Cell Wars Pt 3 - Smears 9/11/16



Summary: Most organelles have nuclear DNA and don't cause any problems. The mitochondria however may cause conflict in the cell. The mitochondria has it's own DNA which they had gotten from their mother. Their DNA causes them to be able to slightly influence what they do. As a group the cell will want the mitochondria to produce a lot of energy while the Mitochondria would instead want to reproduce as much as they could therefore causing conflict in the cell. The mitochondria is greedy! Therefore they are not fit to be president of the cell.

 SP7 - Engaging in argument from evidence:
I was able to engage in arguments against other campaigns by defending the Golgi Apparatus ans smearing other organelles that I (and teammates) found incapable of the job as "president". One issue that came up a lot is that the Golgi leads to Achondrogenesis and Alzheimer's. Although this is true, these are only Golgi bodies that have malfunctioned that caused this, it did not happen in the Golgi's natural process.

 XCC - Patterns
A pattern that I have been recently noticing with all the cells is that the only way a cell can cause a disease or harm anyone is if they malfunction. So theoretically as long as no organelle malfunctions, it doesn't matter what they cause or what they do, and all organelles have a spot as the "president" of cell land.

 Multiplier:
This week I was a creator because when there was work to  be done and no one had stepped up to the job, I did accomplished the task as well as pushing my teammates to make sure they were doing their tasks.

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