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Field of study perspectives Outstanding lives
The typical wooden toothpick, bad
for our health?
Ana Teresa Soto Sánchez
10th level
Teacher: Rosa María Hernández López
How many times have you used the wooden toothpick after having a meal thinking it is good
for your teeth? Well, let me tell you something, you are doing more bad than good for your
dental health.
We all have used them at least once in our lifetime, and even though they do their work in an
excellent way, they are damaging your teeth, more than not doing anything and leaving the
food stuck between your teeth.
First off, wooden toothpicks, are not made of a sterilised material, so when you use them
you are introducing more germs into your mouth. Sometimes, we use them hard enough to
make or gums bleed, and all the splinters that remain in our mouth can cause an infection
and harm ourselves.
The best way to remove the food that is left in the spaces between our teeth is dental floss, it
is a material specifically made to go between each tooth, and the material does not make any
harm to our teeth. Another alternative could be buying special toothpicks that are made out
of soft plastic and do not make any harm to our gums or mouth.
So the next time you feel like using a wooden toothpick, think twice before doing so.
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A great example to follow
Dilba Mónica del Moral Cuevas
José Javier Hernández Martínez
José Jaime Valladares Reyes
6°th level
Teacher: Lic. María Andrade
Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa was born on the border of Mexico with the United States in
Mexicali, Baja California, when he was a child he lived with his family in a very small house
with many deficiencies, so when he grew up and was 19 years old, he decided to cross the
border in search of new and Better opportunities.
In the United States, he worked mainly on agricultural farms with the risk of being deported,
but he always had the idea of progressing and motivated by this idea he saved up to study
and learn English. Once he had mastered the new language, he entered school while working
to support himself, and in this way, he progressed in his studies until completing a degree in
psychology, later a degree in Medicine at Harvard University where he graduated with honors
and doing his internship for a specialty in neurosurgery. He is currently considered one of the
best in his work worldwide and appeared in Forbes magazine as one of the most influential
Latinos in the United States.
Some of the differences that exist from Mexico to the United States are the lack of opportunities,
little support for brilliant minds and that the low economy is a great brake.
Some of the experiences that affected him were that they labeled him for being Mexican and
that many did not believe that he was Mexican for the simple fact of being intelligent.
He represents overcoming obstacles such as poverty and discrimination and that immigrants
are not only a problem, but they help everyone with their work.
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