Wednesday, October 29, 2008
blog #8
from ashleys blog:
-How do you think you have changed acedemically since the beginning of this school year?
i am not doing too well academically. i am not doing really good in human anatomy and its bringing my gpa down, and i might drop it and start fresh next semester. algebra is kind of ehhh and so are my other classes. i am going to try and study hard for the rest of the semester and to bring those grades up.
-Do you believe you are working to your full ablility in all of your classes?
i am not working to my full ability in all of my classes. i wish i would have worked harder in all of my classes at the beginning of the semester because i am struggling to bring my grades up. i really wish i could start all over fresh in my classes, especially human anatomy because i wasted money for that class and have to retake it. but i am going to try my hardest in all of my classes starting... now.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
blog #7
1) Post your favorite lyrics, poem, or quote for this week.
"people are going to try and bring you down, be strong"- i don't know how the real one goes, but that is how i say it.
2) Develop two reflection questions that you would ask your students at this point in the course if you were a UN100 Professor.
-how has college changed your life?
-are you still considering the career you have chosen at the beginning of the semester or are you thinking of something else?
3) What are you passionate about? Why?
i am passionate about my family because i love them so much and they are there for me when i need help and they mean everything to me.
4) How are you going to finance your three years of the Radiology program? If you will be in debt from student loans at the end, calculate roughly how much you will owe upon graduation.
when i get a job, i am going to have that help pay for it along with student loans, and at the beginning of the semester i figured out it will cost me $40,000 total about, but i am going to wait til next year to apply for the program, so adding 2 more semesters to that will raise that amount.
5) Have you changed your mind or do you have any new concerns about your program of study after our guest speakers today (Dr. Foley & Joanne)? Are you thinking of a different major or are you dead set on Radiology? What behavior(s) will you maybe have to change in order to keep up with and make the cut?
i wish that i would have heard their speech at the beginning of the semester because i would have been trying even harder at my classes. i was thinking of doing a different career but i am not really sure just yet. in order to make the cut i am going to need to try wayyyy harder at school and raising my grades up these next weeks before final exams.
6) FAST FOOD NATION (You should be reading through Chapter 7 at this point)
Reflect upon the opening lines of Chapter 7:
"You can smell Greeley, Colorado, long before you can see it. The smell is hard to forget but not easy to describe, a combination of live animals, manure, and dead animals being rendered into dog food."
i would not like to live or even travel through that town because i would not like that smell at all.
-Have you ever read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? If so, how does it relate to FFN?
i have not read THE JUNGLE, but how it relates is that workers got hurt at food industries in the book the jungle, just how workers are getting hurt in food packing industries today.
-How high is the employee turnover rate in the meat industry and why don't the packing plants see this as a problem?
meat industries have gone through so many employees and packing plants are not seeing this as a problem because they are making money no matter what.
We discussed captive supplies of cattle versus regular farming. Reflect upon this quote from page 150:
"To supply the beef slaughterhouse, ConAgra operates a pair of enormous feedlots. Each of them can hold up to one hundred thousand head of cattle..During the three months before slaughter, they eat grain..The grain fattens the cattle quickly, aided by the anabolic steroids implanted in their ear."
-Do you think that these animals' emotions (fears, stress, anger) affect the meat we eat derived from them? How?
i believe that when the animals are stressed, anger, or scared, it toughens up the meat, because if they are like that when they are getting killed, their muscles are tensed up because they are scared.
-How do you feel about eating steroids via consumption of "USDA Inspected" beef?
i know you can't really taste them even though it is a little disgusting to think about, but this is not going to change no matter what.
I probably grossed you out - sorry guys, but knowledge is power! If you still don't see the connection between this course and Fast Food Nation -- let me know. Most of you are going into health professions and will be dealing with epidemics of cancer, diabetes, heart disease etc.. mostly based on the American sedentary and processed-food lifestyle. I am hoping you are thinking more critically about everything at this point.
"people are going to try and bring you down, be strong"- i don't know how the real one goes, but that is how i say it.
2) Develop two reflection questions that you would ask your students at this point in the course if you were a UN100 Professor.
-how has college changed your life?
-are you still considering the career you have chosen at the beginning of the semester or are you thinking of something else?
3) What are you passionate about? Why?
i am passionate about my family because i love them so much and they are there for me when i need help and they mean everything to me.
4) How are you going to finance your three years of the Radiology program? If you will be in debt from student loans at the end, calculate roughly how much you will owe upon graduation.
when i get a job, i am going to have that help pay for it along with student loans, and at the beginning of the semester i figured out it will cost me $40,000 total about, but i am going to wait til next year to apply for the program, so adding 2 more semesters to that will raise that amount.
5) Have you changed your mind or do you have any new concerns about your program of study after our guest speakers today (Dr. Foley & Joanne)? Are you thinking of a different major or are you dead set on Radiology? What behavior(s) will you maybe have to change in order to keep up with and make the cut?
i wish that i would have heard their speech at the beginning of the semester because i would have been trying even harder at my classes. i was thinking of doing a different career but i am not really sure just yet. in order to make the cut i am going to need to try wayyyy harder at school and raising my grades up these next weeks before final exams.
6) FAST FOOD NATION (You should be reading through Chapter 7 at this point)
Reflect upon the opening lines of Chapter 7:
"You can smell Greeley, Colorado, long before you can see it. The smell is hard to forget but not easy to describe, a combination of live animals, manure, and dead animals being rendered into dog food."
i would not like to live or even travel through that town because i would not like that smell at all.
-Have you ever read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? If so, how does it relate to FFN?
i have not read THE JUNGLE, but how it relates is that workers got hurt at food industries in the book the jungle, just how workers are getting hurt in food packing industries today.
-How high is the employee turnover rate in the meat industry and why don't the packing plants see this as a problem?
meat industries have gone through so many employees and packing plants are not seeing this as a problem because they are making money no matter what.
We discussed captive supplies of cattle versus regular farming. Reflect upon this quote from page 150:
"To supply the beef slaughterhouse, ConAgra operates a pair of enormous feedlots. Each of them can hold up to one hundred thousand head of cattle..During the three months before slaughter, they eat grain..The grain fattens the cattle quickly, aided by the anabolic steroids implanted in their ear."
-Do you think that these animals' emotions (fears, stress, anger) affect the meat we eat derived from them? How?
i believe that when the animals are stressed, anger, or scared, it toughens up the meat, because if they are like that when they are getting killed, their muscles are tensed up because they are scared.
-How do you feel about eating steroids via consumption of "USDA Inspected" beef?
i know you can't really taste them even though it is a little disgusting to think about, but this is not going to change no matter what.
I probably grossed you out - sorry guys, but knowledge is power! If you still don't see the connection between this course and Fast Food Nation -- let me know. Most of you are going into health professions and will be dealing with epidemics of cancer, diabetes, heart disease etc.. mostly based on the American sedentary and processed-food lifestyle. I am hoping you are thinking more critically about everything at this point.
Monday, October 13, 2008
Blog #6
2) Reflect upon one tactic we discussed in class this week concerning Procrastination, Study Habits, Retainment, or Test-Taking/Anxiety. (Choose something that you will probably try and discuss why).
For the test-taking/anxiety, i get reallllly nervous when it comes to exam or quiz time.. and I forget right away. For my next exams or quizzes, I'm going to try not let the other people around me bother me. If I see people get done before me, I'm going to try to block them out and realize.. just take your time... and take big deep breaths.
For the test-taking/anxiety, i get reallllly nervous when it comes to exam or quiz time.. and I forget right away. For my next exams or quizzes, I'm going to try not let the other people around me bother me. If I see people get done before me, I'm going to try to block them out and realize.. just take your time... and take big deep breaths.
Saturday, October 4, 2008
blog #5
What do you feel this course (UN100) should focus on? What do you need help in, specifically?
I feel UN100 should focus on how to survive college, strategies for how to study better and work on getting good grades, and how to get involve with college. I know it kind of focuses on these things already, but not enough. I find it really hard because there have been many guest speakers coming in, and it doesn't give enough time in class to go over this stuff. Class is only for an hour and 40 minutes, but sometimes the guest speakers go on and on and on, leaving not enough time to go over these things. What I feel I need help in is the habit of studying every night and studying strategies. I have been having a hard time studying because I am still used to my habits I used during high school, where I wait until the night before or the morning of to go over the material before a test. Even though I got kind of good grades in high school doing this, I am seeing it does not work out during college. I am trying the flash card deal, and going over them over and over again, in which I found out helped on my human anatomy quiz in lab. I also wait last minute to do homework, but I am also starting the habit of doing homework every night. Hopefully doing these strategies will help and I hope to see raises in my grades in my classes.
I feel UN100 should focus on how to survive college, strategies for how to study better and work on getting good grades, and how to get involve with college. I know it kind of focuses on these things already, but not enough. I find it really hard because there have been many guest speakers coming in, and it doesn't give enough time in class to go over this stuff. Class is only for an hour and 40 minutes, but sometimes the guest speakers go on and on and on, leaving not enough time to go over these things. What I feel I need help in is the habit of studying every night and studying strategies. I have been having a hard time studying because I am still used to my habits I used during high school, where I wait until the night before or the morning of to go over the material before a test. Even though I got kind of good grades in high school doing this, I am seeing it does not work out during college. I am trying the flash card deal, and going over them over and over again, in which I found out helped on my human anatomy quiz in lab. I also wait last minute to do homework, but I am also starting the habit of doing homework every night. Hopefully doing these strategies will help and I hope to see raises in my grades in my classes.
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