Switched at Birth
By: Jessica Jones
Switched at Birth Essay- 2 hours ( Season Premiere and Second Episode )
ABC Family has just introduced a new TV series titled “Switched at Birth.” It is about
two girls that are switched at birth in the hospital. One of the girls named Bay Kennish
is in Biology class when she discovers , through a test being conducted in class that she
Has a rare AB blood type. Her parents advise her that this is impossible because they are
Both Type A. She asks her parents to ease her concern by taking a genetic test at a lab to
Confirm. The results show that she is not their biological daughter and after contacting
The hospital they find Regina Vasquez and her daughter Daphne, who is deaf. John and
Kathryn Kennish, Bay’s parents, try , in their own way, to help Daphne by suggesting to
Regina that they will pay for a cochlear implant surgery to assist Daphne to hear, and they
Also want to have her switch schools from her All-Deaf High School to Bay and her
Brother Toby’s private school. Regina says Daphne likes being deaf and doesn’t need to
Be fixed, she is also opposed to her changing schools, they feel she is rejecting their
Offers for assistance so Daphne would be totally dependent on her. Regina quickly
Informs them that Daphne is her daughter, and will not be told how to raise her.
Meanwhile, Bay is having a difficult time adjusting to the news, and starts to act out.
She fakes a nose piercing, by placing a small diamond stud sticker on the side of her nose,
Has a fight with her boyfriend Liam, and tells him they should take some time apart. She
Also tries to buy beer with a fake ID and gets busted. She gives cops Daphne’s name and
Regina called to come get her. John and Kathryn are called and Bay’s mother makes a
Rude comment that the situation should be familiar to Regina because she has been
Arrested in the past on 2 DUI’s. It is brought to light that Kathryn ran
Switched at Birth Essay- 2 hours ( Season Premiere and Second Episode )
ABC Family has just introduced a new TV series titled “Switched at Birth.” It is about
two girls that are switched at birth in the hospital. One of the girls named Bay Kennish
is in Biology class when she discovers , through a test being conducted in class that she
Has a rare AB blood type. Her parents advise her that this is impossible because they are
Both Type A. She asks her parents to ease her concern by taking a genetic test at a lab to
Confirm. The results show that she is not their biological daughter and after contacting
The hospital they find Regina Vasquez and her daughter Daphne, who is deaf. John and
Kathryn Kennish, Bay’s parents, try , in their own way, to help Daphne by suggesting to
Regina that they will pay for a cochlear implant surgery to assist Daphne to hear, and they
Also want to have her switch schools from her All-Deaf High School to Bay and her
Brother Toby’s private school. Regina says Daphne likes being deaf and doesn’t need to
Be fixed, she is also opposed to her changing schools, they feel she is rejecting their
Offers for assistance so Daphne would be totally dependent on her. Regina quickly
Informs them that Daphne is her daughter, and will not be told how to raise her.
Meanwhile, Bay is having a difficult time adjusting to the news, and starts to act out.
She fakes a nose piercing, by placing a small diamond stud sticker on the side of her nose,
Has a fight with her boyfriend Liam, and tells him they should take some time apart. She
Also tries to buy beer with a fake ID and gets busted. She gives cops Daphne’s name and
Regina called to come get her. John and Kathryn are called and Bay’s mother makes a
Rude comment that the situation should be familiar to Regina because she has been
Arrested in the past on 2 DUI’s. It is brought to light that Kathryn ran