Monday, March 24, 2008

Research Process

The research process for animal experimentation is very interesting because i have found out a lot of different information about certain animals being tested, and they are treated. Unfortunately, animal seem to be harmed in most cases and its very disturbing, although animal research have made some huge breaks with cures and so on, its still not human to let them suffer. The research process is very interesting and writing the annotated bibliography isn't so much fun but will soon help with my visual argument. This research process has just begun for me and m argument is getting even better. I haven't run into any difficulties but as Mr. Jolly said it is time consuming...and yes it is very time consuming....which is not fun at all. :(

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Response about Assignment TWO!!

As i was writing about essay two....i ran into a lot of different isses. I wrote about the lead based paint in the recalls that had happened in 2007. easy subject to find material and evidence. but i was starting to put my work together and kept coming up with other ways to write this essay and i kept thinking to myself...hmm am i doing this right??? thats when i e-mailed Mr. Jolly, he gave me some advise and it put me on the right track to where i needed to go with this assignment. Over spring break i have conducted my final draft and then once i had finish it, i put it aside for two days then read the assignment sheet over again to make sure everything was supposed to be in my essay that was required. Then i re-read my essay and figured out that i really was off track from what was expected. Then i finally got some others opinions on my paper and decided to rewrite it from the begining. I had become stuck in some sreas and decided to just keep re-reading the assignment two instruction untill i was clear about it. I realized i spent over half my spring break reading this instruction sheet[seriously sad] but i have more confidence in my paper then i did before spring break.
And of coarse we all know when we read the instructions it says Is your system better then others? we all think it is because its what we believe in, but we all know we are right sometimes and wrong sometimes, im undecided about that question for that reason.

Monday, March 10, 2008

Response To An Online Article

Prescription drugs found in drinking water across U.S.-http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/03/10/pharma.water1.ap/index.html

Although pharmaceuticals have been found in our drinking water, it is still safe to drink the water. The AP has tested certain areas of the U.S. including Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit, Michigan, to Louisville, Kentucky. These drugs are in are drinking water because the body only absorbs so much of it and then it passes through us and into the toilet where it is flushed away. But the big question is, well why don't treatment centers get rid of drug residue in our drinking water? "Officials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said testing there discovered 56 pharmaceuticals or byproducts in treated drinking water, including medicines for pain, infection, high cholesterol, asthma, epilepsy, mental illness and heart problems. Sixty-three pharmaceuticals or byproducts were found in the city's watersheds." That's' a lot of drugs in our drinking water, makes you wonder will it really effect us in the long run. We all have been drinking water for many years and this has never been the issue to get u sick. Why are investigators making such a big deal about it, i mean it may not be goo to drink all those pharmaceuticals but it hasn't killed us. These pharmaceuticals could probably help us with are help but we will see what scientist have to say after they have investigated the "Drinking Water" more....