Emblem

This emblem is a great representation of mystory and my writing process because it sums it all up in one quote. Throughout mystory there is a repetitive theme of hard work which has led to success over time whether it being learning English, dissecting a pig brain, or the work in my community. These successes are stepping stones in reaching my short and long term goals. It represents me as a person because everyday I am working hard towards something which i don't always achieve right away but over time. This can be seen through my writing in the class where my use of grammar and analytical skills have dramatically improved although I am not fully where i want to be but I am a step closer than i was yesterday. One quote that i would also associate is "Don't tell me the sky is the limit when there are footprints on the moon." This quote ties in with my emblem, mystory and life because i don't see anything as too big for myself. I may fail at first but i learned from that failure meaning I am that much closer to conquering whatever I am working towards.

Challenge Check-in 3

The challenge enhanced my knowledge of Hip-Hop because it allowed me to realize how general the term Hip-Hop is. Each of the different options viewed Hip-Hop in a different aspect whether it being through music, graffiti, dance, film, neighborhood, literature, community, and fashion. Moreover, specifically recognizing my community as a Hip-Hop community helped broaden my view on the definition of Hip-Hop. It helped me understand that Hip-Hop is not just the music videos and rappers and singers but more of a movement and expression just in a different interpretation. For example, parks with basketball courts are a version of Hip-Hop because it is the showcasing talents to one another. When it comes to art forms in Hip-Hop whether rap, song, dance, or poetry, Hip-Hop is basically a talent show of people expressing their views and feelings through the style of Hip-Hop being upbeat. Likewise, sports on the community and underground level is the same thing of athletes showcasing their talents without any external monetary benefits or but rather just the showcasing of raw talent. Some difficulties i had was translating my views in the essay in the sense of getting the audience to see my interpretation of things.

Community

A Literacy sponsor that supported my educational endeavors as a child was a man named Mr. John. Mr. John was a tutor at the local Little River Public Library for one of the library's education enrichment programs on Saturdays. Eager to learn English i registered for the tutoring sessions and Mr. John became my Tutor. After a few Saturday sessions Mr. John grew fond of my hunger for knowledge.Mr. John and I developed a loving relationship over time in that he loved teaching especially since i was so eager to learn everything. Mr. John became so dedicated that he started picking me up from my home, feeding me, and dropping me off home each and every Saturday. I admired Mr. John very so because of his extra dedication to genuinely help me become a better English speaker.  He went above and beyond the call of duty by making sure i had the right resources to succeed even if it cost him his out of pocket earnings. Through my hard work. determination, and Mr. John's motivation i not only became English proficient enough to stop taking ESOL classes, but i jumped right into gifted classes. As a young boy who's parents were immigrants he guided me throughout my years in elementary as a mentor on how to succeed. One gesture that really showed how he cared was the fact that on Christmas he went out of his way to not only buy me several gifts but my siblings. One consequence from that experience was the mindset of thinking that's how all or most American teachers were which proved to be highly wrong. He helped instill that "Sky is the limit" mentality in me of me believing in myself and my determination.

Solutions

1. In order to help prevent and bring this epidemic to a halt there needs to be a united monitored program in place with the proper mechanisms like minimizing transmission through direct contact with proper  use of equipment like hand washing and glove use.
2. Controlling environmental factors like temperature because some bacteria grow in certain conditions.
3.  Surveillance of infections data taken by proper personnel as well as monitored.
4.  Enhancing staff practices with frequently updated Continuing Education Units CEU’s of teaching and making sure proper certifications and techniques are obtained as they become available.
5. State and Government officials should provide incentives for decrease in infections for monthly and yearly reports.
6.  Media use like the 2012 film "A Silent Epidemic" that was produced to bring awareness to the general public.
7.  Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) which is making sure tools are being sterilized with the proper cleaning agencies as well as the hospitals.
8.  Microbial Typing which is analyzing the new strands for the bacterias and trying to develop a cure for those because the cure like penicillin and others are becoming non effective because the bacterias are becoming resistant.
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Problem Statement

Every day, 1 in about every 20 hospitalized patients has an infection caused by receiving medical care. This is often referred to as a H.A.I.  (Hospital Acquired Infection) or a Nosocomial infection. Nosocomial infections are defined as infections occurring within 48 hours of hospital admission, 3 days of discharge or 30 days of an operation . This can be perceived as very ironic because the hospital is a health care facility that is meant to be safe and treat patients of infections, diseases, and etc., not a place to obtain one while being treated or being discharged. Nevertheless, through the proper awareness tactics, Continuing Education Units (CEUs), Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC), and etc. this epidemic can be severely minimized although never fully destroyed.

Nosocomial Infections are said to come in a variety of sites from surgical, urinary, respiratory, vascular catheter, septicemia, microorganisms and Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)). Urinary infection sites can be classified as positive urine culture (1 or 2 species) with at least 10 bacteria/ml with or without clinical symptoms. They are said to be the most common infection site with 80% of them being associated with an indwelling bladder catheter. Although urinary infections often causes less rate of illnesses than the other nosocomial infections, it does lead to bacteria and death. The gram positive bacteria from the gut flora is usually responsible for either normal Escherichia Coli or acquired in hospital Multiresistant Klebsiella.

 Nosocomial Infections is an epidemic that inadvertently affects most of the population. Patients are directly infected because of the hospital environment while the rest of the population are infected through direct contact with the patients depending on the infection. This epidemic is a topic that should not be overlooked at all because of the fact that millions of people go to the hospital every day. As a result the statistical data of deaths and infections has a chance of increasing every day. This epidemic can be severely minimized although never fully destroyed. But this is an epidemic that affects everybody so in order to help achieve this mission of bringing it to a minimized demeanor, everybody from the hospitals, staff, patients, states, to even the government will have to be involved working as a team

RHAP

The problem being investigated is the high rate of HIV/AIDS infections among adolescents age 3-19 although the education tactics,and  high risks of mortality and morbidity. The overall solution to this epidemic is using a different educational approach in music. The further methods include target population, program development, program implementation, program evaluation and the final program. This approach was based on the idea that music plays a huge role on adolescents so why not appeal to their interests to get a very important concept across.

Misogynous is the hatred or dislike for women or girls.

Antithetical means directly approached or contrasted, mutually incompatible.

A pedagogue is a teacher, specifically a strict and pedantic one.

The Proposal

ISIS
Nosocomial Infections
Police Misconduct
Sport Discipline
Outsourcing
Genuine Music
Art
Justice System towards African Americans
Sports discrepancies
College playoffs 

Gifted Hands

Dr. Benjamin Carson was a famous neurosurgeon who first successfully separated a pair of conjoined twins at birth. He later went on to become an author and accomplishing several other achievements such as receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Bush in 2008. He also went on to hold several leadership positions like professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics, youngest major division director in Johns Hopkins history, and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Craniofacial Center. I have always admired Dr. Carson, and look to him as a role model since seeing the autobiographical film Gifted Hands. I admired it because of the similarities between his adversities and the ones i have faced in my life. Despite their financial adversities his mother never gave up on him and his brother but rather taught them that education was the key. His story is inspirational because he grew up poor most of his life in the ghetto but through hard work and determination went on to accomplish so much. One of his accomplishments was being accepted to Yale University on a full ride scholarship because of his high SAT scores and grades. Furthermore as a young black man he beat the odds and statistics of not ending up in jail but rather exceeding them and succeeding. He also broke the cycle of his father walking out on his mom by getting married to a wonderful wife and having children and teaching them what his father never did. He has also been a role model for me because like him i love working with my hands in performing dissections and hopefully surgeries in the near future. I have dissected an array of specimens such as frogs, pigs, owl feces, starfish, squid, and etc. Moreover, like him i am majoring in psychology because it is such an interesting field in thinking critically with the most important organ being the brain. His story is inspiring in proving that anything is possible with an education no matter the situation. I hope to one day be at least half the surgeon he was when  my opportunity comes.

Evaluating writting and Music

Evaluating writing is the analysis and evaluation of writing based on  specific goals. One example could be the media analysis essay where we evaluated the media pieces based on their rhetoric goals. Establishing criteria for an evaluative essay is very important because the criteria is the basis for ruling out bias in the evaluation. For example i could say that burger king is better then McDonald based on their fries   but McDonald is better based on flavor. With this statement both places are better then the other based on different criteria.

Rosen's reference to music as an outlet is restating the fact that music has been used as an alternative. For artists it has been especially a way to connect to their fans, with insight information into their personal lives. It's a means for not just artists but individuals to express the emotions they are feeling through the best way they know how. Moreover, troubled youth use it as a means of staying out of trouble by focusing on their music and talent. Although many critics may say that all music within a genre sound the same, they are actually quite different because every artist has a story and use their music to tell it. For others music is a way of encouragement because they listen to similar artists who were in the same position they are in but now have succeed. Finally people use music as a form of letting others see their viewpoints on certain issues that are important to them. Finally, music can be used as a means of worship, or up lifting when in certain situations.

College

One of by far the hardest decision i had to make was college. I ultimately made this decision on my own because my parents grew up in Haiti so they had no knowledge of how education in the US worked. I also couldn't ask my family or relatives because I'm the first person in my entire family to go to college. Although, i made the final decision i sought for help in my mentors and successful people around my community on what is the best decision and how to go about my post secondary education. This was a very important decision because of the important role i played in my family. Since i am the first one to go through the education system in the US i handled my parents paperwork due to my knowledge. I handled everything from bills, legal documents, contracts, technology, and even helping them choose personnel like lawyer, and accountant. Also my mother and father worked most of the day so i had to step in and fill in their roles. I took over most of their parental responsibility in picking up my siblings from school, feeding them if they didn't cook, making sure they did their homework and helping them, and just guiding them through school since i been there. I also balanced this with a job of my own helping my parents financially. This decision was tough because i received a few full ride scholarships to local schools that would allow me to continue helping my parents and our family. It became even harder when i encountered some legal issues my senior year around the time to fill out financial aid and i didn't couldn't receive my full potential of financial aid so had to take out a loan my first year. The ultimate argument came down to money vs. experience. Have i gone to one of the local schools i would have been getting paid to go to school basically while helping my family or rather struggle my first year at UF financially but obtain the a better quality education and full experience of the college life. I came to the conclusion that going to UF and succeeding there would ultimately benefit my parents and family in the long run way farther then what i would have been able to do at the moment while going to a local school. Moreover, i thought that the experience i would obtain, would outweigh the money i would have been receiving have i gone somewhere else. The pictures below represent some of the factors that were affecting me. The first being stress because of all the paperwork and trying to figure things out with no parental support or help. The next two being balance in trying to outweigh the pros and cons for both situations. The last being regret of trying to make sure i made the right decision.

What is Hip-Hop?

Hip-Hop can be defined as being an expressive up-tempo art style found in different mediums. The most common mediums would include music, graffiti, dancing, and fashion. Some of the key factors that separate it from other art styles would be expressiveness and tempo. Hip-Hop is an expressive art form because it technically has no limitations or parameters. As a result Hip-Hop is solely based on the artist making each art no matter the medium a "snowflake." It's a snowflake because the art reflects their artist in that no two are the same. Hip-Hop also differs from other style forms because of its tempo. Therefore, no matter the medium the art it will have an up-tempo making it standout. This can be viewed in the music having up-tempo beats to graffiti with big vibrant colors that pop to break dancing which includes the whole body and a series of up tempo movements.
The University of Florida has a history of accepting diverse, talented,  and creative young minds. One place where the talent can be viewed at is the graffiti mural outside the university. It represents hip-hop because the mural itself is the representation of the individuality on the campus. The mural possess various different expressive pieces of art by very diverse students. Like most art pieces, the mural seems to have overlapping styles, however when looked closely it is observed that they are all distinct with there own meaning. Moreover, the mural has no parameters because the art pieces on the mural share no common category or similarity except for their individuality. The mural also shares the up-tempo style of hip-hop because the mural stands out with different vibrant colors, styles, and patterns appealing almost aggressive.

Runaway

The scene i am analyzing is the scene where Kanye West is playing the piano at dinner. I think the overall message about that scene is him confessing of his wrongdoings as well as being fed up of people judging him and his action.the factors that led me to this conclusion would be the statement made by the man next to him at the dinner party and there was a sudden change of emotion in his face so he is basically fed up of people judging him and questioning him. The lyrics in his song runaway helps convey the message of his wrongdoings because in his song he says "And I always find, yeah, I always find somethin' wrong, You been puttin' up with' my shit just way too long, I'm so gifted at findin' what I don't like the most" he also suggests that the girl run away from him because it would be the best option. At the same time while questioning his actions he is calling into question the actions of others. Visually during that scene there are a group of ballet dancers dancing to the song in expressive form because they are moving with the beat and their dance correlates with it. The fact that its still a dinner party he chooses to be the entertainment and play the piano and have the ballet dancers when he could've chosen any form of entertainment shows that he is still trying to portray that high art and high class style.

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.” -Maurice Switzer

We had been studying the nervous system at the time for the past week and a half now and now it was time to do a lab on it. Our teacher was absent that day but had left the dissection lab to do anyways with our sub. We were all excited coming in because as a middle school student without physical education this was the highlight of our classes. We walked in and immediately smelled a rotten stench as we sat down and the sub explained that for today’s dissections we were going to dissect baby pigs.  I was in a group with all girls who were disguised at the fact of cutting into a baby pig so I got the luxury of doing the dissection all by myself which I had wanted to begin with. The sub passed out the materials and the lab sheets and told us to follow the sheets and record our results. I designated all 3 girls to a task from recording the results to reading the instructions as I excitedly put on my gloves and other safety precautions and got prepared to go into surgery. We started by first weighing the baby pig and taking its measurement and then I made a shallow lateral incision down the ventral cavity opening the pig’s skin and exposing its muscle system. Moreover I continued the dissection to eventually cutting into the muscular system to expose its inside and finish the dissection. Then the sub challenged us to see if anybody could open up the skull to expose the brain undamaged and there was a group of arrogant white kids who thought of course they could do it. They sat there after the other trying to complete the task and all failed with some cutting too deep messing up the brain, and others getting frustrated and cracking it open giving up. I sat in the corner at the time in the back of the class trying to complete such task and one for them walked over to me demanding me to give him my pig because he had the best grades in the class so if there was anybody who could do it, it would be him even though he failed earlier. He claimed it was mistake and asked me the question of if he couldn’t do it then what made me think I could do it? I simply smirked and went back to work. 20 minutes had passed and it was now 11:26 and the lunch bell rang at 11:30 so I sat there in my sit waiting till the clock struck 11:29. Glancing at the clock strike 11:29 I quietly got up from my seat with my pig on my tray and went over to the young man and placed it right in front of him on his desk and told him Bon appetite as I left to go to lunch. The young man and most of the class sat there puzzled, perplexed, astonished and amazed with a perfectly smooth cut skull in half and a baby’s pig brain in front of them undamaged. What perplexed them the most was not the surgical procedure that had been performed but rather how an African American young man who sits in the back of the class and rarely talked could do something like that when them who were thought of as the smartest and what not couldn’t. That same day would be the day I would go home and watch Gifted Hands by Dr. Benjamin Carson and come to a realization of what I want to pursue in my life as a possible career choice.