FIRST ESSAY :-(

Not feeling that well about my first essay grade, so I guess I have some work to do!
I'm not to sure how I got 10.5/15 on the draft and a C on the final, but nontheless, I will work harder on the redo. I just hope that it's worth it, I'm just not happy with my grade, I can do better, and I will do better!

U cannot turn an animal into a house pet!

A lady in C.T. raised a chimp since he was a few weeks old and he turned on her friend who he's known for years and nearly killed her. When will people learn that they cannot trust animals? This women took in the chimp when her husband and daughter died she brought this baby chimp into her home and made him her family, cooking for him, allowing him to sleep with her. Now the darn animal had to be yougthinized and she may loose her friend too.

Movie Time!

hhhhmmmm! Well, it's hard to just pick one. So, I'll pick the one that gives me the warm fuzzy feeling of having movie night as a young child. My dad would go to the local video store and spent time finding something that was suitable for the whole family to watch, or him to fall asleep watching as my brother sister and I watched, eyes glued to the T.V. drumroll, please....The Parent Trap, the original with Haley Mills. Yeah, I know it's probably corny, but I love it! The spunk of those twins; after finding out in that way,that somewhere out there was a twin out there and their parents not telling them, deciding to switch identities! I think I'd be scard to do that. But over all I think it would be my all time favorite.

ALL those damn kids!

Last night I watched the first 20 min of the interview of the women that just gave birth to octuplets.......OK, what is wrong with HER, her DOCTOR and STAFF?
First, when they showed her pictures of when she was young, it didn't even resemble her, she has had a nose job and lip injections, and that's just what my untrained eye can pick up on. So she already have some underlining issues. Secondly, what doctor in his right min would keep on fertilizing a women 7 times without stopping to make sure she has a psych evaluation? And lastly some of the staff saw something that they knew was wrong. And we all in the medical field have a responsibility to our patients to do the right thing.

Party Animal vs. Nurse

At work today the nurses are talking about how you cannot successfully have the best of both worlds. One nurse went out last night and came into work late today, now she's sitting unusually quiet in the corner, trying to stay awake and be pleasant to her patient's family. Thank goodness we're in the ICU and we don't really have to be that pleasant to our unconscious patients.
But what's the chances that someone wants to go out on the night that your off the next day? Slim to none, so you end up going out the night before you have to work, then paying for it the next day. Its a hard career because you always feel like your working, or that no one wants to ask you to go out because they think you have to work.......

OHIO

As I'm watching the news, I can't help but to think why these fisherman were out there on the ice without checking the weather report to see that it would be warming up and the winds would be too strong! Who was in charge? They really put a lot of peoples lives in jeopardy unnecessarily. And it ended up taking the life of one of them, so far. The news caster even reported that "they had no business out there." If I were one of thoses fisherman I would have definently checked the weather report myself, infact each day prior to going out, never relying on someone else when its a life or death decision!

Identity

At work the other day, we had a patient expire, and his family was not there with him as he went... I was later instructed to document his personal belongings, so the nurse and I went through and documented: a pair of pants, a shirt, a watch, and a wallet aaah, there was the key he had a wallet and since I had not seen any family visit, I wondered what the contents of his wallet would tell me about the identity of this man whose now souless body lays here in front of me..
There was a old newspaper clipping of an article about how toothpaste can be used to soothe insect bites and a couple of old school photos of a female. No identification cards or any other clues..... That's why I based my essay on the effect of cultural markers on shaping ones identity.

1st week!!

The first week was interesting......I still get butterflies in my stomach when it comes to school. Probably because I'm doing it backwards, I tried to start my career, then decided to return to college to get the actual degree. But all in all it was good. After getting a few e-mails from my English professor, I was a little more nervous, then after meeting her, it softened my inital image. I'm also taking a Psych class and since I've nonvoluterally worked in the Psych unit, I was really dreding that class! But, again, to my pleasant surprise, I enjoy learning about it, just not working with it directly....................I'm thinking positively "This will be a good semester!"

Assignment #1
As a self profile using the items in my wallet, I find that I'm a procrastinater, because of the souvenirs found in my wallet from a vacation taken 2 months ago. I was supposed to put not only my photos, but those souvenirs in an album. I also find that I am cautious by saving my receipts for purchases made with my credit card until it shows up on my account. One other finding is that I'm organized, in a scattered way...everything has its place amongst the mess!

unsure

I'm a little unsure of how this is supposed to work, dont know if we'll be getting a writting topic more than once a week. If not what are we to write about the rest of the times? But I guess as long as im writting something, I meet the goal.
We'll I worked 2 12-hr shifts back to back and it's really taking a toll on me, mainly my back and feet. I finally received my books that I ordered from on-line, so I am ready to go.

The most fun...........

The most fun I've ever had writting was for the placement test to get into OCC. I think I enjoyed it so much because I was excited about the thought of comming back to college as an adult and the topic that I was writting about. Returning to college as an adult is exhulerating and I believe that you appreciate it much more later on in life than if you go right out of high school, that was the case for me. The topic I wrote on was regarding, if there wa sone person you'd want to meet who would it be, and I would LOVE to meet Oprah, because I think she is a beautiful person with a heart of gold. She'd give you the shirt off of her back and she doesn't even have to know you.
Well that's my writting experience.

Now, onto the topic: Freshman comp - ugh, right? Maybe not. What's the most fun you've ever had writing? Who was it for? What was it you were writing? Why did you enjoy the assignment so much - or hate it least, if that's the case?