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*Have you met anyone new who is important to you? Have you rekindled any old friendships that have made you stronger?
Walking into college for the first time i was like o my god what if i don't know anyone.. I soon found out all my classes had this group of "marquette girls". I was just acquaintances with most and became good friends. If it wasn't for this block i probably would'nt have truely gotten to know these girls. Along with the growing friendship between us marquette girls i met a "new girl", cori. They all are made my first semester in college a great one. :) and i will probably see all the marquette girls but my plan is to keep in contact with cori since she changed her major and i probably won't see her.


*Have you experienced any major changes academically or personally?
Personally yes, academically no. Academically I'm still going stronge with my high GPA... i got a 98 on my last antomy exam :) i was so excited so i passed the class with an A. Personally, I think with everything i have gone through, i'm now realizing things can't always go as planned. When your stuck with the same ppl for 4 years you think thats your life, but now that im in college i realize there is so much to do and so many people to meet and learn from. I'm excited for my future and not completely scared of change like before, since our world is constantly changing everyday.


*What is your one BEST or FAVORITE memory of this semester?
haha well i hated chemistry, but i loved how entertaining it was at times. I loved our facebook, laughing sessions. our long hours of studying for anatomy lab coming up with ways to memorize :)... meeting new ppl.

*How will you live your life to the fullest? A parting quote from Fast Food Nation:“Nobody in the United States is forced to buy fast food..Pull open the glass door, feel the rush of cool air, walk inside, get in line, and look around you, look at the kids working in the kitchen, at the customers in their seats, at the ads for the latest toys, study the backlit color photographs above the counter, think about where the food came from, about how and where it was made, about what is set in motion by every single fast food purchase, the ripple effect near and far, think about it. Then place your order. Or turn and walk out the door. It’s not too late. Even in this fast food nation, you can still have it your way.” (Schlosser, 270)


How will i live my life the fullest? What a question? I truly don't how to answer that. I feel like right now, I will make sure i have my goals straight, have fun, enjoy my life, my friends, and family and make sure i do all that i can to remain myself. In the future to live my life the fullest, i will make sure its what i wanna do, my job, family, house, ect.

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“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” –Stephen Covey1) Reflect upon what you read in Chapter 11 of Thriving in College. What does this quote mean to you or how can you apply it to your life?
I feel this quote means several things. The one that stands out the most to me is the fact of listening. Seek first to understand- seek first to listen, to understand what another person is talking about. In social situations you have to be willing to listen and pay attention to their interests, plans, and hobbies. "then to be understood" is the idea of you speaking. It's your turn to be understood by the other person, its the part where you now understand the other person, and now it is easier for them the understand you when you are able to relate to their experiences.


2) (Refer to page 380 of the text): Are you a “Crisis Tickler,” “Withholder,” “Irritator,” “Blamer,” or “Gunnysacker?” Explain.

I am clearly a gunnysacker :(... i do "collect" things and hold them in over time. Once i get so overwhelmed i let it all out. Its not nessecarily info or stuff about one person its collectively about several people or situations that i felt upset me. Then i usually explode.

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sooo i realized it was just reading but i wasn't sure if we needed to answer this question... so i am

"Who are the people in your life that you tend to turn to for social support when you are experiencing stress or need personal encouragement?"

when i need social support when im dealing with stress i turn to my friends usually. I don't like asking for help so when i do bring something up its just for me to talk about it ramble on and on.. then be done with it... When i need encouragement i also go to my friends. My friends usually consist of the same group of 4 girls. I ask what they would do, what i should do, then i ask my dad.. sister.. or anyone really ( i'm indecisive).

1) What are you most stressed-out with at the moment? Why? Is your body re-acting to this stress? Devise a plan to deal with it.
im super stressed about 2 things. one, anatomy, i hate the exams.. most anxiety i've had in a while. I'm stressed about this becasue it is the most challenging class i have this semester. The second thing is my parents divorce ( what truly is fair, and how a decsion can be made without knowing the whole story). It stresses me out becasue the whole 50 50 idea isn't fair in this situation, and i don't want the "good person" to get screwed over. My body is wanting to shut down. It is getting so over whelmed i feel like i could sleep all day. To deal with this i just need to wait till january 27. And to deal with stressing about anatomy exams is to actaully do what i'm told in the beginning of the year and read my damn notes after class so i don't have to do this the week of the exam.

2) FFN: Chapter 8 / This is a creative writing exercise! Read the following scenario and finish it based on your knowledge after reading Chapter 8. You are "Raul" and have just immigrated to the American West illegally from Mexico. You brought your wife and two young children with you on a frightening and expensive 4-day journey in the back of a beat-up truck to arrive in Texas. You can't find work there and Border Patrol is cracking down, so you decide to migrate north a bit where you have relatives in Colorado. You are hired on the spot by ConAgra to work in one of their "beef processing" plants. -Describe in sensory detail your place of employment. (What's it look like, what is going on, how do people act, what do you wear, what is your job? etc..)-

People are very quiet here, not smiling, chatting, but sweating and very busy at work. I come to work everyday to put on "rain boots" the tall boots you tuck your pants into, a white meat jacket, and several layers of this steal material to protect myself against being cut. The building is dark, very enclosed, and crowded with people and machinery. This plant is slaughtering hundreds of cattle per hour, very inhuman I might add. The cattle is directed into this gloomy building to get hung from chains and get their necks slit to bleed to death. The floor is covered in high amounts of blood, the smell is unreal. I am the Knocker. I am incharge of knocking out the cows. I shoot them to become unconcious so the workers can chain them up to be slit open. (ugh this is so gross)

How much $$$ do you earn?-
i earn abou 30,000 a year plus bonuses.
How do your days go?
What are your work hours and what do you do after work? i work long 8 hour shifts, when i get to go home, i simply eat and go to bed. i have no energy left. some times i wish i didn't wake up the next morning
-Where do you live, what do you live in, how is your quality of life? my quality of life is pretty average, there is no way i would be making what i do in mexico so i simply take what i can get. just like those easy shifts that come and go when you don't report an injury. I live in a small house with me and my family, we are doing better than we would in mexico thats all i got to say.

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What is your main drive to succeed in college and why?

My main dirve to succeed in college is the idea of a perfect life. To do what you wanna do, live a life most do, and be happy with your profession. I know im a smart girl, i know i can accomplish my goals, but what i don' t know is what my future holds. I feel like the drive to succeed in college is the key to my future; it will dictate where i live, how i live, and how happy I truly am. As contradicting as it is, money doen'st make people happy, but i do believe it helps. I mean a family, a house, a good job that i enjoy is going to make me happy, but to have a house you need money.... so anyways the perfect life is my drive for success






Do you think that you might switch your major?

I might, i enjoyed ever second of my internship which is also contradicting to think i want to aim away from my major. I feel like the waiting an extra year, and maybe not getting in scares me and it's time not everyone has to spare. I might... im staying in the medical feild, don't really wanna go through pre-med, but we'll see no rush right?

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

Hurry up and waitSo close, but so far awayEverything that you've always dreamed ofClose enough for you to tasteBut you just can't touch

2) Develop two reflection questions that you would ask your students at this point in the course if you were a UN100 Professor.
What was the most rewarding lesson of this class?
What would you change about yourself, your habits, your priorities after taking this corse.

3) What are you passionate about? Why?
I'm passionate about people in my life. I'm passionate for friends, family, and people that left an impression on me. I feel this way because i feel life wouldn't be life without friends... family.. and strangers who leaving with the question what if?

4) How are you going to finance your three years of the Radiology program?
I took out student loans, I'm going go work and start to pay it off, and once i get my job, i will work at paying it off.

If you will be in debt from student loans at the end, calculate roughly how much you will owe upon graduation.
about 30,000 dollars.

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)? Yeah, i started to change my mind. i don't want to sit around like I'm going to have to.

Are you thinking of a different major or are you dead set on Radiology?
I am indeed thinking of a different major, not sure what but something in the medical feild.

What behavior(s) will you maybe have to change in order to keep up with and make the cut?
its just based on getting my prereqs done and going from there.

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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."
yeahhh.. umm this is gross. I'm so glad marquette is normal and not easily described by its smell :)

-Have you ever read The Jungle by Upton Sinclair? If so, how does it relate to FFN?
No i haven't read this book. It seems like it would talk about the meat packaging places and how unhealthy dirty it is.

-How high is the employee turnover rate in the meat industry and why don't the packing plants see this as a problem?
The turnover rate is about 80%... The meat industry doesn't care because this job is so easy to master without any specified skills. Anyone can package meat without education or other training besides the on the job training when they start the job.

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."
This is so gross and sad. How would you feel to know your born to eat and be slaughtered. It makes me sick how this world resorts to such extremes to make a profit.


-Do you think that these animals' emotions (fears, stress, anger) affect the meat we eat derived from them? How?
I never really thought about it, but now i'm sure it does. It's just like any human, your stress, anger, and fears affect your health so im sure it does the same to these animals. You can get high bloodpressure, heart disease, and other illnesses that are effected by your mental health.

-How do you feel about eating steroids via consumption of "USDA Inspected" beef?
I almost want to become a vegetarian.. it really grosses me out to think my meat isn't really meat at all.

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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).

well, an obvious choice for me to discuss is of course test-taking/anxiety. I find this habit i guess to be untreatable in my sistuation. I have all the tricks, all the to do's and don'ts to prevent most of my anxiety but it doesn't seem to work. I'm a clock watcher, if i don't have a way to look at a clock 24/7 i freak. I find everything is based on a schedule and i feel if i was to break this "schedule" i would be lost. For tests, i feel like i can say im rather smart. I know the subject, i know my information, and i know how to study. You could ask me any question usually and i could answer right away without hesitation. I know how to learn information and keep it in my long term memory. I use all the tatics we discussed in class, breath, stick to your normal routine, don't drink caffeine, and prevent being a clock watcher like i do second to second of every day. I just draw a blank and know im going to when i walk into a test which is why i am so overly prepared compared to most. I took the MME's and passed, gaining a scholarship. I was told this wasn't a graded test in any sort of a way the only thing you could get out of it is a scholarship so i walked into it without stress of being tested. At the same time i took the ACT.... well i recieved a 21... knowing it was a test but yet i passed the MME's with flying colors and recieved 28, 29 on the ACT plan test.

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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.

I think this class should focus primarily on the aid to sucess. This course i feel should support, teach, and better my learning abilities. When i heard we were reading FFN I was like well maybe she's teaching us responsiblity and lessons pertaining to assignments. Now, I'm not to sure, i just feel like its homework or busy work kind of taking time away from the freshman seminar book its self. I enjoy reading FFN don't get me wrong, i just wish we were focusing on or going in depth on anxiety, note taking, reading skills, time management, ect. Personally for me, I need to be taught others skills that could help me succeed. I feel confident in my study habits, note taking, and memorization/ learning skills. I feel that it all goes to waste when it comes to moments before a test, quiz or exam, i freak and forget it all. I feel like i walk in knowing it all and walk out knowing nothing. So i guess personally i would like to learn to relax or different skills to help me succeed.

Ø What is your plan to get involved on campus? What are your interests? Will you or have you joined any student organizations? Which two events besides UNITED & Career Major Fair do you plan on attending?

My plan is to indeed join an organization to become involved on campus. I really enjoy helping people and the community. It always makes me happy knowing i put a smile on someones face. i haven't yet my plan is to join and organization just not right now so i can get in the swing of college. I plan on atteneding the taste one for starbucks, and a hockey game.

Ø Fast Food Nation - Chapter 6:
Ø What are some of the problems facing cattle ranchers?
most of the cattle ranchers loose everything. They need to take out a several thousand dollar loan, and by then they just break even and loose everything. That is the main problem with cattle ranchers but sometimes they don't take a loan out until they have the check in their hand from the company.

Ø What are “captive supplies” of cattle? (“The four major meatpacking companies now control about 20 percent of the live cattle in the U.S. through ‘captive supplies’” (138). (See also p. 142).

Captive supplies are cattle that is locked up in pens, cages, and fenced off areas. These cattle are raised primarily for well, food. People expect so much more out of life, expecting these creatures to grow, tall, fat, and big in say 3 months, which isn't always the case. This is just a system to control prices of cattle. But these cattle are injected with hormones and other substances to prevent sickness to the animals and well make them grow un-naturally fast.

Ø What was the impact of the Chicken McNugget on the poultry industry?
It changed the way chicken were raised and processed. They started selling chicken in peices rather than whole. the chicken sales out sold beef in 1992. Basically they started to raise chicken poorly like the cattle to increase the production of chicken.

Ø How does the nutritional value of a McNugget compare to a hamburger?
the Mcnuggets have twice as much fat per ounze than a hamburger. Thinking about that makes me sick, like are we even eating chicken... The McNuggets resemble beef more than chicken.

Ø How does the suicide rate for ranchers and farmers compare with the rate for U.S. citizens in general? Why? suicide rate of ranchers is 3 times higer then U.S. citizens. Farmers have an idea in their head that when they fail, they failed on themselves and their families. It is more final and devestating to a farmer to loose at something then it is to say a teen loosing a football game. The ranchers put so much time and effort into what they do when they fail, they failed at life, and loose all interest to live feeling angry, upset, and worthless.

Ø Do you feel as if there is any healthy fast food available to consumers? If so, where and why? Give specific examples of products.. Please be honest and support your opinions. For example, I feel that Subway's Veggie Sub is extremely healthy due to its freshly-cut produce, cheese, and fresh-baked breads. I actually talked to a friend who works at Subway and he said in MQT, they slice their own produce. (My fear was that it arrived pre-sliced and filled with preservatives). It's not organic, but it's a start.
I feel there is healthier fast food than others, not healthy though. For example subway, way better than McDonalds, but not as healthy as a home cooked meal. I eat at subway all the time, turkey, white bread, lettace, tomatos, pickles, bannana peppers, mayo, and salt n' pepper. i personally think that is so much more healthier than a greasy oversized big mac full of chemicals.

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Ø Describe your ideal Instructor/Professor.
my ideal instructor is very organized, lays out what you have to do when you have to do it, and how they want it done. I'm really not all about the crazy out there teachers who say "hey make me a project on what you read..." leaving it at just that. I have to have a teacher say i want a poster, a speech, or a scrap book for example.

Ø “I knew it when I studied it, but I forgot it on the test.” How can students study differently to prevent this from happening?

there are several ways of remembering the studied material but the material must be in your long term memory to recall. To study, give yourself time, days not hours. you can't simply memorize, you'll forget because its only in your short term memory. What i do is use my notecards, i memorize the information on these cards ( definitions, placement, or background information on the topic), i then find something to relate it to. for example, The zygomatic bone, i say ( under the zz-eye) so when it came to taking the test i say zzz-eye is under the eye, so the zygomatic bone is under your eye. you must relate information to other knowlege to recall things. By relating information it stores your knowledge in your long-term memory not your short term memory.

Ø How do you study for quizzes/tests?
note cards, reading notes, reading the book, if its math i simply do more and more problems till i understand the concept.

Ø What do you have trouble with on quizzes/tests?
not freaking out, and sometimes recalling information becasue i am so anxious.

letter to Mcdonald's:

This letter makes the image of Mcdonalds all seem so clear now. Mcdonald's, the perfect fast food resturant, is clearly not all that its cracked up to be. When picturing a Mcdonalds at work, you think about a bossy, kind manager, who is keeping the employees on task, all dressed the same with a greased over polo, hat, hair up and a name tag to seperate them from one another. The so called kitchen should be clean, organized, supplies labled, and floors swept. Wait, stop! Apparently we were all wrong. The perfect fast food resturant we all thought Mcdonalds was is just an imagination. This resturant is what I like to call gross. The managers, if any are working, are usually underdress, hair down, no hat, on break, or extremely late. In the article "letter to mcdonald's" you find this to be all true and much more. It makes me sick thinking about how dirty, unsanitary, and uncaring people are. It seems to me Mcdonalds has all the dirty, rude, unthankful kids other employers didn't want. I'm not saying all people are uncareing and dirty, it just makes me think how someone could simply not clean up a grill because they wanted to go home 5 mins early to sit on the couch and watch the new episode to "the real world" while you eat a "freshly" cook hamburger on that so called clean grill.

Ok I'm really glad i don't eat at Mcdonalds at all. This is so gross the coffee, oh my goodness, thats crazy.

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Ø Reiterate a term or concept you learned in Anatomy this week.

Epithelium- ( plural) is classified with different shapes such as squamous, cubodial, and columnar. These shapes of cells can also be layered differently such as simple or stratifed based on layers.

Ø List a few pleasant events that happened during your first weeks at NMU.
made a few new friends, i realized how its good to meet new people but at the same time it makes you realize how much you enjoy who your true, best friends are. I went to a football game which wasn't as good as i thought it'd be. got a good grade on my math quiz.

Ø Where do you want to be (academically) in six months?

i want a good gpa. I've always been a good student it just seems like college might change that. I recieved 4.0 both semesters in highschool actually 4.25 with my AP classes. I just hope i can keep up on my grades.

Ø List habits you already possess that make you successful in college.
note taking, OCD about studying, asks questions
Ø List habits (timewasters?) you can change or modify, or need to lose.
talk on the phone, check my facebook, work

Ø Explain how you approach studying your a) textbook and b) notes.
i read my book and take notes... then i take those notes and turn them into note cards and learn that information so im not dependant on having a sheet of paper in my hands to trigger my memory.

Ø Explain how you determine what to write down in notes during lectures.
i can't explain it, i just write down vocab i don't know or know to remember, make sure everything that seems important to me is writen down.

Ø FAST FOOD NATION:
Ø Watch this short 1980’s McDonald’s commercial. McD’s reps have actually claimed they do not target children in their ads.. Pay attention to the tagline: “The Hamburglar is very clever and very sneaky!” Why is this ironic?

because the company itself is sneaky. They do indeed target children through this cartoon. it's ironic because they are being hypicritical.


Ø Over the last several decades, fast food companies have aggressively targeted children in their marketing efforts. Should advertisers be permitted to target children who lack the sophistication to make informed decisions and are essentially being lured into eating high fat, high calorie food through toys and cute corporate mascots?

i think its a smart idea, don't get me wrong its completely wrong, i just think it was so smart in the advertising world. I do indeed think its wrong they target an age that knows so little about food, whats good for them, and what is right and wrong.

Ø List your own quote, favorite saying, song, or other expression of your feelings today.

"I should be out in that driveway stopping you Tears should be rolling down my cheek And I don't know why I'm not falling apart Like I usually do And how the thought of losing you's not killing me I feel bad That I can stand here strong Cold as stone, Seems so wrong I can't explain it Maybe it's just I've cried so much I'm tired and I'm numb Baby I hate it I feel bad that I don't feel bad..."
Rascal flatts
My reasoning on this is simple; recently this summer my mother decided to up and leave on me and my family. As hard as it is to go through life without a parent or in my situation a mother i find myself feeling bad about not truly feeling bad she left because of all of her choices she made.

Ø Now that you made it to NMU – why are you here?
I'm here to become well educated. I truly love working with people and found myself interested in Radiology, like most in my Seminar class.

Ø How did you choose this school?
It was either going away to school for Radiology, or staying here and just going through the school of Radiology. As much as i would have liked to go away, I don't think I would have been able to leave my hometown.

Ø List initial observations of your new environment.
A lot of people smoke, big variety of people, most talk really loud for others to hear their conversations, everyone is checking everyone else out.

Ø List initial observations of your classes.
The professors don't care.
That it is so different than highschool
That it appears easier than highschool but truly isn't.

Ø What observations have you made about other students?
You can tell which ones live in the dorms.
A lot of the freshman stick together to feel safe.

Ø About your instructors?
oh goodness, I honestly wanted to cry my first week. I really can't understand half my instructors. One is seems really mean, and the others really nice.

Ø What do you think will be your biggest challenge(s) academically this semester?
Class wise i think my anatomy class, also a challenge will be managing time.

Ø Finally, name one goal (personal, academic, etc..) you have for yourself next week.
Well, i have an anatomy exam on the 16th, so i truly want to get myself to study all this week for the exam.