Career

When I was a sophomore in high school I knew I wanted to be an Occupational Therapist. I switched a lot from Physical Therapy Speech Therapy, and Occupational Therapy, but after a lot of researched I decide on Occupational Therapy. I am only a senior in high school this year so I decide I need to have a back up plan. I have been looking, and in the past year my little brother was diagnosed with diabetes. It was hard for my family, so I wondered if there is a career that might involve helping kids and families that deal with this. So I did some research and found that there is a Diabetic Educator. It sounds like it would be a good job for me because I want to stay in the medical field. The process though is a little long and a hard way. First you have becoming something like a nurse, than you have to work specifically under diabetes patients, and then you have to pass a test to get your license. This is sounds so hard, but in my eyes it would be worth it to help a family that are going through what my family went through. I am keeping it as my back up plan though because after listing the pros and cons of both I thought that Occupational Therapy would fit me a little better. And my little brother has some interest in that career because he wants to help kids like they helped him, but he has a long way to go with that since he is only seven.

In Class 11

A witch, Santa Claus, and the Easter Bunny decide to pair up their skills to break into a museum. They need the witch because she had spells to knock out the security guards, and shut down the cameras without being seen. They need Santa as a distraction to the people outside. That way no one would know what was going on inside. Then the Easter Bunny, the one behind every thing and in charge of steal the precious jewels. They need these jewels because mother nature the boss of them wanted them to be destroyed. They need to be destroyed because the harmful effects it was going to have on the human kind. While the Easter Bunny was in he forgot that they had lasers in the room to protect the jewels, and he accidentally triggered them, notifying the police. Since the security guards were knocked out, and the cameras were down, he had a little time to escape before going to jail. He grab the jewels, and ran out to check up with the others. The cops got a glimpse of them as they were leaving they were stunned to see what they thought people that had dress up like fictional characters to steal a jewel. This made it hard for them to talk to the witness because all they knew is that they looked like Santa, a witch, and the Easter Bunny. When the jewels arrived back to mother nature she was so pleased with their job and the jewels are now successful destroyed. However, still to this day everyone that knows about this crime is confused on how the people executed this perfect crime.

Other Class

I am only taking one other class at Rhodes because I am a post secondary student. I would take more, but I drive 30 minutes each day to get to Rhodes, and I have to take 3 class back at my high school to play sports. The other class I take is Psychology, and I really enjoy it. My teacher is good, and I like how she prints out the notes. So far we have taken two tests and wrote two papers, and each time I really like what we learned. I had no idea what to expect for this course because I have never taken a Psychology class before, but I find I really enjoy. This is a good thing because I have to take a lot more for the field I am going into. So far I thought that the test were not too bad, but I am retaining the knowledge better. I also like knowing before hand what will be on it, and no surprise. There has never been any surprise on the test yet. The papers were not to bad because I enjoyed the topic I wrote about. I never thought this class would interest me as much as it does. The studies that we talk about I have been able to connect with some people in my life, and it makes it interesting to notice that about someone. Like how there habits can be related back to a stage in their childhood. For example, a kid that is never hugged will not be a very emotional person to others. Where this makes sense I never took the time to think about how some people I know that are like this, it comes from their past. I just find this class so interesting and have come to really enjoy it.

in class 8

D: I arrive to the scenes at 2300. When I get there I headed up the stairs, and entered the room 211. the other cops that had arrived to the scene before me told me to go to the bathroom. I entered and found a corpse in the bath tub and a radio in it with him. The first thing that popped into my head was it a homicide or a suicide.
C: I got to the scene and the detective gave me all his notes. I study the body up and down. This man looked like he stood about 6 feet tall and had brown eyes with dirty blonde hair. There was a strange birthmark on the left side of his right arm. The body was ice cold, so I presumed that he had been died for at least a day. the body had some burn marks. However, the most interesting thing I noticed were hand marks around the neck as if he had been straggled too.
A: He did kill this man his hand prints were all over the man's neck. I do not believe that he could possible have not done it. He has no alibi, and the cameras show him entering the hotel 10 minutes before the expected time of death. If he is not punished we will keep him on the streets, and next you know it will be you or your family that is in the bath tub died. So put him and jail, and make this world a little bit safer for us all.

In Class 10

I was running away from him because I found out his secret. In the short 3 months I had lived in this new town. I had found out that my neighbor was a murder. He had murdered his step-daughter, who was my best friend. He had caught me in his house looking for clues  to pin him to the crime. I found the biggest clue, my friends journal that said my step-dad did it. The entry was labeled the date of her murder. I also recalled her telling me that she was afraid of her step-dad. This was hard for me to believe because I thought he was not that way. I was caught and the only thing I could think of was to run. I had run past the houses and into the woods at the back of the subdivisions. Since I was new to the area, I could not find my way through the woods. I could feel him back behind me. As each stick cracked underneath his feet. Then it stopped. Where did he go? I had no time to think only time to run. I made it out of the woods and to the cliff where my friend;s body was found. Out of no where he comes out and corners me at the edge of the cliff. He smirked out, "I got you where I want you and no one will ever find out my secret because you are going to be one too."
I stuttered out "Wwwhhyyy mmmee?"
He evilly said "Say your prayers."
I just stood at the edge of the cliff not knowing what my fate was.

In class prompt #9

I ran into my ex at the local Babies-R-Us, and I thought what is he doing here? Then I saw her; the girl he had left me for. She was about 5 years younger than me and broke off our 2 year relationship. It had been a year since I had seen him. So I decide that I should go say hi. Last time we had talked he told me he was not the marrying type and I said I was okay with that, but I really was not. When I walked over he hid his left hand when I said hi, and I thought this was kind of strange. Then all of a sudden his 6 months pregnant wife came over and shook my hand and said "Hi! I am Andy's wife! How do you know my husband?"
The angry came over me; I bite my tongue from saying you are the reason he left me and  did not marry me! I just shook her hand and said that we knew each other in college. After that I looked at him with the expression of you liar, and he dared not to look me in the eyes. The guilt he had for lying to me was to much and he could not bare to look at me. I was not made that he had broke it off I was more mad that he had lied. I wanted to get out of the store, but his wife just kept talking to me asking why I was there and if I was having a kid? I was not; I was there buying my sister who got recently pregnant her baby shower gift. I left right after that because of how embarrassed I was. I was so embarrassed I did not end up getting a gift fro my sister, I just walked out and hoped to never see them again.

RR #6

While reading "Stay Sweet As You Are" I at first was thinking that why would a women believe something as stupid as use this and you will get a husband, but as I read more and started to think that this aim that ad companies have is dead on. Being a girl I know what it is like to want socially acceptance, and most of us want it from the opposite sex. As little kids most girls dream of their wedding day, and hope to make their husbands happy, and some will do anything to achieve that dream. Looking at the ads back then you think why would they buy it for a man? Then I started to think why do we do things in this time and age because we want acceptance. Women have this mine set that if they do not have live a certain life then they will be judge, and no one likes that. Also noticed that these ads compare to some of the ads we talked about in class. For example, in the Lux soap ad it shows Irene Dunne a girl know to have pretty skin, and claims that if you use this you will look like her. It also goes on to say that it help prevent aging. To me those comments sound similar to some beauty product ads on TV. Most ads say "Use this and you will look like...." or "Doctors and/or beauty magazines say this helps fight the signs of aging". Do we know for sure if it does; no, but we believe it because they show a person with beautiful skin and we wish we can look like that. I really enjoyed reading this passion because it was not only entertaining, but it helped me to see that the ads are kind of similar with the point of selling being social acceptance.

In class 7

One day the tooth fairy had to make a trip to Scotland. The tooth fairy was not wearing her usual outfit of a tooto and fairy wings; this time she she was wearing a t-shirt. This shirt was a pale pink with a huge pearly white tooth on the middle front, and on the back it said "Ms. Tooth". The tooth was to symbolize her love of teeth, and the name was for her nickname. The tooth fairy only wore this shirt when she was going to get a first tooth from a very special child. This child was the prince of Scotland. Henry the III lost his tooth by not by pulling out his tooth but munching on a taco. The tooth fairy was so excited she forgot get bag of money. Thankful she knew that Henry the III enjoyed tacos very much, and so she stopped to pick him up one. The fairy had got to the palace. She sneaked into his room only to find a trap.  This very naughty little boy want to catch the tooth fairy and keep her there. Thankful she notice it left that taco with a note that said "I am giving you a warn next time you will not get anything for this kind of behavior!" She left and flow the long journey home which was made out of teeth. When she was nestled in bed, she got an other ring for a tooth. She thought I guess my work is never done, and flew off.

Read Response 5

I really enjoyed this reading. Not only because it was easy to follow, but it had a lot of facts that seemed to make a lot of sense to me. I am a big magazine reader, but I tending to look over the little things that caught my eye. For example, if I am looking at two magazines  and one says "5 new ways to do your hair" and the other says "7 new ways to do your hair" I will most likely pick up the seven one because it has more. I found it so interesting that I looked over something that changed what magazine I get. Also I felt this was a well written. I think that the way the author used a lot of different examples to prove her point made her paper strong. To me the examples made it like she was not making it all opinion based, but on actually facts. I always knew that they need to test the cover in focus groups because even if we do not like to admit it when do judge things by there covers. I know for a fact that if some magazine has a attractive looking person on it I will be more likely to buy it then something that may contain better information, but has a less attractive person on the cover. However I did not know, that using printing subscriptions in other magazines is cheaper than doing direct campaigning in the mail. I really enjoyed this reading and I learned a little more about magazines that I did not know.

Misc

If you didn't know this month is national anti-bullying month. The reason iI know this is because I participate in a program at my school called Girl Talk. This program is when high school girls mentor middle school girls that are having trouble with not only bullying or other issues. One day this week I ended up seeing a video of a news anchor and how she got a nasty email for a man judge her on her appearance. The station showed the email and allowed her 5 minutes to address the issue. While watching this I not only felt sorry for the lady being called overweight, but more because he thought her weight gave girls the wrong idea on how they should look. That angered me because I feel that girls can be any size and happy with themselves. In my mind sometimes not always being super model thing makes you a role model or a happy person. He should not have wrote this letter because not only did he make her feel bad but others that may struggle with their weight. Another point that is used against him in my eyes is that he said he has never watched the show before. That made it like he was only judging her on her exterior, and that is not right. When she addressed the email I felt a sense of pride for her because she never once pitied herself, but made it about kids that were being bullied like that. After watching the video I felt ashamed of my society, but the fact that she addressed the issue in a professional mannar and made it more about kids made me feel a sense of pride. That there is a group of people out they willing to work hard to stop bullying, and make this place a better place to live

Career 2

My mom helped me realize that I wanted to become an occupational therapist. She helped me because she works at a place with kids that are handicapped. I knew I want to work with kids, but I didn't want to be a teacher. So I asked her what she thought would suit me, and she said either a speech, physical, or occupational therapist. I researched them all and at first I wanted to be a speech therapist, but as I did more research I found that it was not me. So then I decide on physical and for a year I thought about it and realized that it still was not me. Then I looked up occupational and I found that it was me. I knew I would love it. The question was how was I going to achieve this? After high school I plan on staying at Rhodes because I will be on the waiting list for occupational therapist assistant and that way I can save money. Then I plan on doing the weekend program at Findlay, and if it all works out I will end up graduating with everyone who went start into the program when I would have if I just went start to Findlay. The thing that makes it different is I will come out in less debt and will have had a job to give me experience. My plan not be what others follow, or think it is a great idea. In my eyes it is me, and I will make it no matter what. I know though that if it was not for my mom I would have never gotten this idea, and never would been truly happy.

Other class 2: Psychology

For this class we have to write two papers over a topic in our books. I chose schizophrenia because this topic really interests me. For our papers we have to find a website to match our topics. Not only do we have to do that, but we have to say if it is a valid site. Also something new we learned. The new thing I learned is that some think that schizophrenia are very violent to others, but they are actually more violent to themselves. The next paper we have to do a journal article over anything we want, or the same topic. I decide to stay with the same topic because there is a lot of studies you can make with this topic. I am doing mine of the positive symptoms of schizophrenia; an example of a positive sympotom is a hallucination. This is when they see or her things that others can't. Also most people get it between 16-30; it is not likely to get it as a kid, or if you are over the age of 45. In psychology I am really enjoying this paper because I enjoy learning more about this topic.

In class writing 6

I react in a way that is more skeptical than others. For example when I see an ad on tv, I don't say I am going to vote for them right away. Instead I want to find out if what they are saying are the facts. I look up each candidates views and ideas, and I try to see if they match mine. Along with that, I look at the promises they make, and think if they will he able to keep them. I am inspired to vote, but I want to know the facts first. I feel that there is a lot of lying in politics and slander just to get a vote. To help I feel we should all look at the facts more than being biased based on opinions or lies. This way we are putting the person that is best fit to be our president. However, it is not always easy to find the facts that are not baised to the democrates or republicans, but you can find sources if you are willing to look. Also, I feel when we watch the ads we need to think if we trust this person. Image does matter in politics. For example, people want someone that looks trustworthy.  Although some ads may hold the truth, they still are slander towards the other candidate, and make me what to find out the truth. In government we had to look up a lot of the candidates' view point, and that helps a lot when it comes to trying to make a tough choice like this.

Psychology

At first I thought this class would beeally hard because I had never taken it before, and it is my first college class. After awhile it became easier for me to understand. I like how she gives us the notes. This helps to follow along easier, and have time to listen to her lecture. I also like how she made note guides with everything that would be on the test. Not only that,  but she said there would be no trick questions and there was not. I am not the best test taker so having what I needed to study right in front of me made feel more comfortable with this course. As I felt more comfortable, I knew I would be okay, and be able to succeed in that class. I am working to my full potential, and hope it goes well for me in that class. It hoed to show sometimes things are not always what they seem. Also that overcoming the first obstacle came help you have confidence in yourself to help you to know you will make it through the year. I though that since I had no background in anything like this it would be even harder. We started of on the easy stuff like learning about the brain, and its functions. Then I feel like we will get into the harder and harder stuff after a while. Hopefully it all works out and I will do well in this class, and all my other classes.

In Class Writing 5: Introduction and Conclusion

Intro: You start off seeing Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) sitting in a cell planning his escape to save his Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin). Then all of a sudden it switches to normal day and age setting. The writers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitisis did a great job working together to create a wonderful story that connects the real world and the fairy tale world; the story also correlates well with other shows they have written for how they leave you wanting more, and the action scenes. The evil queen (Lana Parrilla) had cast a spell sending everyone to the real world. Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison), the daughter of Snow and Charming is the person that can save them. She figures out that she is this person by the help of her son, Henry Mills (Jared Gilmore), who was adopted by Regina Mills or better known as the evil queen. Throughout the show you see the comparison between the real world and the fairy tale, the importance of the dragon scene, and the emotional scene in then hospital.

Con: The connection between the kiss of Snow White and Prince Charming, and the one between Emma and Henry helps you understand that she really is their daughter, and their saving grace. After thee kiss of Emma and Henry, the curse was broken; and everyone knew about the spell the queen had cursed on them. Snow and Charming found each other, and the queen ran off after saying she really did love Henry. Also at the end you find that Mr. Gold had found his love and stolen the love potion. His love and him ran off into the woods to find a well. When they found it, he dumped the potion into it, and a cloud of purple smoke en gulped the town. The purple cloud makes you want to find out what will happen in the nest episode. Overall the writers did a great job leaving you wanting more by the connections of the two worlds, the dragon scene, and the emotion expressed in the hospital.