Blog #2

Ø Reiterate a term or concept you learned in Anatomy this week.
What i found out in Anatomy that was pretty cool is that the thoracic look like moose, and the lumbar look like giraffe.. or it could be opposite. But I found that very interesting yet helpful. I was at the chiropractor today looking at the spine display and looking at them. =)

Ø List a few pleasant events that happened during your first weeks at NMU.
I didn't really do much here at NMU, because I go school and go home, but I did meet new people and talked to new people. I'm not very good with that but I am surprised with myself.

Ø Where do you want to be (academically) in six months?
Academically I would want my grades to be good. I didn't do too good on my quizzes the past two weeks so hopefully I can be doing better on those and keeping my grades up high.

Ø List habits you already possess that make you successful in college.
Some habits I have are taking notes, studying every night, and doing my homework every night. Doing those made me successful in high school, so hopefully they make me successful in college.

Ø List habits (timewasters?) you can change or modify, or need to lose.
Some timewasters I have are that I like to wait til later to do my homework. I really need to change that because I end of going to bed late and it doesn't give me much time to do homework. I also like to watch tv, talk online, or text message people. I also like to go hang out with my friends rather than be doing homework.

Ø Explain how you approach studying your a) textbook and b) notes.
When I study my textbook, I read and highlight the main points. When I go and study, i'm just studying what I highlighted, not the whole chapter. When I study my notes, I read them over and over to help me memorize what information I have in them.

Ø Explain how you determine what to write down in notes during lectures.
I write down the main points of what is being lectured. Also, when the professors are lecturing, and go through each thing, I write down each thing and write down what they are and what they do, for example, Human Anatomy.

Ø FAST FOOD NATION:
Ø Watch this short 1980’s McDonald’s commercial. McD’s reps have actually claimed they do not target children in their ads.. Pay attention to the tagline: “The Hamburglar is very clever and very sneaky!” Why is this ironic?
In my opinion, I believe that line is ironic because I believe McDonald's is very clever on how they advertise and very sneaky on not saying what they put in their food.

Ø Over the last several decades, fast food companies have aggressively targeted children in their marketing efforts. Should advertisers be permitted to target children who lack the sophistication to make informed decisions and are essentially being lured into eating high fat, high calorie food through toys and cute corporate mascots?
I believe they shouldn't be permitted because younger children don't really understand things clearly at their age, and they just go I wantI want rather than thinking about what they want.