tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69191607878859469062024-03-14T00:46:08.514-07:00Kristin's Journalism BlogAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-5122816990890249582015-01-21T16:59:00.001-08:002015-01-21T16:59:44.608-08:00What Happens Later?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Behind every person in the world lies a different story. There can be great
things that happen in these individuals’ lifetimes, but there can also be
traumatic things that people go through as well. As those people move on with
their life after the experience, the physical pain may leave but the memory of
what happened never dies. Since everyone is different, the way they choose to
go about their life may be different from someone else. Some people may always
be paranoid from their traumatic experience and others could try and forget
about it and just go about their life day by day. So my question is, what does
literature say about adults who have gone through a childhood trauma?</div>
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There is more about the effects of a traumatic experience than most people
realize. The victims of an experience can go through a series of different
consequences or even none at all. The consequences can range from certain
disorders to emotionally scarring. The people who have gone through a traumatic
experience are all different as are there experiences so what comes next is
determined by how traumatized they were from their personal experience. </div>
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In some cases, individuals who have been affected by a traumatic experience can
eventually start to show symptoms of having a personality disorder. In cases of
personality disorders, latent variables can include factors ranging from
genetic vulnerability to coexisting environmental risks. Latent variables are
how someone starts acting after a trauma; it is not something you can see, you
notice it rather. But, you can not always conclude someone to having a
personality disorder. Personality disorders come from experiencing many traumas
from childhood to adulthood (Paris, Joel).</div>
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Every once in a while a news report or maybe in a local news paper has a topic
of a child going through some type of traumatic experience. As awful as it
seems, children are more vulnerable than adults, so the more severe the
psychopathology, the earlier in life is its origin (Paris, Joel). As that child
grows up, if they ever went through another or more traumatic experiences, it
could damage them mentally, and hurt them for when they reach adulthood. If
that actually happens, the child could very likely eventually get a personality
disorder. No matter what the age of the trauma that the child experiences, it
affects them the same way it would if they were older. Age is not a factor in
disorders in individuals who have gone through a traumatic experience; it is if
the trauma repeats itself later in that person’s life. So, the more traumatic
and negative experiences in a child’s lifetime (or even an adult’s), the
greater the outcome of negative consequences.</div>
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When children grow up to be adults, the probability of them to receive a
personality disorder or anything along the lines of something permanent to
happen to them actually decreases. It is said that in general, only about 25%
of children exposed to severe trauma develop demonstrable psychopathology as
adults. Of course, 25% is still a large probability but at least it is not
certain in adults who have went through any traumatic experiences. Only one
fifth of adults with histories of childhood sexual or physical abuse, however,
develop demonstrable psychopathology. Again, not a high probability but there
still is a good chance of an adult who when through a childhood trauma to
develop a demonstrable psychopathology.</div>
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There may be low probabilities of personality disorders but that does not mean
that the individual is immune to getting other disabilities. These traumas that
these victim’s had faced left them with various feelings and emotions and if
those happen continuously, it could damage the victim mentally. That being
said, if you have high levels of stress, fear, and arousal, they can commonly
induce learning deficits and memory loss (Joseph, Rhawn). What most
people do not know is that these are not uncommon when someone goes through a
traumatic experience. In fact, amnesia or partial memory loss is not uncommon
following severe stress and emotional trauma. Even high publicized national
traumas may induce significant forgetting. Memory loss is a consequence of
stress – induced disturbances involving the hippo campus, a structure which
normally plays an important role in the storage of various events in long –
term memory (Joseph, Rhawn). </div>
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When someone goes through a traumatic experience, to help cope with what
happened, they seek a therapist. The patients present for therapy with a wide
range of symptomotology include anxiety disorders, self – mutilation and
suicidal behavior, sexualized behavior in children, sexual dysfunction in
adults, substance abuse, complex post – traumatic stress disorder, and
dissociative disorders (Brown, Angela and David Finkelhor).</div>
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In my research of how adults dealt with a childhood trauma, it was stated that
it was how the victim reacts to the trauma that they went through. If their
trauma was reoccurring as the got older, the consequences would be much higher
rather than if the victim only went through and experience once. But, what I
did not find out was the immediate effects of someone who went through a
traumatic experience.</div>
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Methodology;</div>
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In this portion of my literature review, I decided to ask 10 of my
teammates about what they think the emotional immediate reactions would be for
someone who had gone through some type of trauma (an example that could be an
immediate reaction of a trauma could be PTSD). I did not want to go and ask
different people if they had gone through a trauma because I did not want to
bring up unpleasant memories that the potential victims had been trying
desperately to get rid of.</div>
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Research methods;</div>
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To go about my research, I asked some of my
friends from my soccer team about my question. I decided to ask them because
they are from different towns and do not go to Norton so I wanted to know their
opinion on my topic. </div>
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</span>From asking my friends on my team I collected my data. Seven out of the
ten people I asked (70%) predicted that the victim would get PTSD, two other
people (20%) predicted that the victim would get sleep loss, and one person
(10%) predicted that nothing drastic would happen until they gradually got
older.</div>
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<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>From the
findings I found, I concluded that it can be possible to be effected by more
than one effect from a trauma. With both answers my teammates said, I think
someone who went through a traumatic experience could get both PTSD and sleep
loss and probably more than those two effects as well.</div>
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All in all,
literature has given many facts about what is says about adults who went
through a traumatic experience as a child. It gave me more knowledge about what
could happen after a trauma; such as it could lead to memory loss or
demonstrable psychopathology as an adult. In the seriousness of the trauma and how
traumatized the victim was from their experience are also key factors for the
consequences of the trauma. Luckily, there are trauma centers that doctors
prescribe people to go to which have been proven to lower mortality and
significantly decrease morbidity rates for patients that have gone through any
sort of trauma (SMITH, J. STANLEY). Traumatization is not to be taken
lightly and the victims of it can get serious disabilities or be diagnosed with
illness(es).</div>
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Work Cited</div>
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Finkelhor, David, and Angela Browne. "The
traumatic impact of child sexual abuse: A conceptualization." American
Journal of orthopsychiatry 55.4 (1985): 530.</div>
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Hartman, Geoffrey H. "On traumatic knowledge and
literary studies." New Literary History 26.3 (1995): 537-563.</div>
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Joseph, Rhawn. "The neurology of traumatic
“dissociative” amnesia: Commentary and literature review." Child Abuse
Negl 23 (1999): 715-727.</div>
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Paris, Joel. "Does childhood trauma cause personality
disorders in adults?."Canadian Journal of Psychiatry 43.2 (1998): 148-153.</div>
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improve outcome over non-trauma centers: the evaluation of regional trauma care
using discharge abstract data and patient management categories." Journal
of Trauma-Injury, Infection, and Critical Care 30.12 (1990): 1533-1538.</span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-54756604989834549702014-10-22T18:26:00.001-07:002014-10-22T18:30:37.349-07:00Biased Editorial<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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In the article, "Vague Cyber bullying
Law" The writer feels very biased about people believing that it is okay
to bully someone over some form of social media. The writer of the piece feels
very strongly about how much cyber bullying has affected too many friends and
families in the US and how no one seems to care that what they say about
someone over the internet can negatively affect them so much that they go to
the extreme and when someone finally takes a stand, it's too late. That being
said, some of the different types of biases I picked up on were: bias blind
spot, empathy gap, ostrich effect, and defensive attribution hypothesis.</div>
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Bias blind spot was the first one I noticed in this
article. Bias blind spot is the tendency to see oneself as less biased as other
people, or to identify more cognitive biases in others than oneself. In the
article, it was mentioned that a mother had created a fake profile and then
started to talk to the Mier's daughter, Meghan, as if they were a real person.
Eventually, the mother who was faking the profile told Meghan that he didn't
like her any more and thought that the world would be a much better place
without her in it. What that mother did not think of is that with those few
words, it can affect a person drastically and unfortunately for Meghan, she
believed it and took her own life.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Another bias I had found in the article was
"empathy gap". Empathy gap is the tendency to underestimate the
influence of strength of feelings, in either oneself or others. What intrigues
me most about this bias and the mother who faked a profile and told Meghan such
horrible things, is that they were a grown adult who knows right from wrong but
still thought it was okay to hit "send" after typing something so
awful as to tell someone that the world would be a better place with out them.
Under no circumstances should anyone ever tell someone else that. I don't care
who you are or what the other person has done. It is not OK. Just think of the
famous saying, "if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything
at all". If everyone thinks of this every time they're about to hit "
send" I think the world would be a much better place. But this mother
unfortunately did not and ended up causing a child to become so depressed they
thought that their only way to escape it was to do what she had said. <br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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A third bias I had also noticed in this article was
the ostrich effect. The ostrich effect is ignoring an obvious (negative)
situation. This relates to the article because its showing how it takes an
action so horrible like someone taking their own life, to make people start
paying attention to this situation. Many kids and even adults had taken their
own life because of nasty things being said to them over social media.
Unfortunately it took that amount of people to die to make people become aware
about how much of a big deal this is and to make specific laws against cyber
bullying so it wouldn't cost any more lives of people who had so much ahead of
them.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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Lastly, the last bias I had noticed in this article
was defensive attribution hypothesis. This is attributing more blame to a harm
- doer as the outcome becomes more severe or as personal or situational
similarity to the victim increases. By what I read in this article, by the
mother bullying that 13 year old girl and having no one stop her, she was only
putting herself into a deeper hole for when she gets blamed for having an
innocent young girl who doesn’t know any better, take their own life.</div>
Article: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/08/opinion/08tue2.html?_r=0" target="_blank">http://www.nytimes.com/2009/<wbr></wbr>09/08/opinion/08tue2.html?_r=0</a><br />
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The other day, I got to “interview”
two of my classmates who I did not know very much about. I interviewed Liam and
Meghan. Fortunately, after asking them various questions about many different
things, I got to know each of them a little better. Some of their answers I was
a little shocked about. But, after asking them the questions I had for them, I feel
like I know them a lot better.</div>
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One of the questions I asked was, “What
was the weirdest thing you’ve ever seen a stranger do in public?” and with both
of their answers and after thinking about it myself, I have definitely not seen
either of the things they have. Liam answered first; he explained that, “The
people just kept doing very awkward movements.” Then Meghan answered sounding
very amused that “Some lady started putting on deodorant in the middle of a
restaurant!” After she finished laughing, she also explained that it was one of
the grossest things she has ever seen. Another question I asked each of them
was if they had ever broken a bone. Liam explained that he has broken three
bones; his finger, his leg, and his arm, while Meghan on the other hand has
only broken her toe. After that I asked Liam and Meghan if they could travel anywhere
in the world, without having to worry about money, where would they go and what
would they do while there were there. Again, Liam answered first and stated
that he would, “Go to Hawaii or
even Australia
to see all of the different animals that we don’t have here.” Then Meghan
answered, much like Liam, that she would also go to Hawaii
as well and she would learn to surf if she ever got the chance to go there. Also,
Liam’s biggest fear is being buried alive and after thinking for a bit, Meghan
explained that her biggest fear has to be either spiders or drowning. Lastly, I
asked each of my partners in all of their lives, what has got to be the worst
present they’ve ever received? Liam answered first again and he said that the
worst present he has ever gotten was “Definitely socks!” Meghan was soon to
answer and had a similar answer to Liam’s. She said that the worst present she
has ever gotten was either, “Socks or toothpaste.” Both seem pretty boring to
me!</div>
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I’m glad I got to ask questions to
both Liam and Meghan and I am glad I got to know them each a little better!
Hopefully over the year I’ll get to know all of my classmates better. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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I finally tried sushi for the first time! I only got a basic California Roll unfortunately but it still counts. As you can see, I liked it a lot which is why I ate all six. Don't get me wrong, the sushi was good and all but I would not get it all the time. I think I would only get it if I was in the mood for one. But, I'm glad I got the opportunity to try it. Someday, I want to try other kinds of sushi.<br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-76093203348198516032014-09-28T12:31:00.004-07:002014-09-28T12:31:29.038-07:00Incentives<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Kristin
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1)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Incentives are what motivates or drives
someone to do something. More importantly, to make someone want to do better
than how they normally do. Even though you should always strive to do your best
with anything that you do, not everybody lives up to their potential. Sad to
say, the thing that motivates people the most is money. Don’t get me wrong, I would
have no problem in getting money in reward for every time I accomplished something,
but money can get you everything you want. I can understand why money is such a
successful incentive though. Money is a very important factor in everyday life.
It gives you a place to call home as well as buy you food for when you’re
hungry. Incentives are bribing people to do things they should have been doing
anyway. It’s always a great feeling to get something for doing something
correctly, but an even better reward is proving yourself you can do something
out of your own pure motivation and being able to say you did it.</div>
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2)<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>Aesthetic experiences are when all of
your senses are awake. One of my aesthetic experiences is when I am playing in
a big game like a championship and everyone is screaming all around me and I can
literally feel the clock ticking down to zero. In those last few minutes of the
game I hear so many voices in my head telling me what to do. In regular games I
don’t experience these things nearly as much I do in big games. Just the
feeling of knowing that you made it that far and you’re so close to achieving
your goal just gives you a rush. When the time finally reaches zero and the
game has been called and you win, you get a wave of happiness all around you
and you aren’t just proud and happy for yourself, but also for everyone you get
to go through this experience with.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-35112385545052621362014-09-23T19:12:00.005-07:002014-09-23T19:12:28.815-07:00My Short & Long Term Bucket Lists<div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white;">
<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Long Term Bucket List<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hang
glide.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I want to hang glide
because skydiving seems to extreme to me and hang gliding seems like the next
step down. I also want to hang glide because you just get to go where the wind
the wind takes you with a little help from “steering” it. Hang gliding just
seems very relaxing to me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Pet
an okapi.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I would like to pet
an okapi because they seems like very interesting animals to me. I have no idea
if you ca find them in zoos or not but if they are I need to find which zoo(s)
have them so I can pet one. Anyway, who wouldn’t want to pet a zebra giraffe?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Eat
a lion fish.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I want to eat a
lion fish because I have swam where a few were swimming in the ocean. Even
though they are poisonous, if you prepare them correctly, they taste very good.
I want to see if I also think they’re good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go
on a game show.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I want to be on a
game show because every time I watch one on TV all of the contestants and
people in the audience are laughing and smiling. I would like to have fun just
like everybody else and see how well I would do competing against everyone
else.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Drive
on the left side of the road.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> This is on my bucket list because I have always wondered what
it would be like to drive on the left side of the road. Obviously, I have never
driven on the right side yet because I am not old enough but I would just like
to see how different it would be and if I would ever get confused and find
myself driving on the opposite side.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">6<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Ice
skate at the TD Garden.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">
I love hockey and I grew up with it all around me from my family and friends
paying it all the time. I have been to the TD Garden more times than I can
count to see the Boston Bruins play and I want to see what it feels like to ice
skate somewhere where your favorite players play.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">7<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Be
in a movie.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I’m not talking
become an actress and star in every movie with other well - known actors and
actresses, but to just be an extra. Personally, I think it would be a very fun
experience and I could have more of a chance to meet a famous actor or actress
instead of hoping for a “follow” from them on Twitter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Short Term Bucket List<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">1)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Zip
line.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Zip lining is on my
bucket list because I feel like all of my friends have done it and im the only
person who hasn’t. I also want to zip line because I think it would be nice to
see wild life I may have not seen before or to just see the nature around me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">2<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Get
a detention.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I don’t exactly know
why I actually want a detention but I feel like everyone has to once in their
life get a detention. If I ever do, my mom will probably be very angry with me.
But, she can’t get too mad because I haven’t even gotten a session once in my
life. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">3)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Go
to a Celtic’s game.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> There are probably
many other sports and teams who I’d rather see than the Celtic’s but since I like
basketball more than football (I’ve never been to a Patriots game either), I think
I would enjoy it more.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">4<b>)</b></span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></b><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Spray
paint an entire wall.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I see people spray
paint walls and other things in movies and what they spray paint always seems
and looks very cool to me so I want to try to do it as well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">5)</span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 7.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span><b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Try
sushi.</span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> I want to try sushi
because I get different types of Asian food all the time but I’ve never felt
compelled to try sushi even though some of it looks and smells very good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-3038323052905729952014-09-16T19:17:00.004-07:002014-09-16T19:17:53.337-07:00Why You Should Exercise (Ethos, Pathos, Logos)<div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst">
<b>Ethos:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->In my opinion the best reason to exercise is
that it's really fun!<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->When people actually take the time to try
exercising they realize it's an enjoyable experience.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->When you having fun you don't even realize that
your exercising and you look forward to it everyday.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->There is no greater feeling than achieving a
weight lose goal and being able to feel good about your body. It makes
exercising well worth it.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Pathos:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->In conclusion, exercising is the key to making
your life healthier, longer, and happier.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->It is one of the most important things in life
and it's one hundred percent beneficial.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->So next time you are deciding whether or not to
exercise just think of the benefits you will experience from it. It is
extremely rewarding and worthwhile.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Logos:</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->More that 1.6 billion people in the world are
either overweight or obese and United States has the highest rate of obesity.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->One out of every four Americans are suffering
from some form of heart disease, which results in more than forty-five percent
of deaths annually.<o:p></o:p></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]-->Exercising not only helps prevent heart
diseases, but it also helps prevent strokes, type 2 diabetes, and even certain
types of cancer.<o:p></o:p></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15917370322962787542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6919160787885946906.post-82571984358258969062014-09-09T18:54:00.003-07:002014-09-09T18:54:52.988-07:00My Pet Peeves<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: .25in;">
<b>1. When people lean in close to me when they’re talking. </b> If you want to talk to me, is it really that
hard to stay where you are? <span style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"> Is it that hard to stand still? I can hear
you! You don't have to lean in so close to me that I can smell what you just ate!</span>
If what you are saying is private and we are in a public space then I will make
an exception. Although, if it is just a regular conversation, stay where you
are!<span style="color: #222222; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 10.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">2. When people go in the bathroom stall right next
to you.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> If it is just you and me in
the bathroom, there is no need to go in the stall right next to the one I’m in.
You don't want to hear me go to the bathroom, and I definitely do not want to
hear you go to the bathroom.</span> Also, you had the whole bathroom to choose
where to go. What compelled you to choose the stall right next to the one I’m in?</span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="background: white;">3. Girls who overdose on perfume.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> Girls, I do not want to be able to smell you from one
side of school if you are on the completely opposite side. Just a few sprays
here and there of your perfume is fine. But don't use so much that it smells
like you bathed in your own perfume.</span> Especially if we have a class
together and we sit next to each other. Soon enough, I’ll need some clean air
to breathe.<br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">4. Spelling things wrong in text messages.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> I’m not asking you to text me like you’re writing an
essay for school, but I'd really appreciate it if you would actually spell out
the words rather than abbreviating them. (Examples: "r" for
"are" or "u" for "you". You don’t have to use
commas or perfect punctuation, just spell things out every once in a while.</span><br />
<br />
<b><span style="background: white;">5. Getting the appetizer the same time as the
entrée.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> When I go out to eat, most
times I get my meals all one at a time rather than everything all at once. That
way, I have a little time to digest and get hungry again before the next
course. But, if I get two things at once, then I'll get full quicker and won’t
eat everything.</span><br />
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<b><span style="background: white;">6. Owners who dress their pets up.</span></b><span style="background: white;"> The only time I will ever except that you dressed
your pet up is on Halloween. If you dress your pet up at any other time, I will
probably judge you from a far. If it’s too cold out, don't put a little jacket
or sweater on your pet. Instead, just limit their time outside so they don’t
get too cold.</span><b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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