VIDEO QUESTIONS

1. Do you feel that you are 'low hostile' or 'high hostile'?
I believe that I am low hostile or that I do not allow my frustrations to get the best of me, and I release the stress hormones through exercise most of the time.

2. What do you feel are 'aggressors' in your life? At school?
Many of my aggressors come through the demands of work, the last minute suspenses, the changes in operations and leadership that lead to inconsistencies. In second place, would be my home life since I'm parenting solo, and in a sense pulling double duty, being the pleasant warm mom, yet having to lay down the law when necessary, those stances typical from "dad".

3. Out of the three patients the doctors are researching, which one do you think is "high hostile" and "angry"? Carlton is definitely "high hostile" with an angrier personality.

4. What do these findings suggest to you about your own lifestyle?
I believe these tests validate many beliefs in that excessive anger isn't good for the body and soul> With the pace of today's demands, I must constantly seeks ways to mellow out when necessary. Otherwise I risk long-term health issues, and health issues bring on more unwanted stress.

5. What are the negative medical effects the research team discovered happens from a 'high hostile' and 'angry' person?
The negative medical effects are clogged arteries, and a high propensity for heart attacks.

I enjoy watching PBS videos time permitting, and since I teach technological principles, I searched for an educational video promoting technology and the comfort of computers for people in different situations. I liked the video entitled "The Intimate Machine" and the streaming video link is below.

The Intimate Machine
http://vvi.onstreammedia.com/cgi-bin/visearch?user=pbs-saf&template=play220ram.html&query=%2A&squery=%2BClipID%3A2+%2BVideoAsset%3Apbssaf1303&inputField=undefined&entire=Yes&ccstart=62&ccend=3384649&videoID=pbssaf1303

Do you think educational videos like this could be effective learning tools? Yes I do, and I liked this video for it depicted technology that interacted and promoted cognitive story telling in children. Technology in education can be more than just animated programs that ask children to push buttons, and this technology responds to more external stimuli, learns about the user and responds more personally. This would create a more interesting learning experience.