silly me.

Chapter 6 was all about being a researcher. A "re-search"er, as in again and again. This chapter leads us through a passage of 1. developing a question about what you want to find out 2. use it to help you find out what you need to look up or research 3. carry out your research 4. use the research to make a test design plan & 5. produce and test your communication. I've done research papers before, but non in this odd fashion. So this was of course a bit of a surprise because it seems like such a long and tedious routine. I hope if Cathy has us do this whole process that she walks us through it and explains it a whole lot better than the book does. But what really surprised me was more in the begging of the chapter, having to do with ethics. "But antoher way to look at what you do when you research is that with new knowledge you strengthen your ties to other people because knowing more about what something is, about what happened, or about how something works changed how you go about living with other people. Knowledge has effects-praticle and moral- on yourself and other people. Given what we've been saying about ethics, it should be clear that each step in this chapter has an ethical dimension." I never ever ever ever realized this. It totally just smacked me across the face. But its so true, and vital in our writing. I guess its just something that comes naturally, but i believe that now knowing that we as writers do this, it will greatly help with some of the writing to audience issues.

China is killlling innocent people!

So my research paper topic will most definitely be related to diabetes and the nursing situation in Silicon Valley. However, I wanted to try out a different branch from the topic; the medicine. Insulin had to be approved and re approved to make sure it does its job with proper effectiveness and no abnormal side effects, for insulin can be lethal. And in this article China arrest a man for making a diabetes drug lethal. “BEIJING—Police in China have arrested a man accused of distributing a shoddy diabetes drug blamed for at least two deaths, a state news agency said Saturday. The medicine contained six times the normal amount of a chemical ingredient used to lower blood sugar. It is blamed for killing two people and sickening nine others in the far western region of Xinjiang. The drug is believed to have been widely distributed throughout the country, though only Xinjiang reported problems.” This is an outrage! How can we as a society much less I as a sister of a diabetic can believe that the only thing that can keep my sister alive, killed her? This should have been checked and approve by the FDA and there should no longer be any slip ups. “China has been hit by a string of cases highlighting its poor record in food and drug safety. Last year, at least six babies died and nearly 300,000 were sickened by infant formula contaminated with an industrial chemical that can cause kidney failure.” Accidents like these need the proper precaution to make sure the product is safe. I understand that when there is manufacturing there is mistakes. One pant leg is a little longer than the other. But now a days we have the right technology to avoid that! Especially with something as severe as insulin and other life threatiening and health related products.

say bye bye to those unemployment check$!

The answer to this economic crisis and unemployment checks is, broadband! "President-elect Barack Obama's ambitious economic recovery plan has a goal to create 3 million American jobs in the next two years. Broadband is a part of the answer."

"It's time to broadband the economy" By John T. Chambers, is an article that gives us the answer to our unemployment epidemic. The correlation between broadband and job growth is what needs to happen in this country to help get it back on track.

Obama will need out support as nation to re do our infrastructure, "He has discussed using the proposed stimulus package to rebuild our aging physical infrastructure of roads, bridges, water and energy systems. This is important and needed. If we want a new 21st century economy and society, he also recognizes that broadband connectivity is the additional infrastructure that is essential to our future."

This article most definitely spoke to me because its answer could make dramatic and significant changes in the United States. It could revolutionize the way we live. From health care issues to watching a movie. "Imagine what broadband could do for health care: A medical specialist in Cleveland, Ohio, could do a virtual house call via high-definition video to a homebound retiree in Henderson, Nev. We have the technology now, but we need the connectivity. Imagine applying that same technology to education and changing the very nature of the way students learn --" etc.

Reading this convinced me to support our president in whatever he thinks is best in changing and contortion's out country to make it economically stable again.

SERVICE p.115

The reading of chp. 5 in our c d a book dealt with the subject of advocacy. I was unsure about what advocacy was, but after the readings and taking note of what the people in the passages were trying to do i finally understood.

In the web clips of "AVODAH", i noticed that religious affiliations, practices and beliefs can significantly shape advocacy. How? Because the AVODAH group is a tight nit group of a selected few who have a lot of things in common. So by setting examples of one anothers actions of incorporating their beliefs with their work is an ideal world for all who join AVODAH.

AVODAH's affiliation, practices, and beliefs, encourage help. Helping a community, helping the poor, helping those with whom they have things in common with, help not only economically, but emotionally and socially.

AVODAH's purpose is too help those who are similar help others, to help create an ideal community. These people help work to make other peoples live better. Examples of people who used AVODAH and are successfully making changes in their communities would be Amy Rivas (support survivors of domestic violence), and Mark Goodman (mentor at a youth foster care). These people help persuade people of their same culture and beliefs to become apart of the tight nit group of AVODAH.

"Passion certainly strenghthens advocacy, but effective advocacy is also about finding out what is worth caring about in the situations around us--and about figuring out how to design changes that will help us achieve the future we believes ought to be. " (p.111) This is exactly what the peole of AVODAH are trying to do.

A cure for Diabetes.

Diabetes has always been a mystery to me. My grandpa had it and i always wondered what the machine was used for and what those numbers meant. But as i got older i started asking more questions and realized exactly what diabetes was. Turned out my grandpa has type 2 diabetes. So a simple diet and a some pills work out for him. Unfortunately my Little sister was diagnosed with type 1 (otherwise known as infantile) diabetes at the age of four. From then on diabetes effects me, my diet, my entire house hold in virtually every aspect.
Hearing rumors about there being a cure in Canada but that the U.S. government paid them off to keep the cure locked up only infuriates me. I know its a rumor and it has a 75% chance of it being untrue, but the fact that if that were to occur and a cure is really out there, I wouldn't doubt that the U.S would do that. The Diabetic industry is so massive that it brings in a ridiculous amount of money, jobs, and multi millionaire/billionaire corporations.
So a more realistic view on a cure or somewhat of a remedy would be An Artificial Pancreas. This would be the closest thing to a real pancreas and would both check the glucose level and distribute insulin when needed. The risk is what society is debating about.

chap. 13 c d a.

After no one reading or passing that awful quiz last week I wanted to be sure that I read and understood the text this time to make up for last time. Re-learning about Ethos and Pathos was both similar and different at the same time. In high school we learned about it in a much more blunt and literal type of way. However the c d a book explains it more in dept and as a form of analysis as well.
The first article was based on analyzing ethos in an editorial. I didn't really like or enjoy the reading of this article about the usage of the "offensive" word squaw. Although I must say that it was an easy read because it was in the format of an Internet page with multiple breaks in between each idea.
The However, i really enjoyed the second and third article of "The Case For Affirmative Action" and "The Case Against Affirmative Action". I'm really sucked into Ogletree's personal story at both he beginning and ending which makes it personal and sophisticated at the same time. But, Sack's argument really won me over. Because i believe that sex, age, and race should have nothing to do with academic enrollment. It all should be based on grades, extracurricular activities, clubs, sports, Sat's, etc. etc. Using Stanford was a prime and important example because its an elite school with a lot of controversial admission prerequisites, students, and staff. Working there now, i am happy to say that there is a diversity in both faculty and students at Stanford University.
In the reading "Walking the Line", i felt as thought that the author was a lot less blunt about its directional opinion. He does capture the audiences attention in his "life story", but he almost subliminally sends us his strong arguments by strong and vivid examples.
I guess Ethos and Pathos will forever follow us in our educational years? lol.

lets get PERSONAL.

Mayra Lozano

"I Don't Really Want to Go into Personal Things in This Blog": Risking Connection through Blogging, by Carlton Clark, Professor, in Collin County Community College. Out of all the blogs/passages this of course is my favorite. I myself am not a huge fan of blogging or its addictive way of life so I could not relate to most of these passages. My first time blogging academically was just a week ago and for me it was quite an awkward experience. Blogging has its pros and cons which are debatable. Like Carlton Clark had mention the good thing about blogging is that if allows the student to share emotions without having all the attention drawn on him/her giving him/her and anxiety attack to speak in front of the class. “I don't want my students to feel intimidated. The reason the average student doesn't speak in class is because they don't feel safe; they are afraid of being judged”- Clark. I think it’s a double bladed knife because yes it’s a good way of self expression for those who are too scared or shy, but speaking in front of the class is something that all students are going to have to overcome sometime in their academic career. Speaking in front of their class is good way to exercise speech skills and gain more confidence in speaking publicly which is a great asset. Another reason why I like this blog more than the other is because of all the effort and trust Clark wants to put in with his students. “I can establish a dialogue or sense of trust, which I would expect to carry over into the classroom” – Clark. I really love when teacher make you feel almost at home when walking into their classroom. That vibe just allows you let loose and share more, while also having another reason to actually go to class and enjoy it. And the final and most important reason was that Clark did make blogging an academic thing, and he did have blog assignments, but he’s not being terribly judgmental on what is to be blogged and how. As long as he sees participants and print outs he’s satisfied. “I require that students print out their blogs for me once a week. Not only is it impossible to monitor everything my students write on their blogs, I do not even want to take on this role. The point of the blogging lab work is for my students to write, for themselves and real readers, not to write for a grade. My hope is that the blogging will become self-motivating. As readers respond to their blogs, my students may feel like blogging more” –Clark. He understands is that the whole point of blogging is to share expression without restrictions. And grading horribly hard would change ideas, opinions, and emotions that could possibly arise in a blog or blog comment.