Thursday, May 17, 2012

BLOG 11

To pass the CATW I must have

INTRODUCTION- introduce the author or whatever source the imformation is coming from.

SUMMARY- MARCIA -remember not to have a long summary.

TOPIC SENTENCE- explain the main idea and what i am about to discuss.

must have a sentence to support my topic.

then choice my thesis: if  I agree or disagree with the topic.

DEVELOPMENT OF PARAGRAPH- paragraph must be well developed.must have lots of details.

MARCIA-must watch my grammer and spelling.Essay must have three to five well developed paragraph.

must decide if the essay is agumentive, explontery, or compare or contrass.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

In the article, Individualism in Groups, written by Carol Travis, “she spoke about the how people act and behave differently a group setting.'' They are reluctant to  response to any given emergency and certain incident and accident. Most people decision making is less productive because of the influence that affect the individual judgment within the group.”The larger the group the more dependent individual become. 





I agree that people in larger group feel more comfortable.They feel that they do not of to think hard about the project or situation because there are people in that group that are willing participants.This is in reference to the Psychologist in the article who call this behavior,"diffusion of responsibility." As the group gets larger there will be more people that are more out spoken and ready to react to any given situation. Take for instant last month my professor gave the class an assignment to read an article and from that atricle we must  find the main idea. He broke us up into groups of four. Within my group there were only two people who participate. The people who were participating were reading the paragraph, highligthing and circling the sentences of the main idea. The nonparticipant did not speak, their focus was not with the group. The participating students would sometime ask the nonparticipating students if they understand what they are suppose to do, the repond was sometime vague, however the active student incourages the nonactive students to participate, so that our group will be ready whenever the professor is ready to call upon us to give the answer of what the main idea is in the article. 



Couple months ago in the news teachers were the blame for failure and closing of some schools in New York . I don’t think the failure of children and closing of schools is only the teacher’s responsibility when the school system is made up of a large group of parents, teachers principal and other faculties why wait for the teachers to improve the school when there are many other element and sources is responsible such as parents participation, environment, and economy improvement.





People are more reluctant and are influence by the group in which they are associated with. The responsibility is diminish in large groups.

Thursday, May 3, 2012

                                  How Your Birth Order Influences Your

                                        Your Life Adjustment



In refrence to the article written by Lucille Forer,''children are recognize by place value, it's who was born first, second, third and forth. The child is often reminded of what place value they are by hearing family members addresses them as such. Family members may have different behaviorr towards the child depending on which order they were born.Parent expectation of a child depends on the child's age.


I agree that children are recognize by what order they were born in, because as a child myself I was known to be the second child. My brother was known to be the first and oldest son. My parents expect him to look after me because I was much younger. He had the responsibility to guide me across the street while going to school. He was my baby sitter at times. He would pick me up after school prepare snacks and make sure my homework was done before my parents come home. Now I am much older and have children of my own when having a conversation about my children I would address them as my first son or my big son and my youngest or second born. The expectation of my oldest son is much larger than my youngest. My oldest is responsibility is to watch my youngest while we work and he must walk him back and forth to school. My family member spoils the youngest son because he is the baby of the family and they treat my oldest as if he is alreadly a man. His granddad always tell him your are the man of the family.


Another example of how your birth order influnces your life adjustment, take for instant Princess Diane's two boys. As tradition the oldest son must marry first. He will inherret the throne when his father Prince Charles dies. The second son has to wait for his brother to die before he can inherret the throne or become King.This situation happen in ordenary household. When a father dies the next of kin would be the first born if the mother is not around. The first born would have the responsibility of family proceedings the will if they have one or family estates.



Children birth have a place value in every family and it determins their responsibiles and value.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Blog 9

People who are courageous, sincere and go out of his or her way to help someone or better yet, risk his or her life to save someone, this action is commendable and heroic. People often forget that Heroes are human and have emotion and may have behavioral traits that characterize their personality. This may not be the description or ideal way we see a Hero.


A person may have a bad attitude about life or did criminal action in the pass or present and at the same time go out and save someone. This person should be consider a hero regardless of his behavior or personality. I think that heroic action make a Hero.however a person behavior and personality should not affect our idea of what a hero should be like.


Take for example the movie Hero, the character Bernard La Plante played by Dustin Hoffman he had bad attitude about life and commits several crime. The seen he played in the movie was very heroic ,he rescue 54 people who was trapped in a crash plane that was on fire, although this was not in Mr La Plante character.  He did not care for people except for this son. He is not a nice man he swears ,steals purses and wallets of people and sell's stollen goods for a living. However his action was remarkable he broke down the plane door went inside and carry out people to safety. Then there is Andy Garcia  Bernard's friend his character was John Blubber, he had a better prospective about life. He was homeless and sell soda cans for a living. This part in the movie demonstrate that people are human and life struggle can cause even the best person to do things that are inhuman. There was a million dollars reward for the person who rescue the passenger form the plane.Bernard was unaware of the award unlike his friend blubber . Blubber took the million dollars and all the fame. He got cleaned up and was no longer living in his car. Taking the money is not Blubber's characteristics however at the same time he did something heroic, he ordered blanket for all the homeless people and spent his time making children feeling worthwhile by giving them hope. In one of the hospital Mr Blubber visited, there was a boy in a coma, Mr Blubber speak to the boy and encourage him to wake up. In a couple of days the boy was out of his comatose state. At the very end of the movie John Blubber was feeling guilty for taking the money he treated to commit subside. Once again Mr Bernard performance was incredible, he convince his friend not to jump off the ledge of a high rise building. The movie end with both men sharing the money.



We have a few legendary heroes of the pass. Take for instant Dr Martin Luther King civil right activist and minister. He die frighting the war of civil rights for humanities. Dr King risk his life and his families protesting for the cause he believing in. He believe blacks people should have the same rights as white people. In the pass it was very hard for black people to live they were treated as slaves no dignity or respect and even sometime was beaten. Dr. King dedicated his life preaching and protesting to put an end to segregation and hope for unity for humanities. There is also Harriet Tugman who was unselfish, during slavery she gain her freedom and wish to go back to save her families and friends. She went to Philadelphia and joined the anti-slavery organization.This is the organization who organize the underground railroad, a secret network that help the slaves escape from bondage in the south.Through this organization Harriet lead her families and friends to freedom.


In addition, I usually see on the news the mayor of a particular town arrive on the crime or incident site after the crime or incident however on the news about two weeks ago Cory Booker mayor of Newark New Jersey came home and fine his neighbor home on fire. Mr Booker heard his neighbor screaming that her daughter is still inside the house.while Mayor Booker proceed to enter the house the Newark Detective tried to stop him from entering in the house but mayor argue with them and he went into the house and rescue his neighbor's daughter. I think this was a great story , and I was inspired by the mayor's heroic action.


Heroes are people who commits heroic acts, however regardless of the heroes personality and behavior we should not let it affects the way we think about them.




   

Thursday, April 19, 2012

BLOG 8

                                                Is Music Good tool for health



     Music has become a great advantage and has a positive effect in the medical profession. In reference to the article written by Elizabeth Scott, hospital is now using music has a therapeutic method to help patients with pain management and mental disorders. Music therapy is now known to have some beneficial effect to cancer patients and children who have problem focusing. Music can be a great elevation for stress and a good source for relaxation.


  
    I agree with the author that music is very theraputic and having music in the medical feild is a great advantage to patients because of the calming effect it has on the body and mind. Take for instant the day I went to the dentist to have my teeth remove this practically stress me out just thinking about the distruction that is about to happen. while wating for the dentist I read couple of the magazine that is there for patients to read. If you were to ask me what I have just read I wouldn't be able to tell you because my mind was precondition of the devasting  distruction that is about to happen. The dentist assistance call me to the procedure room there she took some x rays and assist me to the procedure chair, she prepare me for the procedure and handed me a radio headset. The assistance told me I can listen to music while I wait for the dentist to come. I was able to choose whatever channel, so I change it to R.N.B one of my favorite radio station. while waiting fifteen mintues for the dentist to arrive I was rockiny and singing softly to the music. By the time the dentist came in and numb my gums my nerves were calm because of the music I was still listening to. The dentist was able to complete the procedure without my nerve been shattered.


   Have you gone to the gym and there was no music? I done think so, most every gyms have music. The gym instructor's use music to stimulate their customers while practicing their exercise. music with heavy and fast beats motivate the people who are exercising which increase the heart rate and promote circulation throughout the body. Take for instant zumba a very popular dance that is use for exercise in many gyms. It's a cultivation of african and Latin movements and music.The music changes from high to very low and fast beats, which is also a good source of cardio workout for the body. while working out to zumba dance and music other people in the gym are working out on the heavy equipments and listening to music on their I Pods.


   music is a tremendous contribution it promote health,decrease stress and is a good source for relaxation.


Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Blog 7 Individualism in Groups


                                         Individualism in Groups




In the article, Individualism in Groups, written by Carol Travis, “she spoke about the how different people behavior in a group and the response to emergency and certain situation are less productive because of the influence that affect the individual judgment within the group.” When it is a larger group individual is more reliance with their decision


I agree that people in larger group are more relax with their judgment because in every group there are one are two people who are more out spoken and ready to react to any given emergency or situation so if the group is larger the ratio of proactive people is large and the reluctant people feel safe that they don’t have to respond to the situation. This is In reference to the psychologist in the article who call this behavior, “diffusion of responsibility,” Take for instant the professor in my class who gave us an assignment and break us up into groups of four. The assignment was to read an article and find the main idea as a group within the group there were only two people who participate and ready to search and find the answer while the other nonparticipant did not speak or respond to the task we have as a group.

Couple months ago in the news teachers were the blame for failure and closing of some schools in New York . I don’t think the failure of children and closing of schools is only the teacher’s responsibility when the school system is made up of a large group of parents, teachers principal and other faculties why wait for the teachers to improve the school when there are many other element and sources is responsible such as parents participation, environment, and economy improvement.


 People are more reluctant and are influence by the group in which they are associated with. The responsibility is diminish in large groups.                 

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Blog 5

Back in the day I believe  that wearing warm clothing in the winter would prevent you from having a cold or the flu. However growing up  has help me to understand that not all things I believe in as a child is the truth today.

I have come to realization that wearing long sleeve and layer of clothing do not prevent the flu or the common cold. I have learned these are protection for the body , and the common cold and flu is caught by contact and some are air born.

I remember as a little girl my mother would say make sure you dress warm, or you will get a cold. I grew up hearing this and I was a believer until I worked in the medical field I learned that the common cold is contagious by coming in contact with germs such as touching  a surface that was previously touched by someone who sneeze or cough in their hand and someone come along and touch that area. Take for instant the preschool teacher who often help to wipe the snort form children noses, if she do not practice hand washing between each child she helped, she can pass the cold germs to each child.I often read the medical journal which usually have a section on the common cold and flu,and how to avoid them. The advice the journal gave is to always practice hand washing and get the flu shot yearly.

 I remember a few years ago I worked in the nursing home one of  the resident contact the flu from one of her family member who came to visit her. The virus was spread through the entire nursing home even the staff member got very sick the administration at to shut down the entire home no visitor were allowed in until everything was safe

my maturity and knowledge of the truth that while wearing long sleeve or layers of clothing do not prevent the common cold or flu.