CATW PRACTISE #2

         Many public facilities and hospitals around the world haven't been providing the best care for the poor, uninsured, and the psychiatric individuals. In a case with a woman named Esma Green, she died in a waiting room under the eye of security cameras because nurses walked by and never notised or bothered to check her. Several people suffer from chronic conditions, or basic easy treated illness that can be cured with medicine, but cannot afford, but many of them with little support ended up in overtaxed emergency rooms. I agree with the quote "There is just no place for them to go" exempted from " The Woman Who Died In The Waiting Room by Jeneen Interland.
        I agree with the quote "There is just no place for them tp go" due to my own personal expiernce. My mother had a stroke recently and ended up in a hospitals emergency room. We patiently waited for doctors to assist us, but we were told that there were no rooms available. After about 8 hours, she finally recieved a room. During these extreme long hours of waiting, doctors were not assisting her the way they should have been. They were busy having a conversation on the party they went to the night before. Right under their eye, my mothers sugar level and potassium level dropped very low and I had to run and chase after them to assist my mother. They were horrible at everything they were doing. I  had to basically be the doctor by doing whatever means possible to make sure she didn't get worse. "I mean come on"! "They never even questioned me about any of her medications. I took them out of her purse and wrote them down on a piece of paper and showed (after chaisng him) the dotor. Come to find out , the medications were one of the causes of her stroke.
        Furture more, another reason why I agree with the quote " There is just no place for them to go", is because I have a 33 year old brother who was born with Spina Bifida, and when he was first born, I was told that he was going to be institutionalised. My mother at the time was working and going to school to further her education and couldn't handle a newborn with a disability. Arriving at the institute, she couldn't believe her eyes. There were other children and adults with special needs being treated like animals, walking around naked and not getting the care that they needed. It was crowded and my mother had began to get the feeling that my brother wasn't going to be in a sfe environment. She decided to quit school and give her full attention to him. As of today, I am proud to say that my brother is a 33 year old walking and talking individule whos accomplished his masters degree and is now working with children with special needs himself.
       Consequently, there were two reasons Iv'e had chosen to write about. My mother who recently had a stroke and had difficult standards at the hospital and my brother who was going to be institutionalised because of his disability, and staff members not giving the best care. Just like Esma Green who died in the eye of a camera, I would now think twice of what hospital I'd go to because there are good ones where the staff, nurses, and doctors treat you with respect, and the service is quick, and we also have our undergraded ones where it's just horrible at everything that they do.

Revision of CATW 1

         Recently a bill has been passed in the Illinois House that allows many illigalized U.S citizens to pay in-state  tuition rates. "It shouldn't of been". Citizens expect for the government to follow the law, especially helping them with their rights and responsibilities. It was also stated that the nation shoudln't of passed this law and now it can not be ignored. To be a legal citizen in the country seems to have more of an advantage then being an illigal citizen. In the passage I have read "An Education in Citizenship" Chicago Tribune. I agree with the quote "No one wants to see  any able student deprived of a higher education.
         I am currently attending LaGuardia Community College after completing twelve grades of school and I am also a U.S citizen. It would totally crush me if I wouldnt be able to continue my education and complete the masters degree im trying to accomplish to become the Physical Therapist im begining to pursue. When my mother was alive, she couldn't attend school because she was an illegal immagrant and couldnt really speak English.  Nor she recieved help from the government or any type of financial support to help her pay for school because she wasn't a wealthy person. Though she did complete her twelve grades of school in Dominican Republic, stepping foot into the U.S didn't help her at all.  Due to the factor of this, she worked as a stay at home mom and instead of living a well educated and welthy life, she lived a life full of financial struggles, basically no support from anyone and fought for everything she needed for her children. It shouldn't matter where one is from weather you are a citizen or a U.S citizen, no one should be denied going back to school and accomplishing their goals to become successful in life.
             Furthur more another reason why I agree with the quote "No one wants to see any able student deprived of a higher education" is from my own personal experience when I couldn't attend school because I had a loan to pay off. Before this semester I attended Laguardia Community college back in 2008 and I wasn't able to continue my education until I cleared up my loan. As a result of this, I started working job to job with no dergrees and was basically living off paycheck to paycheck. I didn't have the money to pay the loan off and didn't have any financial support from the government nor anyone. I felt useless and uneducated and felt that in every job I worked at , the employers would judge me negatively. I eventually became fed up and when I finaly recieved my taxes I paid my loan in full and readmitted back to school. If it weren't for the tax check I recieved to pay my loan off, I would had still been working job to job with no degree, and it would had bothered me to the extreme too because I too am a hispanic U.S citizen.  I want to proove myself to the world that I can become a very important somebody.
             Nevertheless, wether you are a U.S citizen, or a U.S citizen, It shouldn't matter to the world if you agree on attending school. I agreed with the quote "No one wants to see any able student deprived of a higher education" because If you dont choose to further your education, basically you will become useless to the community. Now a days, jobs want to see degrees on the resumes and proove your education to them. My mother was the first reason I mentioned, when the government didn't help her, and she just became a stay at home mom going through struggles. The second reason was myself readmitting back to school. If I would had choosen to stay home doing nothing instead of pursuing my education , I would had been a (NOBODY). that jobs would had continued discriminating agains't.         

CATW Practice 1

         A recent bill has been passed that allows many young people who are illegally in the U.S to pay in-state tuition rates. I disagree with the article "An Education in Citizenship". I disagree on students illegally here paying an expensivily rate on colleges and universities.
         I disagree with the passage due to my own personal expirence. I am a student who is a legal citizen and currently recieving financil aid. I decided to pursue my career, and in order to accomplish those goes; I need education. I would'nt be able to attend if I dont have the financial support. I believe that it shouldn't matter wether a student is a legal U.S  citizen or an illegal citizen. If a student wants to accomplish their goals and attend college, they shouldn't have to pay more then expected. Immigration citizens have the same right. "Why and what is the reason they have to pay more than U.S citizens?" I understand that there are many individuals with low income, this is why there are loans and other types of sorces we can apply for. Immigrant or not.
        Another reason I will discuss is from the text I read. There has been an estimated 3,000 immigrants in Illinois who are paying this extreme ridiculous amont (more then U.S. Citizens). With this being said, it's because their own parents paid and continue to pay taxes, and the Illinois college can conclude that if their parents pay taxes, then it is ok to pay the in-state tuition. (but not many immigrants have this easily)
        Consequently, the article "An education in citizenship" Chicago Tribune is a passage about immigrants paying expensive amounts of tuition more than legal citizens. I wasn't consisted with the article. The two reasons i menthioned were myself bing a U.S citizen and reciving financial support and a supporting detail from the passage about 3,000 immigrants in Illinois paying a massive amount of in-state tuition just because their parents pay taxes.

Blog 4

            Advertisements are now found in our everyday life such as gas pumps, and shopping carts. In the article "Hype" by Sonia Massik and Jack Solomon, it is stated that an average of about 12 Billion  advertisements are dumped into North America's collective unconscious. I agree with Sonia Massik and Jack Solomon that "Advertisements have polluted the minds of individuals".
            The first reason why I agree with the author is because from my own personal experience watching and listening to adveritisements on Television and Radio commercials. Everytime I am watching an episode, or listening to the radio, the shows and music becomes interupted by commercial breaks. These comercial breaks mention some sort of advertisent, either to purchase the item because its the latest electronic device out, or the newest waterproof cosmetics. I viewed a commercial where they were advertising the package "Your Baby Can Read". This ad methioned if you purchase this, your todler will learn to read at an early age. I ended up purchasing it and noticed a difference when i began using it. The ad basically polluted my mind in ordering it.
            Further more another reason I will give is another personal experience I had involving the ads on the platforms while traveling. When I am traveling to and from school and work, I notice advertisements on the platform walls. I once viewed an advertisement because it was an attention getter, it was an advertisement about the movie "Rise of the Planet of the Apes". After reading the ad, I went and
purchased tickets because I wanted to see the film.
           In conclusion, I agree with the authors Sonia Massik and Jack Solomon that advertisements have spread and increased in our community, and it has poluted the minds of people world wide.

"Blog 2" The Allegory of the Cave!

        The Allegory of the Cave (The Republic, book Vll) is about human beings who lived in an underground den and have been chained by  their heads and necks and have been living like this there whole life. In this darkness, the only thing they seen were their own shadows. One day a prisoner finally had the chance to step outside of this cave to the real world and discovers it's nothing like the cave he was trapped in. He becomes amazed of the world before him, as he stepped out of the cave his eyes couldn't handle the glare of the sunlight. As time went by, the human now can view the sun, the moon and the stars better in the light, then in pure darkness. He then realizes that the prisiners were still down in this den and felt sorry for them. The human  insisted on going back to the cave and warned all the prisoners that the world before them is beautiful and explained to them the environment he had seen, and the cave they were in is nothing compared to it. The prisoners were upset and replied to the human that he was hillusinating and it was all illusions. They were not leaving and whomever tried to make them leave they would kill them.

Summery to" Hype"

       In the article Hype, by Kalle Lasn, Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon, I strongly agree with these authors that advertisements have increased and become so popular that it has polluted the minds of  the public. Advertisements are posted and watched everywhere  in our everyday life such as T.V commercials, radio commercials and gas pumps.

Blog 1 ” Hype ”

       I agree that advertisements are the most prevalent and toxic of the mental pollutants. Its an estimated 12 billion display ads world wide, 3 million radio commercials and 200,000 T.V commercials.
       One idea which I feel is especially significant is the ads on the subways and buses. As i am traveling to and from school and work, I notice ads on the latest clothing, movies, and jewlery etc. This tends to make individuls want and go and purchase the items because it's the latest arrival, or go and watch the movie because it's a new release. I am a victim of this because I am always watching for the newest ads that gets posted up on 59th street.
       The last idea I will discuss is the ads on commercial television. The ads on T.V commersial tops them all. These ads have toys, electronic devices, the latest foot wear, hair products, and much more. ”Who would't want the latest devices”? There are milloions of people out there already with the Ipad or the new tablets. It is all because of the T.V commercials.
      In conclusion, I agree that advertisements are the most prevalent and toxic of the mental pollutants. The two Iv'e discussed were the ads on subways and buses and ads on T.V commercials. These both usually pollutes the minds of individuals and makes them go and purchase these items.