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Family and Friends Medication Survey/Teaching
This past weekend, I interviewed some of my friends and family members regarding medications and supplements they are taking. Being that the majority of my friends fall into the young adult age group, the majority of them said no, they do not take any medications or supplements. Only one said yes, in which she is taking Iron and vitamin B complex supplements. Of my family members, my mom takes Metformin, and both she and my dad take Lozartan and Atorvastatin. My sister on the other hand takes Methimazole. All the people who said yes were able to verbalize the purpose of their medications. However, to my surprise only my sister knew the side effects of the drugs they were taking. Subsequently, I was able to educate the people who said “no,” about some of the side effects of each drug they are using. I was able to educate my friend about constipation as the side effect of iron supplements and that she should take it with orange juice or some juice with vitamin C to increase absorption. We also discussed how vitamin B12 helps with DNA synthesis and Hgb production. I was also able to educate my parents about the side effects of Lozartan and how it can cause hypotension and hyperkalemia, which can lead to arrhythmias. I also educated my mom about the importance of stopping Metformin 48hrs prior to injection of contrast dye for a CT scan due to the risk of renal failure. My dad also used to take Garcinia Cambocia, which is an herbal diet pill that decrease the sensation of hunger but can also cause hyperkalemia, Hypercalcemia and Hypermagnesia. Therefore, I was able to also educate him on the danger of taking Garcinia Cambocia and Lozartan and the high risk for developing Hyperkalemia leading to manifested as arrythmias or irregular heartbeats. As for the Atorvastatin medication, my dad then was also able to recall and verbalize side effect of malaise. Lastly, my sister was also able to verbalize hypothyroidism manifested as fatigue, depression, constipation, as the side effects of Methimazole. Of all people taking supplements and medications, non of them knew the generic, brand name or safe dose of the drugs/supplements they are taking.
Week 7 Readings
Happy Saturday!
Back to reading Sterheimer this week. I think the Sternheimer chapter for this week ties in really well with our discussion(s) last week about poverty. She talks about how the media is seen as problematic and is a distraction from reality. This also connected well with the Kuper, Ridgway, and Fremstad articles that covered poverty. I liked that the Ridgway article listed four specific problems in the way that media depicts the poor. The way media portrays poverty and those who are poor definitely seems to diminish the poor’s worth as human beings. I wish there was some media outlet that would allow for honest illustration of poverty, especially in today’s day and age when it is a major issue in our country. I suppose that, for now, we have to settle for these biased depictions.
Later in the Sternheimer chapter, I found it interesting that the amount of time spent watching television increases with age, but we are more focused on children and teens watching too much television. I also was happy that she discussed the positive benefits of video games, such as the complicated rules that can lead to intellectual payoff for the player. I kind of disagreed with this because yes, learning a system of rules might be helpful to learning but I felt like she disregarded the aspect of violence. I understand that there is a rating system, but at what point do video games take it too far? Do you guys seen video games as a major issue or can they really be used as a tool for raising intellectual capability?
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CI Events Going On This Week!
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As I said in class yesterday, I will be posting the events on WordPress each week, instead of giving a long list of announcements in class! This way we can spend more time doing activities and having awesome discussions! The events are hyperlinked so if you click on them it will direct you to the CI website and give you more information on that particular event.
On a side note Channel Islands Student Housing and Residential Education is hosting the Tunnel of Oppression event.
The Tunnel of Oppression is a campus diversity initiative originally developed at Western Illinois University in 1994, inspired by The Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles. The creators of the Tunnel of Oppression sought to provide participants with an emotionally charged experience that would allow them to briefly experience what oppressed groups have endured/continue to endure in their lives. Through the use of photographs, facts, displays, vignettes, videos, and recordings concepts and forms of oppression are communicated to and interpreted by participants.
After “going through” the Tunnel participants (usually a small group – no more than 15 people) are able to debrief their experience with the facilitators who lead them through the Tunnel. Traditionally to close the debrief participants are asked to consider what actions they will take in their own lives to aid in deconstructing oppression.
If this is something that might interest you, they are looking for volunteers and actors to help with the event. If you are just interested in attending the event is October 28-29th registration is now open. You do not need to register but it helps so that they have enough people to work the event. It is more like an RSVP. If you are looking to get involved e-mail me and I can set you up with the right people. For more information you can visit https://tunnelofoppression.wordpress.com/about-2/
Have a Wonderful weekend!
Katelynn Crook , TEA
Basic Skills, Genre, and Fiction as Dream
Brief Summary
Gardner sets fiction apart from any other type of writing, he claims it shouldn’t be “mixed with freshman composition.” His thoughts are quite harsh when it comes to learning the basics. His main points are types of fiction writers, realistic and fabulist writers. How writers are influenced and how they produce their work, genre-crossing or elevation of popular culture.
Must master
- grammer
- syntax
- punctuation
- diction
- sentence variety
- paragraph structure
- etc.
An American Rhetoric book by W.W. Watt for composition.
…needs help frequently, it’s a fairly clear sign that he’ll never be a writer.
Gardener does bring up some good ideas that make you think:
“How should he begin fiction?”
“What should he write about, and how can he know when he’s done it well?”
New Genres
- Genre-crossing
- Elevation of popular culture
In any culture certain subjects become classical, repeated by artists after artists. -Gardner
Realistic Writer vs. Fabulist Writer
Realistic Writer
- “write about what you know.”
- includes dialogue
- has setting, events, and characters that could exist outside the book
- argues into acceptance
Fabulist Writer
- events, characters, and settings that are made up
- creates a world
- writes under influence
- persuades to suspend your disbelief
They aren’t that different, both writers have to convince the reader that the story is happening and will move forward, They must first engage the reader, then convince them that this did or could happen.
…the willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. – Coleridge
The story becomes a dream for the reader. A key mistake is letting the dream be pulled away by a distraction. The writer must keep the readers attention continuously with vivid details. At times you can break from the dream and insert another thought into the readers head.
Writing Fiction
- you will obsess over your writing, that is okay.
- “student writers never be prevented from working as seriously as he knows how to.”
- start small
- don’t think of it as exercise but something that that could be a work of art
- make essential techniques second nature
- needs some emotion
Personal Connection
I agreed with Gardner especially after he broke down the details in pieces of writing. Fiction is my favorite genre and Gardner is right, if written correctly the story does come to life. There is a certain degree of emotion in the stories we read, and books become objects that flourish that emotion in ourselves. I have an attachment to all my books, because to me each book is a world brought to life by the author.
Questions
- What is your preferred fiction writing, realistic or fabulist? Why? What are the cons and pros?
- Do your favorite books strike emotion in you? Do you think the author felt the same emotion while writing it?
October 12
4 Problems With the Way the Media Depicts Poor People:
Out of all three articles this one was pretty accurate on how society ignores poor people. “This escapism – and that’s really what “reality” TV is – takes us away from the realties of our daily, monotonous lives, and enables us to live temporarily in a world wherein our own problems don’t exist. And I get why that’s nice”(Ridgway pg. 1). I can totally relate this quote. As much as I don’t really watch TV, when I do I watch it for pleasure not for knowledge. We typically watch TV to disconnect from our hectic schedules.
In reality, when attending elementary school, middle school, and high school we are learn to become a “middle-class American.” We are rarely informed about the disadvantages many have in society. As mentioned in this week’s readings, not everyone has the same access to the same level of education many of us receive. I don’t blame us for not knowing enough about the poor and those living with benefit assistance. We are not raised to really know about the financial situations that the poor or low income families have. I’m guilty too, we usually blame our fellow human beings for their disadvantages. For example, “Well if they focused on education, they could have done better in life,” ” They chose that life because they had children too early.” Not all situations can be justified; however, there are several that are not known because we lack the knowledge to understand them. Like media, education isn’t diverse because we are raised to be “middle- class” and are not told that many will not be “middle-class.”
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