AoW Impressions - 3/6

     This week, the gallery walk was especially interesting because we didn't have that many articles that were about the exact same thing. In fact, the article topics were all rather diverse. There were some people who chose to talk about ISIS, job gaps, death with dignity, and the topic of Ebola was even brought back. Normally when we hear about ISIS during one of these gallery walks, we're hearing new countries that have been attacked or new threats made. However, this time was different. We learned about how ISIS has somewhat inspired people (specifically three girls) to leave their own homes and join the group. It's interesting to hear about people who can disregard ISIS's crimes and simply view the group as a different, "better" way of life.

     Personally, I found Leanna's article to be the most interesting (with the ISIS articles very close behind). She talked about a fourteen year old girl in Chile who is suffering from cystic fibrosis. The girl made a video and posted it on the internet, requesting the president/government to let her die because she does not want to live with her disease anymore. In Chile, Death with Dignity is completely illegal due to morals, and the girl's request was denied. After watching "How to Die in Oregon",  I've become very pro-Death with Dignity. The movie shows the fight to make the law legal in another state, so it makes me curious to as whether or not people in Chile could put in the same effort with protests, speeches, etc,. to make this law legal for a this girl. I guess being able to connect this current event with something else I had already heard about was what made it really interesting-- especially since that idea had already been debated here.