I have considered many options about my big question. I have finally decided to revise my big question and focus on subjects that would most interest myself. As a perspiring emergency physician I don't wanted to do something with emergency medicine but I'm also really into space with the planets and the stars. So my big question is...
Is there a career for emergency physician on or in the NASA astronaut program?
Are there ways for emergency physicians to be on the space station to take care of the astronauts?
Is it possible for an emergency physician to do an adequate job while in space?
What types of medicines do they have in the space station?
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
CHARACTER STUDY (I)
The life she has planned and has worked her whole high school career for has finally taken off. It's been a year since you received that life-changing letter that started it all. Here she is studying at Cal poly State University getting a bachelors degree and biological sciences. All the hours of volunteering all the countless nights of scholarship applications all the sleepless dreams of finally receiving the letter have paid off. She has made her dream come true and she is determined and dedicated to finish out her life dream of becoming an emergency physician. She can still that day when it all became reality.
It was close to finals of the first semester of your senior year she's been working hard to prove to everyone else that she wasn't who she appeared to be. It was December 17 she was expecting a letter any day from her dream school, Cal poly State University. She had applied for early decision and each day checked the mail for the letter that would make it all possible for her. She knew she said a chance she knew she could make it but in her mind there was still that little piece of self-conscious. She didn't think that she was smart enough to get into Cal poly and she was afraid of letting down those around her but her mother always said, "Put it in gods hands. What's his plan will happen and you just have to live with the rest of it." She soon began to doubt her's self even more with each passing day of no response from her dream school. Then when she was just about to fear the worst she got her letter in the mail. She looked at the seal and instantly ran inside, clutching the letter for dear life. Her parents were both still asleep at they have both worked the day before she tore the letter open in her room but paused too afraid to open the letter because she was too afraid to know if she had gotten rejected or excepted. She knew there was no point in delaying the inevitable. She unfolded the letter and began reading the first sentence.
"Dear Lillyana Navarrete,
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have been excepted into California Polytechnic State University."
She collapsed to her knees and cried. Not out of sadness but out of pure happiness for the first time in her life in years. She ran to her room and woke her parents up on the screamed , "I did it I finally did it!" At first your parents weren't understanding what was going on, they were almost a little bit too grumpy from being woken up from their slumber. However once she read and reread the first sentence of the letter they both began to cry out of pride. Her mom hugged her tightly and said with a laugh, "I always had faith in you I knew you were going to do it from the start. I'm so proud of you."
Looking back on the day, she grams and soundly last herself. That long awaited letter. The one that let her start the beginning of her life, the one that made all of her dreams possible in 20 words. She knows that the road ahead is long, up to 10 years before she will be where she wants to be but she knows that The next 10 years will be the greatest years full adventure learning and the opportunity to grow as a person. The next 10 years will lead to a life that will be dictated by her.
It was close to finals of the first semester of your senior year she's been working hard to prove to everyone else that she wasn't who she appeared to be. It was December 17 she was expecting a letter any day from her dream school, Cal poly State University. She had applied for early decision and each day checked the mail for the letter that would make it all possible for her. She knew she said a chance she knew she could make it but in her mind there was still that little piece of self-conscious. She didn't think that she was smart enough to get into Cal poly and she was afraid of letting down those around her but her mother always said, "Put it in gods hands. What's his plan will happen and you just have to live with the rest of it." She soon began to doubt her's self even more with each passing day of no response from her dream school. Then when she was just about to fear the worst she got her letter in the mail. She looked at the seal and instantly ran inside, clutching the letter for dear life. Her parents were both still asleep at they have both worked the day before she tore the letter open in her room but paused too afraid to open the letter because she was too afraid to know if she had gotten rejected or excepted. She knew there was no point in delaying the inevitable. She unfolded the letter and began reading the first sentence.
"Dear Lillyana Navarrete,
It is our pleasure to inform you that you have been excepted into California Polytechnic State University."
She collapsed to her knees and cried. Not out of sadness but out of pure happiness for the first time in her life in years. She ran to her room and woke her parents up on the screamed , "I did it I finally did it!" At first your parents weren't understanding what was going on, they were almost a little bit too grumpy from being woken up from their slumber. However once she read and reread the first sentence of the letter they both began to cry out of pride. Her mom hugged her tightly and said with a laugh, "I always had faith in you I knew you were going to do it from the start. I'm so proud of you."
Looking back on the day, she grams and soundly last herself. That long awaited letter. The one that let her start the beginning of her life, the one that made all of her dreams possible in 20 words. She knows that the road ahead is long, up to 10 years before she will be where she wants to be but she knows that The next 10 years will be the greatest years full adventure learning and the opportunity to grow as a person. The next 10 years will lead to a life that will be dictated by her.
Monday, September 15, 2014
DECLARATION OF LEARNING INDEPENDENCE
For me personally I would like my learning independence to include more one-on-one time and collaboration. The time for constructive criticism that will push me forward. Without having that guidance I feel I have nowhere to go. I welcome freedom but there is also a time when to much freedom causes negative effects. Having the freedom to choose whether or not you want to do an assignment or not is beneficial to an extent. By having too much freedom students tend to become either lazier or to become uninterested. Another aspect I stated I wanted more of is collaboration. Most students (myself included) find it either hard or uncomfortable to branch out and ask for help from other students. Having more peer reflections almost forces us into these situations that in turn help push us forward later. Collaborating is a tool that all of us as AP students have utilized and will continue to be our "go-to-tool" in times of need.
Vocabulary #4
obsequious - adj.
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor
from influential people by flattery
“The
prince’s obsequious nature got him whatever he wanted.”
beatitude - noun one of the eight sayings of Jesus at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount; in Latin each saying begins with `beatus' (blessed); a state of supreme happiness
“The
beatitude of Jesus was the centerpiece in the church.”
bête noire- noun a person or thing that one particularly dislikes.
“Stew
is a bête noire to me.”
bode - verb indicate by
signs
“The
police officer boded the direction he wanted us to go in.”
dank - adj. unpleasantly cool and humid
“The
dungeon was dank.”
ecumenical - adj. of worldwide scope or applicability; concerned with promoting unity among churches or religions
“Religion
in the U. S. is ecumenical based.”
fervid - adj. extremely hot; characterized by intense emotion
“The
temperature while on the field was fervid.”
fetid - adj. offensively malodorous
“Her
comments were fetid.”
gargantuan - adj. of great mass; huge and bulky
“The
beast’s size was gargantuan.”
heyday - noun the period of greatest prosperity or productivity
“During
the beginning stages of the industrial revolution, industries were at a heyday.”
incubus - noun a male demon believed to lie on sleeping persons and to have sexual intercourse with sleeping women; someone who depresses or worries others; a situation resembling a terrifying dream
“I
had an incubus while daydreaming in class.”
infrastructure - noun the stock of basic facilities and capital equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area; the basic structure or features of a system or organization
“The
infrastructure of the company was as sophisticated as it gets.”
inveigle - verb influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or
flattering
“The
pretty women inveigled the unknowing man into her trap.”
kudos - noun an expression of approval and commendation
“Receiving
kudos is rare for me but it provides a great confidence booster.”
lagniappe - noun a small gift (especially one given by a merchant to a customer who makes a purchase)
“My
friends gave me lagniappes on my birthday.”
obsequious - adj.
attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; attempting to win favor
from influential people by flattery
“The
prince’s obsequious nature got him whatever he wanted.”
prolix - adj. tediously
prolonged or tending to speak or write at great length
“The
guest speakers speech was prolix.”
protege - noun a person who receives support and protection from an influential patron who furthers the protege's career
“Alexander
Hamilton was the protégé to George Washington.”
prototype - noun a standard or typical example
“Everyone
wants the prototype until the latest model emerges.”
sycophant - noun a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
“The
sycophant man was able to work his way through inveigling his bosses.”
tautology - noun useless repetition; (logic) a statement that is necessarily true
“Her
tautology was pointless and lost her the argument.”
truckle - noun a low bed to be slid under a higher bed; verb yield to out of weakness; try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
“His
act of truckling distracted his opponent long enough for him to win the competition.”
Lit. Analysis # 1
One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
1. From the beginning of the novel we are introduced as an audience to "deaf" Indian named Chief Bromden. The story is told through his eyes but what this story doesn't tell us is exactly why he's in the mental hospital. Through your imprints and conversation with the nurse in the emergency room, I have inferred that Chief Bromden could be a schizophrenic. Through his eyes we see events that take place in the mental hospital, and the story move into the admission of a new patient named Randall McMurphy. This story is based on Chief Bromden's relationship with Randall McMurphy and the way that McMurphy tries to convince everyone that he is "crazy"enough to be in this institution but in fact we learn that his real reason was to stay out of jail or the work farm. McMurphy leads the Chief, the other patients, and Nurse Ratched through various events that ultimately lead to his disastrous end. This book not only shows the inner mechanics of a mental institution but also the way that "non-crazy" individuals can somehow find themselves losing their mind and their attempt to find themselves. In the end McMurphey loses his mind and attacks Nurse Ratched after one of the patients he grew increasingly close to commit suicide. McMurphy has a lobotomy performed on him and he becomes a mindless zombie. The Chief understands the type a life McMurphy will leave from now on and due to their close friendship, he killed McMurphy in his bed.
2. I'm trying to be something or not you end up finding yourself in ways you never expect and sometimes the outcome is not always what you wanted.
3. The Chief's point of view about the hospital is fearful, skeptical and understanding. At the beginning of the story that he mentions how he believes the work hands for Nurse Ratched can sense his fear. He is afraid of being shaved and often fights back, and he believes that the medicine they perform is inadequate and unnecessary. He shows that some patients have been given the wrong treatment and because of this they are having to stay longer at the hospital without the possibility of release. As he is been the one of the longest members at the hospital he is more understanding of the protocols and what life is like for the other patients. He not only begins to relate to other patients and begins to understand how they feel but he also finds an understanding of himself through them.
4. The author of the story uses many different literary technique such as foreshadowing, imagery, aphorism, flashbacks and foil characters. In the story the author alludes. to McMurphy's past but doesn't go into much detail other than his initial arrest for statutory rape, assaults and burglary. The author uses the technique of aphorism through the way that McMurphy speaks not only to the patients and to the nurses with witty comments that could be taken either as a sexual innuendo or as clear statement. But also towards the beginning of the past the author uses flashbacks of the Chief's life to show what he did before he made it into the hospital and show how the outside world relates to the inside roles of the mental hospital. The author uses the technique of foreshadowing at the beginning of the story where The Chiefs inner thoughts about the chronic patients that were once acute that were turned into mindless patients due to medicine and lobotomies performed by the doctors and nurses of the mental hospital. By doing this in a way foreshadows what will later have been to McMurphy in the way that he had a lobotomy performed on him which destroyed his mind and led to the chief deciding that it would be better off to kill him then to let him live a miserable life. Through the Chiefs inner dialogue and his description of not only the patients but the events that take place while McMurphy that the mental hospital, the author uses vivid imagery to create this sustainable image throughout his audiences mind. And finally the author uses foil characters through McMurphy and Nurse Ratched in the way that they vary so differently in personality, opinion and course of action.
Characterization
1. Two examples of direct characters would be McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. Throughout the story McMurphy was a very dynamic character that came into the mental hospital idolizing himself and thinking he was smarter than all around him. His mind later changes after becoming close friends with not only Billy but with Chief Bromden as well. In the diction of the story McMurphy's characteristics were blatantly placed out for the readers to notice and see as he came in with his self ego bigger than the sun itself. Nurse Ratched was described as a very controlling and smart woman who is very feared and was very calculated in the way that she ran the mental institution. Not only did the patients view of her waiver but her control over them also change as the story progressed. An example of am indirect character from the story was Chief Bromden. Although he was the narrator of the piece and the audience or readers were able to view his inner thoughts, much of what was known about him had to be inferred. He was a very calm and static individual who as the story progressed became more understanding but didn't change himself as a character. He was sneaky and underestimated by nit only the staff of the hospital but also his fellow patients.
2. The syntax and McMurphy on the other hand was a very dynamic and round character who came into the hospital with the idea that he would be out and jail free and punishment free with in 60 days. While he was in the hospital he became close to several characters who altered his perspective on life and on his attempt to persuade others that he was diction of the story remain constant throughout as the plot involves and as he continually talks about other characters. Since the story is told from the point of view of the chief, the mindset doesn't change. He is understanding and calm about the way he described other patients, scenarios, and the staff of the hospital.
3. Deciding the protagonist is is a complicated situation. It could be Chief Bromden who is the narrator of the story or it could be McMurphy who is another patient to hospital. Chief Bromden was a static character who thought process and personality did not change throughout the plot of the story. He remained mysterious to the staff of the mental hospital and mysterious to be other patients as well even though he did get along fairly well with McMurphy. He was a very flat character whose thoughts about why he was there didn't really alter but was convinced towards the very end of the story that the hospital was not the place for him and he escaped. McMurphy was a very dynamic and round character who attempted to trick not only the hospital staff but the authorities as well that he was mentally unfit to stay in a jail cell and his actions weren't to be held accountable. However in his attempt to of a punishment, he ended up finding out more about himself and ended up losing himself and his mind in his mission.
4. In a way I feel that I have both met a person and read about a character. This story was designed so that it will leave some sort of unclear understandings let the audience has a chance to fully understand what is going on in the plot. The mindset of the Chief have led me to understand him on a personal level but I also must understand that with him being a mentally unfit person I will never fully understand what going on in his mind. In a way having been able to read his mind has allowed me to understand what he does think about on a daily basis and what certain aspects of his life mean to him. However some aspects of him as a character and as a person for left on clear by the author so as to input a sense of inference into the character thinking process.
1. From the beginning of the novel we are introduced as an audience to "deaf" Indian named Chief Bromden. The story is told through his eyes but what this story doesn't tell us is exactly why he's in the mental hospital. Through your imprints and conversation with the nurse in the emergency room, I have inferred that Chief Bromden could be a schizophrenic. Through his eyes we see events that take place in the mental hospital, and the story move into the admission of a new patient named Randall McMurphy. This story is based on Chief Bromden's relationship with Randall McMurphy and the way that McMurphy tries to convince everyone that he is "crazy"enough to be in this institution but in fact we learn that his real reason was to stay out of jail or the work farm. McMurphy leads the Chief, the other patients, and Nurse Ratched through various events that ultimately lead to his disastrous end. This book not only shows the inner mechanics of a mental institution but also the way that "non-crazy" individuals can somehow find themselves losing their mind and their attempt to find themselves. In the end McMurphey loses his mind and attacks Nurse Ratched after one of the patients he grew increasingly close to commit suicide. McMurphy has a lobotomy performed on him and he becomes a mindless zombie. The Chief understands the type a life McMurphy will leave from now on and due to their close friendship, he killed McMurphy in his bed.
2. I'm trying to be something or not you end up finding yourself in ways you never expect and sometimes the outcome is not always what you wanted.
3. The Chief's point of view about the hospital is fearful, skeptical and understanding. At the beginning of the story that he mentions how he believes the work hands for Nurse Ratched can sense his fear. He is afraid of being shaved and often fights back, and he believes that the medicine they perform is inadequate and unnecessary. He shows that some patients have been given the wrong treatment and because of this they are having to stay longer at the hospital without the possibility of release. As he is been the one of the longest members at the hospital he is more understanding of the protocols and what life is like for the other patients. He not only begins to relate to other patients and begins to understand how they feel but he also finds an understanding of himself through them.
4. The author of the story uses many different literary technique such as foreshadowing, imagery, aphorism, flashbacks and foil characters. In the story the author alludes. to McMurphy's past but doesn't go into much detail other than his initial arrest for statutory rape, assaults and burglary. The author uses the technique of aphorism through the way that McMurphy speaks not only to the patients and to the nurses with witty comments that could be taken either as a sexual innuendo or as clear statement. But also towards the beginning of the past the author uses flashbacks of the Chief's life to show what he did before he made it into the hospital and show how the outside world relates to the inside roles of the mental hospital. The author uses the technique of foreshadowing at the beginning of the story where The Chiefs inner thoughts about the chronic patients that were once acute that were turned into mindless patients due to medicine and lobotomies performed by the doctors and nurses of the mental hospital. By doing this in a way foreshadows what will later have been to McMurphy in the way that he had a lobotomy performed on him which destroyed his mind and led to the chief deciding that it would be better off to kill him then to let him live a miserable life. Through the Chiefs inner dialogue and his description of not only the patients but the events that take place while McMurphy that the mental hospital, the author uses vivid imagery to create this sustainable image throughout his audiences mind. And finally the author uses foil characters through McMurphy and Nurse Ratched in the way that they vary so differently in personality, opinion and course of action.
Characterization
1. Two examples of direct characters would be McMurphy and Nurse Ratched. Throughout the story McMurphy was a very dynamic character that came into the mental hospital idolizing himself and thinking he was smarter than all around him. His mind later changes after becoming close friends with not only Billy but with Chief Bromden as well. In the diction of the story McMurphy's characteristics were blatantly placed out for the readers to notice and see as he came in with his self ego bigger than the sun itself. Nurse Ratched was described as a very controlling and smart woman who is very feared and was very calculated in the way that she ran the mental institution. Not only did the patients view of her waiver but her control over them also change as the story progressed. An example of am indirect character from the story was Chief Bromden. Although he was the narrator of the piece and the audience or readers were able to view his inner thoughts, much of what was known about him had to be inferred. He was a very calm and static individual who as the story progressed became more understanding but didn't change himself as a character. He was sneaky and underestimated by nit only the staff of the hospital but also his fellow patients.
2. The syntax and McMurphy on the other hand was a very dynamic and round character who came into the hospital with the idea that he would be out and jail free and punishment free with in 60 days. While he was in the hospital he became close to several characters who altered his perspective on life and on his attempt to persuade others that he was diction of the story remain constant throughout as the plot involves and as he continually talks about other characters. Since the story is told from the point of view of the chief, the mindset doesn't change. He is understanding and calm about the way he described other patients, scenarios, and the staff of the hospital.
3. Deciding the protagonist is is a complicated situation. It could be Chief Bromden who is the narrator of the story or it could be McMurphy who is another patient to hospital. Chief Bromden was a static character who thought process and personality did not change throughout the plot of the story. He remained mysterious to the staff of the mental hospital and mysterious to be other patients as well even though he did get along fairly well with McMurphy. He was a very flat character whose thoughts about why he was there didn't really alter but was convinced towards the very end of the story that the hospital was not the place for him and he escaped. McMurphy was a very dynamic and round character who attempted to trick not only the hospital staff but the authorities as well that he was mentally unfit to stay in a jail cell and his actions weren't to be held accountable. However in his attempt to of a punishment, he ended up finding out more about himself and ended up losing himself and his mind in his mission.
4. In a way I feel that I have both met a person and read about a character. This story was designed so that it will leave some sort of unclear understandings let the audience has a chance to fully understand what is going on in the plot. The mindset of the Chief have led me to understand him on a personal level but I also must understand that with him being a mentally unfit person I will never fully understand what going on in his mind. In a way having been able to read his mind has allowed me to understand what he does think about on a daily basis and what certain aspects of his life mean to him. However some aspects of him as a character and as a person for left on clear by the author so as to input a sense of inference into the character thinking process.
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Study habits
Next time the teacher asks you why you didn't study, say this:
A year has 365 days for you to study. After taking away 52 Sundays, there are only 313 days left. There are 50 days in the summer that is way to hot to work so there are only 263 days left. We sleep 8 hours a day, in a year that counts up to 122 days so now we're left with 141 days. If we fooled around for only 1 hour a day, 15 days are gone, so we are left with 126 days. We spend 2 hours eating each day, 30 days are used in this way in the year, and we are left with 96 days in our year. We spend 1 hours a day speaking to friends and family, that that's away 15, more days and we are left with 81 days. Exams and tests take up at least 35 days I'm your year, hence you are only left with 46 days. Taking off approximately 40 days of holidays, you are only left with 6 days. Say your sick for a minimum of 3 days, you're left with 3 days in the year to study! Let's say you only go out for 2 days. You're left with 1 day but that 1 day is your birthday!
iFunny.
A year has 365 days for you to study. After taking away 52 Sundays, there are only 313 days left. There are 50 days in the summer that is way to hot to work so there are only 263 days left. We sleep 8 hours a day, in a year that counts up to 122 days so now we're left with 141 days. If we fooled around for only 1 hour a day, 15 days are gone, so we are left with 126 days. We spend 2 hours eating each day, 30 days are used in this way in the year, and we are left with 96 days in our year. We spend 1 hours a day speaking to friends and family, that that's away 15, more days and we are left with 81 days. Exams and tests take up at least 35 days I'm your year, hence you are only left with 46 days. Taking off approximately 40 days of holidays, you are only left with 6 days. Say your sick for a minimum of 3 days, you're left with 3 days in the year to study! Let's say you only go out for 2 days. You're left with 1 day but that 1 day is your birthday!
iFunny.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Quote
“Every great hitter works on the theory that the pitcher is
more afraid of him than he is of the pitcher”-Ty Cobb
Vocabulary #3
accolade - noun a tangible symbol
signifying approval or distinction
“The sun is referred to as an
accolade.”
acerbity - noun a sharp sour taste; a sharp bitterness; a rough and bitter manner
“The warhead had acerbity taste.”
attrition - noun the act of rubbing together; wearing something down by friction; a wearing down to weaken or destroy; sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation; the wearing down of rock particles by friction due to water or wind or ice; erosion by friction
“The belt in my car needs to be
replaced because it attrified.”
bromide - noun any of the salts of hydrobromic acid; formerly used as a sedative but now generally replaced by safer drugs; a trite or obvious remark
“The doctor ordered a bromide
medication for the violent patient.”
chauvinist - noun an extreme bellicose nationalist; a person with a prejudiced belief in the superiority of his or her own kind
“The man had a chauvinist manner
about his peers.”
chronic - adj. being long-lasting and recurrent or characterized by long suffering
“The patient had chronic back pain.”
expound - verb add details, as to an account or idea; clarify the meaning of and discourse in a learned way, usually in writing; state
“The teacher expounded on the
definition to help out the troubled students.”
“The man had a factionalism manner.”
immaculate - adj. completely neat and clean; free from stain or blemish; without fault or error
“The student was immaculate before
his interview.”
imprecation - noun the act of calling
down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); a
slanderous accusation
“The witch cast a imprecation on the
town.”
ineluctable - adj. impossible to avoid or evade:"inescapable conclusion"
“The dungeon in the castle was
ineluctable.”
mercurial - adj. relating to or containing or caused by mercury; relating to or having characteristics (eloquence, shrewdness, swiftness, thievishness) attributed to the god Mercury; relating to or under the (astrological) influence of the planet Mercury; liable to sudden unpredictable change
“The guliable student believed they
had bad luck because their horoscope was mercurial.”
palliate - verb provide physical relief, as from pain; lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
“After receiving a pain medication,
the patients pain palliated.”
protocol - noun code of correct conduct; forms of ceremony and etiquette observed by diplomats and heads of state; (computer science) rules determining the format and transmission of data
“Protocol requires certain dress to
be worn at all times.”
resplendent - adj. having great beauty and splendor
“Princesses are said to be
resplendent.”
stigmatize - verb mark with a stigma or stigmata; to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
“The girl was stigmatized after her
drunken party night.”
sub rosa – adv. happening or done in secret.
“The
government works in sub rosa.”
vainglory - noun outspoken conceit
“The girls on my softball team are
vainglory.”
vestige - noun an indication that something has been present
“The footprint left in the dirt was
a vestige that the killer stood in the bushes and waited for the right time.”
volition - noun the act of making a choice; the capability of conscious choice and decision and intention
“I
made a volition to eat at Taco Bell for dinner.”
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