BLOG #8 - due by MIDNIGHT 11/3/08!

**Go to a classmate's blog and answer the TWO questions s/he formulated in response to last week's #2:

"Develop two reflection questions that you would ask your students at this point in the course if you were a UN100 Professor."

So, you will be going to another classmate's blog, cutting & pasting their #2 from last week and answering those questions on your own blog.

THAT'S IT! :)

BLOG #7 - due by MIDNIGHT 10/27/08!

1) Post your favorite lyrics, poem, or quote for this week.

2) Develop two reflection questions that you would ask your students at this point in the course if you were a UN100 Professor.

3) What are you passionate about? Why?

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.

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?

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."

-Have you ever read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? If so, how does it relate to FFN?
-How high is the employee turnover rate in the meat industry and why don't the packing plants see this as a problem?

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?

-How do you feel about eating steroids via consumption of "USDA Inspected" beef?

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.

BRAIN-BASED MEMORY TECHNIQUES

We are going to focus on brain-based memory techniques for the rest of the semester. Please watch this Youtube video and I challenge you to try this method the next time you have to memorize vocabulary. Please leave me feedback whether you succeed or not!

BLOG #6 - due by MIDNIGHT 10/13/08!

"Our greatest glory is not in never failing but in rising every time we fall."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson--

There are two parts to this short Blog:

1) Post a response to the classmates' blog (paper strip) that I assigned you, on his/her page. At the bottom of this, you will find a complete address list of everyone's sites.

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).

Abbott, Stephanie http://stabbott.blogspot.com
Bianco, Lauren http://lsbianco.blogspot.com/
Boldrey, Brittany http://bboldrey.blogspot.com
Curry, Heather http://hcurry.blogspot.com/
Dobson, Sarah http://sarahdobson.blogspot.com/
Dynes, David http://flav0rdave.blogspot.com
Fisher, Kirsten http://kirfishe.blogspot.com/
Fowler, Courtney http://relwofyentruoc.blogspot.com/
Glime, Cori http://cglime.blogspot.com/
Lundin, Ashley http://alundin22.blogspot.com/
Maki, Christopher http://chrmaki.blogspot.com
Piper, Natasha http://npiper.blogspot.com/
Riopelle, Raven http://rvriopelle.blogspot.com
Simmons, Sarah www.sarsimmo.blogspot.com/
Stratton, Shanin http://sstratto.blogspot.com/

I'm a product of society...

I was bad today - I ate at Hardee's for lunch. Why? Because I only had 25 minutes for lunch AND thickburger combos were only $2.25 -- see, they lured me in with all of this convenience and thrift!

It tasted good (and should since it's mostly chemical) but I honestly couldn't finish the burger. I kept wondering what the tiny lumps in the meat were. Grizzle? Antibiotics? Fat? Dirt? Fur?

KFC $10 Challenge...

Who has seen this new KFC ad on TV? What do you think of it..?

If you haven't, it basically shows a mom and her kids trying to buy groceries to fix a meal at home for under $10 and then shows a meal at KFC with side dishes, all for "under $10." Yea, that's great, but how can you compare a meal full of toxic poisonous fats and chemicals to home-cooked, less processed meals?

Honestly, I can feed my family a healthy meal for under $10 -- it just takes a bit of dedication and time.. which of course, no one has anymore.

Anyways, I thought this new commercial was interesting. What are your thoughts?

BLOG #5 - due by MIDNIGHT 10/6/08!

What do you feel this course (UN100) should focus on? What do you need help in, specifically?


Please write at least one paragraph focusing on your specific academic needs. That's it - have a great week!