Essay #1

Information Essay #1

Growing up I gathered information in as many ways as there are many subjects or topics to look up and study about. Of course starting from my childhood I started getting information from my parents because they are always one’s first teachers in one's lifetime. Unfortunately my dad wasn't an informative teacher because he would always lie and joke around me if I wanted to learn about something. Such as the time I asked him "how the freezer in our refrigerator makes ice?" He said, and I quote "there are little ice gremlins in the freezer that blow on water to make it cold to turn it into ice." Unfortunately being the young naive person that I was, at the age of 5, I believed him which led me to believe most of his other lies. Another lie or joke he told me was that the A/C in our car works in the same way except there were goblins instead of gremlins. Fortunately as I got older, I got smarter and started to ignore my dad's knowledge; which is a bit of a stretch calling my dad's information knowledge. My mother told me how things really worked in the freezer and the A/C system in our car, and that’s where my starting point is to properly gain knowledge and information about the world.

Thankfully for my mother, being the caring person that she is, she properly educated on how things should work around the house and in real life. Until, to the point where I asked way too many questions, she started hiring tutors for me to get educated outside of school. I have had at least twenty five or more tutors between elementary school and high school freshman year. Through the studies of my education, in school and through my tutoring, I've noticed that I started to surpass my classmates’ academically. Most of my time was spent studying or doing unneeded exercises that my tutors forced upon me to do. It started to even affect my mother to think that my many studies weren’t enough for my education. So she had the bright idea to save money, and become my own tutor; I couldn't believe the stress that woman affected upon me. Giving me morning warm-up practices to do for math before I even get a chance to eat breakfast, and giving me more when I got home. Although the cause of all this stress and work originated from my younger days when I asked so many questions and my mother couldn't resist getting them answered for me. That was the cause but the effect of that was me getting stressed out and getting tired too easily. So I started to slack off a lot, and not care about my studies anymore.

When I slacked off I got to hang with my friends more and started to gain more information through them. Getting information through my friends is a lot more interesting and entertaining because I get to learn from many different viewpoints, and I can make a neutral opinion. One example of how I remained neutral in a conversation was when my friends were talking about politics, and they were debating about which party is better than the other. They asked me the question “Hey Richard. Are you a democrat or a republican?" I said "neither” because I needed to remain neutral to form a balanced opinion on the conversation, nor was I going to choose a side with either person. Then they asked me "why?" My response was "Because I'm pretty smart and I don't enjoy being half wrong all the freaking time."

That's just one of my point of views that I’ve developed through gaining information from my friends. Although most of the time, my friend’s information that I get from them are mostly rumors and interesting events that happen in school. Such as, he says he’s going to get into a fight with him after class or she says she will pull a prank on that girl over there. As the saying goes, Rumors spread like wild fires and can’t be controlled when it gets too out of hand. In conclusion, growing up I try to get as much information as I can from any sources as I can because there is a never ending road to gaining knowledge.

Now if I want to start an essay about a particular topic to write about for school such as medical marijuana for example, then I need to start by finding a good database to get good sources for information. Even if I find good sources to get information, I probably won't have all of the information that I need to have to write about my medical marijuana essay. But some good sources for medical marijuana must have facts about marijuana, and point of view of someone who has experianced medical marijuana.
Such as the source thats titled "Mothering Medical marijuana" where there is not only  information about medical, but also a viewpoint on it as well. Also there is someone who has used and experienced medical marijuana. There is a passage who gain information about one use for medical marijuana "she knew some women who smoked marijuana for morning sickness, and it really helped them." (Hildebrandt, Erin. "Medical Marijuana." Mothering. May/June 2004: 52-61. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 26 Jan 2012.) This is one example of how medical marijuana is used, and it also shows it through someone who has experianced it. Another good source for information about marijuana is a source that mainly focuses on health specifcally.
The source title "weeding out the hype" is a good example of that because it debunks the myths and facts about marijuana. It tells that the main ingrediant in marijuana is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) that makes people get high from smoking marijuana.  "The chemical THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol) is the ingredient that typically makes a marijuana user high, an experience that may include changes in mood, awareness, and outlook." ("Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype!." Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype.) This source is a good example of an up to date source where it has the latest facts and myths about marijuana, and is kept up to date. So in conclusion, a good source for information has to be up to date, with facts, and point of views to form a honest opinion.

Health and Human Services Department (HHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SuDoc Number : HE 20.402:M 99
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SVA1628-0-7802&artno=0000167249&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=smoking%20marijuana&title=Marijuana%3A%20Weeding%20Out%20the%20Hype%21&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
MLA format:

"Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype!." Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype!. 2002: 1-37. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 24 Jan 2012.

MOTHERING (magazine)
May/June 2004, pp. 52-61
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SVA1628-0-7802&artno=0000185970&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=smoking%20marijuana&title=Medical%20Marijuana&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
MLA Format:

Hildebrandt, Erin. "Medical Marijuana." Mothering. May/June 2004: 52-61. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 24 Jan 2012.

#Barnoyeng111 opposing and For marijuana

Summary Oppose:
Marijuana is often looked at as something that is just to get a person high or simply as a mind altering drug. It looks often dried up and mostly resmbles like oregano or other dried herbs. Mostly marijuana is mainly used to get high for users and that it has harmful affects on the body and the brain. Such as, for the brain, the persons judgment system wil be affected and will not care about the coices that they make. In other words its like alcohol, when the person gets drunk, their decision making or choices in the brain get shut down and will start to make bad choices. But with marijuana the THC  (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, the main ingrediant that makes people high) changes the information in the brain get processed and will damage the person's ability to learn and memorize. As for the body, marijuana can slow the movement or the reactions of the body down, and dilated pupils. Also some of these affects on the body and the brain may be long-term affects as well. That is why marijuana is bad for the body and is illegal.

Summary For:
When people hear the word marijuana people immediatley think its a drug that is harmful and should be avoided at all cause. But there are studies that show there are some benefits for health with medical marijuana. Such as some women have smoked medical marijuana for morning sickness, and some smoked to help with cancer in chemotherapy. Many doctors are afraid the use of medical marijuana becasue there is such a high opposition for the use of it. But about 94 percent of patients in a study in Colorado "say they use medical marijuana for severe pain; muscle spasms account for the second-most reported condition at 21 percent. Other conditions include cancer, glaucoma, HIV/AIDS, seizures and severe nausea. Patients can report more than one condition." Even this isn't enough to legalize medical marijuana becase there are always doubts about the medical benefits of medical marijuana, while so many people have used it so many times for their own health issues. Which is why medical marijuana should be legalized for further study to help others beneficially for medical use.

Blog post citation essay#1

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Health and Human Services Department (HHS)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SuDoc Number : HE 20.402:M 99
http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SVA1628-0-7802&artno=0000167249&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=smoking%20marijuana&title=Marijuana%3A%20Weeding%20Out%20the%20Hype%21&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
MLA format:

"Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype!." Marijuana: Weeding Out the Hype!. 2002: 1-37. SIRS Government Reporter. Web. 24 Jan 2012.

MOTHERING (magazine)
May/June 2004, pp. 52-61

http://sks.sirs.com/cgi-bin/hst-article-display?id=SVA1628-0-7802&artno=0000185970&type=ART&shfilter=U&key=smoking%20marijuana&title=Medical%20Marijuana&res=Y&ren=Y&gov=Y&lnk=N&ic=N
MLA Format:

Hildebrandt, Erin. "Medical Marijuana." Mothering. May/June 2004: 52-61. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 24 Jan 2012.

#TSISmyopinion1 Facebook vs. Twitter

#Barnoyeng111 #TSISmyopinion1 Some people in this class (Eng111) say that Twitter is easier and better than Facebook. Mostly because it is simpler and that many people are using Twitter more than Faccebook. However, I am new to twitter and I think that it is pretty complicated to use than Facebook. When I was on Facebook it was pretty easy for me to set things up right away, and add my friends. While on facebook you have to use hash tags and an @ sign if you want to find or reply to people. Although Since I'm still fairly new to twitter I haven't given it my unbiased opinion or review. So I'll give a chance and try to figure it out some more to give a honset rating.

what to wirte about in 1st essay

Well there were 2 questions to answer in this essay. So to answer the 1st question (where have you gotten your information and why?) My answer is that, I've gotten most of my information through the news and websites that have info on things I need to gather random information on. Sometimes if I need a biased viewpoint, I would go to my friends and sometimes I would lure them into a steamy debate about a subject or a particular topic. So I can gather information and remain neutral to form an honest, and unbiased viewpoint. One example of how I remained nuetral in a conversation was when my friends were talking about politics, and were debating about which party is better than the other. They asked me the question " Hey Richard. Are you a democrat or a republican?" I said "neither" because I needed to remain neutral to form a balanced opinion on the conversation, and I wasn't going to choose a side with either person. When they asked me "why?" My response was "Because I'm kinda smart and I don't enjoy being half wrong all the freaking time."

1st blog post questions.

My thoughts on this extensive login process is that it is really difficult to get used to, and to get the hang of. Hopefully later the class and I will get these blogger and twitter sites all figured out soon enough to get  good grades.

I honestly don't what I'm thinking about to write or to discuss in class. All I'm thinking is I hope to stay up to date with this class and successfully pass.

1st class Eng-111

Holy Crap I've missed the first week of this class becausue i was in eng111-9 and i got bumped up to this class. What a pretty complicated way to start class with creating a blog.