, many of which remains today. This customs was also believed to bring good luck to the living family.

There are many reasons and debates as to why the Bo people who went through all the trouble of carrying their deceased up these high cliffs. Some people believed that the spirit would return to earth, and in order for that to happen, their earthly remains must be allowed to decompose naturally. Some even believed that the reason why they do these hangings is that the Bo people believed that hanging the cliff made it easier for the deceased to climb heaven.

Consuming the ashes of the deceased in the Yanomami tribe

The Yanomani tribe is a group that consists of 35,000 indigenous people who inhabit somewhere between 200 to 250 nomadic villages in the Amazon rainforest. The Yanomani people believed that death is just a unnatural process that occurs when someone from the rival tribe sends an evil spirit into their tribe. In order to protect the spirit of their dead, they perform an ritual to help them pass peacefully into the spirit world.

The Yanomami people cover the deceased with leaves after they die, leaving the body undisturbed for up to 45 days. After that time, they collect the bones and cremate the body during an emotional ceremony that typically involves mourning and singing to honor the deceased.

After the cremation, the Yanomami people incorporate the deceased’s ashes into a soup made with fermented bananas that’s consumed by the entire tribe as a way to keep the deceased person’s spirit alive within the tribe and also allow them to pass peacefully into the spirit realm.

Viking burial ship funerals in Norway

The vikings were seafaring people who raided and traded in the 8th century and the 11th century. They were known for their excellent craftsmen, producing beautiful jewelry and weapons. The most famous burial customs of the vikings was their funeral ship. When a person, love one, and other relative died, their body was placed on a boat with their most prized possession and set on fire. the boat was then pushed out to sea so that it would burn up with the body inside. This practice was believed to ensure passage into Valhalla, where the dead would join Odin, along with other gods, if he’s considered worthy.

There were a number of ways that I demonstrated respect towards other culture beliefs during this unit. I did this by firstly learning more about their cultural beliefs and respecting it. When I respect other people’s belief it may enchance their Hauora. It might enhance their mental well-being because their point of view on it may or might change. Showing respect to other people’s cultural beliefs also help authenticate their identity. I think when people’s belief are respected, it helps authenticate their identity which then help confidence and it also forms good relationship.

It is important that I take care of all areas of my hauora when I experience change, loss, or grief because our Hauora is very important to us. If we fail to look after one even one dimension of our Hauora, the other parts might also fall or it may affect the other parts of our hauora. For example, when I experience loss and grief, this might affect some parts of my Hauora or maybe even all. I might forget about my emotional well-being because of anxiety and pain from that loss. It might also affect my mental and physical well-being through stress. I can take care of my hauora when I experience change, loss, or grief by doing the things that makes me happy and the things that make me hype or relaxed etc. I could also take up a new hobby, such as, biking or gardening. Biking and gardening would improve my physical well-being, I could also do word finds, word puzzles, and reading to improve my mental well-being, and meeting new friends it will improve my social well-being. These are the activities that I would do and I suggest you try when you’re experiencing a loss because taking care of our Hauora is very important and we should always take care of it.

Thank you for reading my blog, I hope you enjoyed it have a great day!

“Ways to cope and manage when a person passes away”

In Health we have been studying about Death, Dying, and the Afterlife. We have learned about some different cultural beliefs and traditions. We have learned about  the process of death, The physical process of dying,Change,Loss, Grief, and Coping with loss when a person passes away.

What is your chosen topic for investigation?

I have chosen to investigate Ways to cope and manage when a person passes away

Explain 3-4 interesting pieces of information you read about your topic. Provide links and or pictures to support what you are explaining.

1. Interesting pieces of information about Anticipating the different stages of grief are when u feel this reaction: Denial, Anger Bargaining, Depression acceptance. These five stages  can make  most people will go through each stage of grief. For example I lost my Water bottle. At first I was angry and then accepted it. next i was bargaining to have it back to me. Some people don’t go through those stages but I’m sure that some people go through those stages as well.

2. Another interesting pieces  I read is  attend the memorial services. I think ive been some of the  mermorial service and i even understand because i was a kid back then.

 How did you demonstrate respect towards others’ cultural beliefs that are different to yours?

Showing respect for the cultural beliefs of others upon a person’s death includes offering one’s customary condolences, attending memorial services if invited, and refraining from imposing beliefs or judgments. own judgment during the grieving process. It is essential to show empathy, openness and support, acknowledging the importance of traditions honoring the deceased.

Why is it important that you take care of all areas of hauora when we experience change, loss, or grief?

Hello everyone,

2 weeks ago,  during English with Mr. Taylor, we have been talking about escapism.

1. What is escapism? Escapism is a way for people to escape reality, it could be a good or a bad thing.
2. What are some ways that people use to ‘escape’  their reality? For some people, escaping their reality is significant for them since that may be their way to cope with things. There are many ways to escape reality such as listening to music and writing a journal or doing something you enjoy to get your mind off things. It is greatly recommended and the most effective way to escape reality is by sleeping.
3. Why do you think the virtual world in Ready Player One is called the Oasis? The virtual reality world in Ready Player One is called the Oasis because it’s a place to escape their problem.
4. What is the difference between ‘self-expansive escapism and ‘self-suppresive’. How do both of these affect a person’s life? Self-suppressive talks about holding back from feeling something, this can affect negatively in someone’s life leading them to feel resentment or frustration. While self-expansive is about developing aspects of personal growth such as relationships, new experiences, and so on, this can help them discover new passions and embrace themselves.
5. Do you use anything as an escape in your life? Is it more ‘self-expansive’ or ‘self-suppressive’? I think I’m more of a both, I often do things to distract myself but most of the time I like to develop myself by trying out new experiences.

Thank you for reading, Have a nice day.

Hello everyone,

Today during science, we are talking about genetic disorders that are caused by DNA mutation. I did my research and I’ll be talking about Lazy eyes which is a genetic disorder.

What causes these genetic disorders? Lazy eyes which are also referred to as Amblyopia a poor vision in one eye, Both eyes aren’t common but it’s possible. Lazy eyes are caused when the brain is unable to recognize the sight from the other eye. The stronger eye works better which is why the brain relies more on it than the weak eye. Some doctors don’t know the causes of amblyopia.

what happens to you if you have the disorder? symptoms? Is it lethal/Will it kill you? If lazy eyes are left untreated for a long time then it might cause permanent vision loss. It is certainly not harmful but it can have a big impact on someone’s life. The chances of developing a condition of amblyopia are:

• Experiencing development delay
• Born prematurely
• A family history of lazy eye

Lazy eye Symptoms:

• Head tilting
• Eye that isn’t working together
• The eye wanders inward or outward
• Squinting or shutting an eye
• Poor depth perception

Treatment available for the disorder? Treatments are greatly recommended, doctors may suggest eye drops, surgery, eyewear, and more. However, it won’t be possible to just fix it with treatments such as glasses or patching.

How common is it? Approximately 3 out of 100 children have lazy eyes. It is uncommon to have amblyopia in both eyes. To prevent long-term vision problems, it must be treated immediately.

Can it be passed on to offspring? Amblyopia can be inherited genetically in families. There is a greater risk of developing a lazy eye condition if it runs in family history.

That’s all for today, thank you for reading:))

In Health we have been studying about Death Dying and the Afterlife. We have been learning about some different cultural beliefs and traditions. We have learned about many things including coco hauora,

I have chosen to investigate this topic religious beliefs around death

1.   Conversations about death are being normalised
2. Religious landscape is changing
3. A good death = A good life because if you’re grateful for your life that you had so while dying you’ll be happy about all the things you’ve achieved in life.

I can take care of my hauora when something upsetting happens by walking away and excluding yourself from the situations meaning that you can focus on yourself without anyone around. This will help my mental

My culture is Samoan because my parents

When someone passes away in my culture we host funeral

A culture that I learned about was about mexican culture

When a person passes away in this culture, they put their photos so the dead can see them on the day of the dead.

I was respectful when I listen to teachers and others when talking about dead people

Thank you

Sincerely: Nuu

In health we have been learning about death, dying and afterlife. We learnt many things. One thing that I enjoyed was learning about what different cultures think happens after death. What happens after death is something that varies tremendously in various different cultures. Now that people view death more positively and openly there is much more insight and discussion about what people think happens after death. I will be researching different cultures and their views on death. 

Islam 

Muslim people mourn through rituals such as prayer, readings from the Qur’an and moments of private meditation. Sorrow and tears are expected however loud wails and crying is considered disrespectful because it shows a weakness of faith. Muslim also don’t get cremated because if you burn the body you also burn the soul and then you won’t go on to live another life. There are also different ways someone can mourn depending on the relationship that someone had with the person who died. 

Maori 

In Maori culture family and friends mourn by having something called a Tangi. The body will be taken to a Marae or sometimes a house where the family and friends will come and pay their respects. Thesis could sometimes go for a short amount of days. On the final day the body will then be taken to the Urupa being welcomed in with traditional songs, speeches and chants exchanged. The body is then buried. When you leave the Urupa you rinse your hands with a container of water to get rid of the Tapu. 

Hindu 

In Hindu culture they believe that once you die you will be reincarnated into another life, the soul lives on for many lifetimes until it finds its true nature. Each life you live the closer you get to Brahma who is the Hindu god. Your next incarnation will also depend on your actions in your past life , also called karma. 

There are various different cultures and beliefs around death. Respecting other people’s cultures is so important because you don’t know just how much you might affect the person. Another way to look at it is to think about your culture and how you would feel if someone was to make fun of your culture. People’s culture goes way back to ancient history and can be a very sensitive, spiritual, important and sad time for people as well. 

It is important to take care of all parts of your hauora while experiencing change, loss and grief so that you can thrive in your everyday life. Thriving means not only to survive but to be good at surviving. To be good at surviving you are making choices, hard decisions or doing things you don’t want to do to better your life. Whether that be working out, meditating, spending time outside, meeting up with friends and family, talking to someone about what’s on your mind, or simply just going outside and taking in all the pounds of nature and having you bare feet in the grass. If you don’t then you will be stuck in a cycle of sadness, numbness and anger. 

What causes this genetic disorder? Haemophilia is commonly caused by a mutation or change in one of the genes. This change of mutation can prevent the clotting protein from working properly. The lack of clotting can lead to prolonged bleeding and difficulty in clot formation.

What happens to you if you have the disorder? Symptoms? Is it lethal/will it kill you?

Haemophilia could lead to spontaneous bleeding. Haemophilia can cause long term problems such as seizures and paralysis. Death can occur if bleeding cannot be stopped.  Symptoms of haemophilia:

• Unexplained and excessive bleeding from cuts or injuries, or after surgery or dental work.
• Many large or deep bruises
• Unusual bleeding after vaccination
• Pain, swelling or tightness in your joints
• Blood in your urine or stool
• Nosebleeds without a known cause
• In infants, unexplained irritability
• More severe joint pain
• Stiffness
• The Site of the bleed becoming hot, swollen and tender

Can you fix it/what treatment is available for the disorder?

There is treatment available for haemophilia. The best way to treat haemophilia is to replace the missing blood clotting factor so that the blood can clot properly. It is typically done by injected treatment products into a person’s vein. It is called clotting factor concentrates, but there are two main types of clotting factor concentrates which are Plasma-derived Factor Concentrates and Recombinant Factor Concentrates.

How common is it? 

Based on research, Haemophilia affects 1 in 5,000 male births and about 400 babies are born with Haemophilia each year.

Can it be passed onto offspring?

Most people who have haemophilia are born with it. It is almost always inherited from a parent to a child.