Future Profession

For me, I will not be entering the workforce after I receive my Bachelors Degree. I plan on entering Medical School in the next 4 years. I have the dreams of becoming an Anesthesiologist. Ever since I can remember all i have wanted to do is become a doctor. I know there will be people that will read this saying "doctor yeah right". But its cool I like when people doubt me, it fuels my internal fire and gets me going. The challenge is there but I know I will do it. "brick wall are there for a reason; they show you how bad you want something".

The pitfalls of being an anesthesiologist is that it is a time consuming job. You have to go to school for eight years plus residency. On top of that it is a highly demanding and stressful job. The patent's life is in your hands during the operation. The medical malpractice insurance is extremely expensive. There are pretty much nothing stopping this profession to be available unless robots are created to administer anesthesia. Still, you would need a medical professional to watch the robot to make sure it didn't glitch or brake down. As long as you have sick people needing surgery you will always have a job. With the baby boomers growing older and more unhealthy obese people, there will be a demand for Anesthesiologists. As for job advancements, You can be the head anesthesiologist in the hospital but once you are an anesthesiologist there not much advancement. What can help you get into med school is to volunteer, shadow doctors, and take on leadership roles in the community.

I'm fortunate in a way that I have already made connections in the medical field so early in my life. Last spring when i was in high school the career specialist landed me a chance to shadow Dr. Gubbini. Dr. Gubini is a brilliant Anesthesiologist that graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor with internship and residency at Shands. He told me that he "Enjoys his job and cant see himself doing anything else." What I found interesting about him is that he is so laid back in a field that is fulled with stress. There's a lot of schooling involved but he told me "It was well worth it." What I found interesting is that you constantly have to keep up with medical technology but reading and learning about new tools in the field. In this field of work your constantly learning something new and innovation.

Carbon Footprint

I was shocked at first on how big my carbon footprint was at first. I found out that by eating less meat and flying less helped make my carbon footprint smaller. Also I found out by car pooling will help decrease my footprint. At first I was at 4.3 Earths and 21.7 Tons of CO2. After making changes to my lifestyle I now use create 15.9 tons of CO2 and use 3.4 earths. Some changes I cant make like live in a "green" home since i live in a dorm or buy a fuel efficient car. I think if in order to help the planet we need to change our lifestyles.

No Technology

I survived 24 hours without any technology. It was one of the toughest things i have done. It seemed like a detox for people addicted to technology. From this experiences I can see how much I rely on technology in my life and how it was life so much easier. Since i started at night it was that hard to not use technology. I finished a book i was reading then went to bed. When I woke up It was hard not to use the computer to check my facebook. Also what was hard was not watching TV. The TV is something i use to relax. I get my news from the Internet and without it I felt like I was in a box trapt from the outside world. One of the positive things that i was able to do was to get my homework done. Also what i was able to do was find time to go to the gym. It was hard not talking to my friends because I communicate with my phone so eating lunch was kinda lonely. This experience made me realize that the is good things as well as bad thing to technology. I seem to get sucked into the Internet where i will waste an hour just surfing the web. Overall I found this technology detox interesting.

Our Challenege

Blog about that "One Challenge" that you or your family/friends will have to face in the next four years. Whether it is Professional, or Economic, or Cultural, or Political, or Social, or Environmental, I want you to explore that problem and articulate not only how it will affect you, but how it will affect the world around you. Why is this a social/cultural/professional/economic/or environmental injustice? How can we curb this injustice before it comes to the forefront? What can we do as citizens?


One of the most important issues we face as a nation as well as a global community is global warming. There are many ways to help curb this issue. One thing that I would like to implement is alternative energy. Here at USF there is so much opportunity to shift our energy dependence for coal burned electrical plants to solar, wind, and bio fuel. USF is like a small city so anyone that uses these clean energy practices will have a positive effect on the environment. One thing we can do is to start at USF. There is so much potiential here at USF here. One thing i suggest is to impletment a fee of $10.00 a credit hour to each class. the money will be used to build solar panels on the roofs, conver buses to biofuel captabilities.

Paper 2

Ideas
- GTA degrades race, culture, which leads to streotypes.
-Gang violence and "thug life" shows young people a life of "get rich or die trying" idea
-Racial gangs leads to degrading life in race as well as culture.

Thesis
-GTA is a controversial game that creates a negitive image on people who play it. It creates an increase in racism and streostypes.
-Controversial games such as GTA has a negtive affect on the public. GTA degrades cultural ididntities as well as increases rascium and streotypes.
-GTA has made murder, and violence become desenitized for gamers today. Having theese brutal attacks make it seem like everyday life

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas-- The effects on teenagers

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/04/60minutes/main678261.shtml
is article is about a young man (a minor) who went on a killing spree. He blamed the game, grand theft auto for his actions. After reading the article i learned a lot about a teenagers physcological metalnalty compared to an adult. The teenager is at fault for the killings and should be charged to the fullist extent. But what bothers me is that the game was played by such a young person who obiviously whos brain wasnt fully developed. For most of us these games wont cause us to go out and committ these crimes but there are some out there that get these "impluses". These games should be banned for immature teens to play these games. They arent ready to expeirence this natrue. Even if it mean banning them because of this young mans actions affected three families lives forever.


http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,372684,00.html
A group of teenagers decidedemualte some the things they saw in GTA after they been playing the game Grand Theft Auto. They wanted to emulate the main character. These teens wanted to make it seem as is they were a gang such just like in the game. They went around guarden city NY and caused choas. They broke into cars, and even knocked out the teeth of some person walking by then mugged him. When they were interviewed they seems to have very little knowledge of fact from fiction/fantasy. This is another story where kids get these inpulses and decided to portray real games. what was different from the frist article is that this was a group of teens. To me that is alarming that four of them all had the same mindset to go through with it.

Thesis And Outline

Thesis
Many persuasive games such as Darfur is Dying and Planet Green Game emulate real world situations in order to gain awareness to younger generations on emerging global issues.
Intro: thesisParagraph 1: Compare: Describe Darfur is Dying (DD) and Planet Green Game(PGG)-deals with humanity and ethics-Global issues
-Sponsors -cartoon Paragraph 2: Contrast: DD and PGG-Global warming vs. Darfur
-PGG gives to ideas how to help
Paragraph 3: How it Educates-DD uses sad cartoon figures
-Detailed to the extent to how severe the problem is
Paragraph 4: Rhetorical Analysis:-Purpose: to seek educate the people who do not know how severe the problem is -Audience: young people
- More effective in our generation
- Younger people use technology
- Sponsors

Josh DiGregorio Yellow

BLOG: about two video games from the list. Talk about how they fit into the genre of games we talked about in class and how they fit into your own ideas about advertising, education, and politics.

http://www.planetgreengame.com This is a game put out by Starbucks Coffee partnered with Global Green USA. The game doesn’t show Starbucks Logos or Coffee which was different from other game presented by food chains. The game is about living in today's society with the threat of global warming. You are given choices to choose from like the type of car you drive. As you go around you find way to lower your CO2 emissions and reduce your impact on global warming. As you go around the town you face challenges which gives you a higher score. I think Starbucks partnered up with Global Green USA to show consumers that they are eco-friendly company and by buying Starbucks you are helping the planet. This game is very educational due to the fact, that there are mini quizzes that help you find ways to reduce your carbon foot print. Politics aren’t that involved in this game. Global warming is a political topic that some believe to be skeptical.

http://www.darfurisdying.com This game is put by MTV and Reebok Shoes. Their logos are only shown at the bottom of some pages. You pick a character and you go around collecting water and helping out in the refugee camp. This game shows some of the things that the people in Dafar go through. This game isn’t about advertising. This game shows the political, social, and education aspect of Darfur. It shows you that the Sudan government is bad and kills innocent people. The game educates you to be more aware of the issues Sudanese people face. Also it wants to go get involved and join peace groups and anti-war campaigns.

Lickglobalwarming.com This is another global warming game. It is put out by Ben and Jerry's. Unlike the Starbucks global warming game, you can tell Ben and Jerry put out this game. They advertise their logo the main page. Also the font is the same front they use at the Ben and Jerry cartons and their menus. The main purpose of the game is to drive around to different places stopping to educate you on how to curb your carbon output. I believe this game has a little bit of politics (global warming is accepted by all politicians) advertising (their logos and font) and education (teaching us treat the earth better)