[Answered] Weekly Journal Entry

Description

All students are required keep a written journal summarizing each week of class lectures, readings and discussion. The content in the journal should include  reflective thought on the “inner meaning” of the topic covered separately each week. Questions starting with why, how, when, etc. should be in your forethought. The goal of the journal is to engage your mind and transform yourself into higher thought. The transformation moves away from foundational information to asking “what does this really mean to me”. Have your thoughts regarding human health and biology in general changed during the semester? The reflective written journal can be used as an outline for the comprehensive writing piece.

I wrote the journal for week 1 to 7 which I have uploaded below as an example. I got this as remarks for this journal that I had wrote. “I truly appreciate the amount of effort in your submission.  However, you are going over what was discussed already in class and not critically reflecting on the material thru higher thought.  You are “telling me” what you “learned” – what does all of this really mean to your, to other living organisms.  For example – you state “I learned how the coevolution of microbes and humans” – why is this significant, how can this affect human health, how in the world can simple bacteria greatly impact my overall well being, what is the point of coevolution any way…..push your own thoughts.  The reflections are for you – the goal is transformational, critical thought.  Push yourself and your thoughts.  You can do this. “

Solution

Week eight focused on evolutionary medicine, specifically on antibiotics. From the weekly lessons, I learned that antibiotics are a range of medicines used to treat infectious diseases caused by bacteria. The use of bacteria dates back to more than 1700 years human beings came into existence and used soil as a treatment for infectious skin diseases.  Over the years, antibiotics have been developed, with the first being discovered by Paul Elrlich named “magic bullet” and later “arsenic derivatives” used to treat syphilis. Other scientists such as Sir Alexander Fleming came up with penicillin that has been widely used to treat numerous infectious diseases. The field of antibiotics has rapidly developed, resulting in more than 258 million courses in the United States by 2010. ……..Purchase the link to access the full answer @$8