Multigenre Research Proposal

For the multigenre research proposal, I am doing a career interest as a pediatrician. I will interview my own pediatrician (Dr. Tuyet Vo) and a pediatric patient such as my sister (Jessica Nguyen). I am uncertain of the dates of the interviews, but it should be no later than next week or two. All I know about pediatricians are the basic facts about their academic schooling as well as their role within the pediatric field. I definitely think the theme of children will be my main focus through this topic. During the interviews, I think lack of questioning or preparation will hinder the interviewing process. I find this topic personally meaningful because I want to become a pediatrician myself and I feel passionate about this topic. I will probably do Medical Explorers, or any science related topics as my alternate project if something prevents me from doing my first choice.

Ten to Twenty questions categories:

1. What does it take to become a pediatrician?
2. What is the role of a pediatrician?
3. What does a typical check-up look like?
4. How long do you have to go to school to become a pediatrician?
5. How long does a typical residency last?
6. What it is like in medical school?
7. What make pediatricians so unique compare to all the other doctors?
8. What do you enjoy most being a pediatrician?
9. What it is like to treat a terminally ill child?
10. What type of problems do you faced on a typical day?
11. What skills are needed to become a pediatrician?
12. What it is like on the first day of being a pediatrician?
13. How do you feel on that first day?
14. What is the age range of your patients?
15. How important it is to work with other medical assistants?

Things To Do to Make the Informant Feel Comfortable

1. Ask a lot of questions.
2. Smile and be polite.
3. Introduce opening topics that might lead into better questions and answers.
4. Have the interview on a day that is available for the informant.
5. Email or phone the informant on available dates and time that I am available.

What To Do If There's Nothing to Say

1. Ask questions related to the previous question.
2. Make conversation with the informant related to the topic.
3. Ask questions leading to the topic.

 Factual Details-Want to Know

1. Daily Life
2. School Life
3. Health Care Life
4. Multiple Perspectives
5. Economic Factors
6. How to Information
7. Future Plans
8. Patient Care
9. Licensing 
10. National Trends

Academic Topics

1. Psychology of Children Past and Present
2. Growth Development of Children.
3. Psychological development of children.
4. Psychological development of a terminally ill child.
5. Psychological effects of prescribed drugs on children.

Multigenre Blog Post

Dear Ms. James,

I am very excited about our next project. Multi genre is a great project involving creativity within one's own topic expressed throughh a variety of genres. I cannot wait to begin this project, but searching for a topic to write/create multi genres about is difficult. I don't know what my topic should be; it's very difficult, I think, to choose a topic I am passionate about as well as finding primary resources. I originally wanted to research my career pathway (pediatrician) because it was convenient since I already have a primary resource for that topic. However, I feel like there won't be a lot of information except the basics on pediatricians.

If I can't find another topic, I will probably write/create mutlti genres about pediatricians. I think it is a good idea and I am really passionate about it. I guess we will see. Some of the genres I will probably choose would be an interview with a pediatrician, poetry, PowerPoint, interview with a pediatric patient (my sister), etc.. I think after choosing a topic, I will feel better to start researching. After writing this post and venting out my thoughts, my guts are telling me to choose pediatrician the career to be my topic. I already know a lot about it and I love the topic; so, I think pediatrician the career will be my topic.

Sincerely,
Hannah Ho

Reflection For Cultural Essay

Dear Ms. James,

I have enjoyed doing this paper because I have never done this type of paper before. It was very new to me especially the analytical part. The research was very interesting because I was able to learn a lot through my topic. I chose Fat Cat, the book, so that I can write about teenage obesity. I also chose Fat Cat because Fat Cat is one of my favorite books and it related well to an issue in today’s culture.


When I was doing the research, I thought that it was very easy to find information because teenage obesity is such a popular issue. However, since I was proving that the book did not depict accurate ways teenagers lose weight, it was a little hard to find statistics. Overall, it was intriguing to find how teens dealt with weight loss.

I really like conferencing as well as reading my classmates' papers because I was able to get feedback to improve my paper. Writing this paper was very intimidating because it involved research as well as basic analytical skills. However, when I peered review, I felt so much better about my paper.

Throughout the writing process, I thought writing the introduction was very easy because it was already planned out in the proposal. However, the conclusion was a bit difficult because it had to be a reverse funnel of the introduction. The writing process that I loved the most was revising and editing the paper because the paper was already written and all it needed was additional information or grammar check. The hardest part of the writing process was putting all of the research together in written format.  In the end, this paper was a lot of fun and I can’t wait to do more like this.

Sincerely,
Hannah

Article 1 Response: Is Google Making Us Stupid?

For this week’s blog, I am reading the article titled, “Is Google Making Us Stupid.” While reading this article, I’ve found myself distracted by my surroundings, bored out of mind, as well as the undesired to keep on reading. At times, I would ponder at my past reading habits and think to myself, “Has my reading habits changed?” Reading this article has made me realized my reading habits have changed. I tend to get sidetracked with long articles, or uninterested subjects. I would find myself rereading previous passages because it is uninteresting. This article is clearly right because my brain did want to skim through the reading.

The main point of this article is that our brains are being influenced by the easy access of the Web. The Web has made it easier to search information as well as simplifying it to the point where we don’t have to think. When we have a question or a research in mind, web search can answer it with just a simple click. However, the web is making us stupid because the information it gives us is not out of our own knowledge but the Web’s. Although this is very sad, I think what the article is saying is true.

Here is a short passage from the article:

“The company has declared that its mission is ‘to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.’ It seeks to develop ‘the perfect search engine,’ which it defines as something that ‘understands exactly what you mean and gives you back exactly what you want.’ In Google’s view, information is a kind of commodity, a utilitarian resource that can be mined and processed with industrial efficiency. The more pieces of information we can ‘access’ the faster we can extract their gist, the more productive we become as thinkers.”

I think this passage is important because it demonstrates what Google is trying to create out of its search engine; while on the other hand, it is actually making us stupid. Google is trying to improve its search engine to where all of the results are exactly what the people’s want. Its job is to simplify the search from complexity to the main basics. However, by doing so, it is implying that we are not intelligent to gasp the main points without something or someone simplifying it.

My first reaction is amazement. I never thought that Google would make us stupid. I always thought that searching for answers would increase my knowledge. Whenever I have a question, my first immediate response is “Google Search.” However, I think it is also second nature for us to have things simplify. It makes life a little easier without thinking.