Jake's blog

 1. It shows that people may over exaggerate pain, especially when that is the main focus. She says that when people are doing sports or aren't focusing on the pain it doesn't hurt as bad as when they can sit back and whale about the pain.  2. She relates it to child birth which is known as one of the worst pains you can experience, she said our child birth is awful because we make it that way, however women go back to work the same day in the fields after giving birth. 3. The experience of pain is subjective because people will get hurt during a sports game such as soccer and not realize it until somebody points it out or they see it. If that is when it starts hurting then you are subjecting to the pain and only feeling the pain because you are letting yourself feel it.  4. The illusion of pain is described as the reader thinking they are feeling pain that is not possible.  5. Peoples pain level is usually based off of how most people react to it, if I broke my leg ...

 1. She is trying to tell people about racism and how ending up in prison is worse than a good college  2. She says that it is up to you to decide what you want to do with yourself, not anybody else's 3. Take matters into you own hands  4. Most likely was impacted by racism and is trying to inform people about it. 5. She does it in level of importance so people see most important to least.  6.  It gives stereo typical comments that may occur in more of a stereo typical white person scene.  7. She uses college and prison to show a stereo typical white and black, which shows a better understanding of what may occur on campus.