After you have completed reading Chapter 1 in your text, please use the information you have learned to answer the following discussion questions.  Send answers to me at fontius@siskiyous.edu . (Do not send the assignment in as an attachment. Please copy and paste your responses to an email.) The purpose of assignments is to insure that students have done the reading in the text. Therefore, it is important to provide some specific reference to facts or concepts covered in the different chapters. In addition, some questions are designed for students to critically think about a particular health related concept or issue.

This assignment is worth 20 points.

1.         Discuss how someone who is seriously ill can be "healthy".  Use specific examples to illustrate your points. (5 points)  

2.       Define the term "non-traditional” student.  In your opinion how is our society and colleges in particular. handling the increase in non-traditional and multicultural individuals in public schools. (5 points)

3.       In our society, primary responsibility for socialization during childhood and adolescence is assigned to the family.  In what way(s) were you socialized by your family?  (5 points)

4.         According to your text, health is made up of six acting dynamic dimensions, one of which is intellectual, or the ability to process and act on information about health related issues.  What kind of health information have you received in the past that you have used? (i.e taking a prescription)  What kind of health information have you refused to heed?  (i.e. not wearing a seat belt).  Use at least three (3) examples of each.  (5 points)