As I was interviewing my fellow juniors in high school who are also my comrades in arms when it comes to Call Of Duty, I noticed a similar pattern. All of their comments were "bubbles" with the exception of Henry Guss's interview. I had prepared 9 questions to ask every interviewee and Henry's interview lasted 27 minutes compared to the other's 4-5 minute interviews. One of his most brilliant insights were, "Giving birth has become a ritual instead of a necessity like it used to be. We have enough people to last us another hundred years or so. People nowadays are reproducing because it is a social norm." (Paraphrased - He was a lot more articulate) Henry also shared with me a story about a mother he knew that had the C-Section procedure done when she delivered her baby. Neither the baby or the mother had any complications so the C-Section wasn't necessary. The mother was a doctor, so she was well educated about C-Sections and the natural process, which makes me think that the best way to deliver a baby would be a C-Section.
The interviews that I conducted with other juniors who do not attend schools in New York showed a very obvious pattern: They were just as intelligent as your average high school student. Marshall shared some insights on how he was born and what his mother had later told him later on how she had felt. When asked "How does a woman's fertility affect her desirability?", everyone said it doesn't. When the question was further explained, "If you were married and you found out your wife was infertile, what would you do?" They all sticked to their answer. "I would still love her and if she still wants a family, we would look into adoption or surrogate mothers." Overall, I think my fellow high school juniors are just as clueless about birth as my class is right now. However; we are fortunate enough to be studying this insightful unit so we can move above and beyond the standards set by our flawed education system.
Henry Guss's Interview:
Michael Perez's Interview:
Marshall Fox's Interview:
Spencer's Interview:
