Bloodchild Essay Rewrite

In “Bloodchild” Gan’s own reflective process of learning and analyzing teaches college students of the risks and rewards of academic partnership based upon SUNY Geneseo Mission, Vision, and Values. According to “Bloodchild” Gan’s role is to be the host for T’Gatoi for her parasitic eggs once she’s ready to have her own children as part of the contract that maintains their peace within the preserve. T’Gatoi has given up everything to serve and be a part of Gan’s family. In this case, I can see why Gan relates so well with our SUNY Geneseo Mission, Vision, and Values. Geneseo’s Mission claims that as a public liberal arts college, staff and members work together to make sure that they are building this school to advance knowledge and inspire many students on campus to be responsible and be aware to be prepared for an enriched life and full of success. As a college student, you are exploring and seeking out your options when it comes to colleges and whether you feel like staying and committing to a certain college is going to help you grow individually.

College students are expected to act like adults and make decisions for themselves. When college students commit to a school they are required to go by the rules and do as they are told in order to be successful. Many college students devote their time and money to a school they believe would benefit them. According to Citadel’s Mission statement, they devote their time to educating students as South Carolina Corps of Cadets in preparing them for post-graduate programs of a military-based environment. Citadel is very specific and clear unlike SUNY Geneseo’s Mission statement on what they are looking for in regards to their school. Citadel states that “the Cadet lifestyle provides a structured environment that supports growth and development, and consists of the four pillars of intellect, discipline, physical fitness, and character values. This relates very well to Gan’s family situation because they have dedicated and given up everything to be on the Tlic planet and go by the rules and are very willing to learn from the other Tlics, such as T’gatoi. As stated in “Bloodchild” T’Gatoi was the Tlic government official in charge of the preserve, and the most important of her kind to deal with Terrans. Gan and the rest have learned to have a mutual relationship with T’Gatoi.

This same concept goes for most college students if their goal is to become someone successful. College students in order to achieve their goal they have to make choices in their life and commit to a specific major and they have to experience the courses within their major. They have to seek their options. It requires a lot for a college student to change their major, as they have to completely be honest with themselves if it’s something that they really want to stick to before making a decision.

 This same situation falls for Gan in where he has to choose to want to escape or rather look towards his own death. Gan chooses to think about whether he will let T’Gatoi take his other siblings in favor of being manipulated as the host or rather accept his role rather than give it to anyone else. This right here shows a level of responsibility Gan is willing to take upon and grow as an adult. As Gan had stated “If we’re not your animals if these are adult things, accept the risk. There is a risk, Gatoi, in dealing with a partner” (Butler, 24). There T’Gatoi suddenly starts to finally notice that Gan is making his own choices. She allows herself to agree with him and make the decision of implanting Gan because at that point she realizes that this is something Gan really wants and is risking everything for. Gan has been chosen to be the host for T’Gatoi. Having this opportunity T’Gatoi has focused on taking care of after Gan and his family. Gan has realized that even though he’s been through all of T’Gatoi’s ordering, her duty, her pride, and pain. Gan notices that as harsh and bossy she can be he realizes he loves her. Connecting “Bloodchild” to the many colleges in the world holds pretty much the same idea on how we are mostly expected to act like adults. We have to seek our options but at the end of the day, we have to choose what we best love. 

The story of “Bloodchild” relates to how many students in society are pressured into the idea of how the only way you’ll really be successful is if you go to college. We are usually pressured by our families to go to college because it is the only way we’ll ever become educated and professional adults. Our whole life we have been told constantly by our parents how our life is centered around the idea of going to college. In reality, it is up to that individual to make it up to themselves to choose whether or not it is for them. Honestly, anybody can be successful in whether or not you end up going to college, it depends on what you dedicate yourself to. Going back to “Bloodchild” and Gan’s choice in whether he believes it or not in himself that this is a practice that he chooses to participate in his own desire. Because Gan does not want to give up his family, he makes it in his power to participate in this practice and sacrifice himself for them. He makes this an opportunity for him to learn how to lose his fear and become somebody else in the situation.

 To the many students that experience this and go through the same situation and feel forced into doing something that they desire not to do. It should be in their own power to speak up for themselves and make the right decision just as Gan did in “Bloodchild” in whether or not it is something they feel like they should do rather than just doing it because someone else had told you to. Nobody in society should force anyone into doing something you don’t want to. But you have to ask yourself if this can lead you to something you really want to accomplish. Can this opportunity benefit you in any way? 

This story has given me the opportunity to follow Gan’s steps into becoming a true leader, making wise decisions as an adult and having the ability to incorporate personal growth. According to GLOBE Gan incorporates the learning outcomes shown on this website because Gan utilizes the idea of what it means to own leadership and global awareness and engagement within the Tlic planet. He was driven to changing his view of his world, as said and stated by Gan “This was a good and necessary thing Tlic and Terran did together– a kind of birth”. “Bloodchild” has taught me what it really means to know when and how to allow yourself to take risks in critical situations of your life. But, also allow yourself to grow personally throughout these situations and look at it from an opposing viewpoint. 

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