FNED 502 Summer Session

 Unnatural Causes:  In Sickness and in Wealth (2008)  California Newsreel      In Sickness and in Wealth, a documentary from filmmaker Larry Anderson, asserts the undeniable fact that wealth and social class have serious consequences on a persons life expectance and overall health.      Dr. Tony Iton, Director of the Alameda County Public Health Department in California states this problem best: " We can predict on aggregate based on where somebody lives, high school graduation rates, and income how long they'll live, and when they will die... We should not be able to do that. Your life expectancy... should not be dependent on the resources open to you." There are many factors that cause this discrepancy between the life expectancy of the rich and the poor, but first we must understand the facts.      In a country that spends over $2 trillion, over half of the total amount spent on health in the world ,   we see the one of the highest infant mortality rates among develop

  About Me      My name is Alex Hanna and I teach  8th grade science at AF PAMS! I started my life in Michigan (Go BLUE!), and then moved to Georgia. Since then I have lived in Texas, Washington, and now Rhode Island. I recently graduated with my M.S. in Inorganic Chemistry, but have found my passion teaching my kiddos! I am am an openly pansexual woman, who has been enjoying working in a state that offers me job protections. Aside from teaching I love reading, watching Sci-Fi classics (Next Gen, anyone?), and attempting to cook.