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The other piece of work that I decided to put into my portfolio was my [|blog] on a video that we did. I decided to give it the title: __You and me...la la la discovery channel__ ^_^. I thought this was a clever name because of the song discovery channel that is widely known and because the video was a discovery channel video. This title grabbed the attention of my classmates and made them want to read my blog and comment on it (which was what I wanted). For this specific assignment we watched a video in class, took notes, and wrote a very long blog (well some of us) on the video.

I liked being able to watch a movie that was actually interesting, to learn for a change. It puts a new swing on things when the teacher decides to teach us with different ways rather than just with boring lectures or out of the text book. Not only did I learn things that my teacher wanted me to get out of the video, but I also learned cool new things. The movie contained a bunch of different athletes who all got injured or went through things as they were doing their sport or just working out. It showed us all of the muscles and joints as the person ran or climbed or swam. It was so cool to get an inside look as they were doing the action. I learned what tendons are and how they connect all of our muscles and bones. I also learned about the connection of bone to bone by ligaments (even though we all already knew that).

I thought it was so cool to see all of the body parts at work. Now when I look at the body or an athlete I can have a general idea of what is going on during an action. It's cool to see how all of the muscles bend and contract with each other to make one movement. Most people think that our body is just a bunch of bones and muscles wrapped up in skin that allow us to jump or even walk. I learned that the structure of our bones and muscles are put together so neatly and delicately that the body is not loppy, but graceful. The image that had the biggest impact on me was of a woman who was giving birth. They show us the inside of her body and what is happening. How the baby is coming out and how the muscles are contracting and expanding to get the baby out. It showed how the baby's head fits through the woman's cervix as it expanded. It kind of looked like an x-ray of the body in a different form. It is very hard to explain, but very cool. It goes through weird things like a guy who cut up the body of a murderer into very thin slices to learn about the body by getting a deeper understanding. "This video was enlightening all around and a good use of class time. It was a fun way to learn new things and a fun way to see the muscles and bones working together to make the movements of us humans. Although not all humans are graceful, the movements in themselves take a lot of work to move in sync and be awesome." This assignment was well worth the time and proved to me that our body is amazing and that not all discovery channel videos are boring.