Media Production Project

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), has continued to rise in numbers. The former 1 in every 68 children has now risen to affecting 1 in every 59 children. There has never been a reliable way to predict the onset of autism within a child. Scientists from the University of North Carolina and Chapel Hill and Washington […]

Spotlight Blog 3

For the last spotlight blog, I decided to gather information about year-round schooling. Growing up I can always remember my mom saying that she would much rather all of us sibling be in year-round school. She always wanted this because even though we were home all summer, she hardly ever got to see us because […]

First Impression Post Week 16

For this week’s first impression post, I decided to explore the campaign Change Direction, in option number 2. The campaign is used to encourage people to open up about mental illnesses. For such a long time, people avoided talking about mental illnesses. Having a mental illness always made others either act uncomfortable or rude towards […]

Blog Post Week 15

For this week’s first impression post, I decided to do option 1. I watched the video, and it honestly made my heart race and my head was going a million miles an hour. I can not even imagine going through what these people go through on a daily basis. I have mentioned before that I […]

Spotlight Blog #2

The D.A.R.E. program stands for Drug Abuse Resistance Education. This program is taught to thousands of schools throughout America, including a numerous amount of other countries. It includes education in the topics of bullying, internet safety, over-the-counter prescription drugs, and opiates. The D.A.R.E. program has curriculum for those in elementary, middle, and high school, and […]

First Impression Post Week 9

For this week’s first impression post, I chose to write about the non-verbal cues that people give to indicate their emotions. I tend to be a very understanding and sympathetic person, so reading people’s facial expressions comes pretty easy to me. However, this test has shown me otherwise. I scored an 11 out of 20 […]

First Impression Post Week 7

For this week’s first impression post, I decided to write on the approaches to addiction. I read the article that was linked from New Hope Recovery Center. The abstinence approach is a model in which the addicted user of drugs or alcohol will discontinue the use of the abused substance completely. Many will recommend this […]

Spotlight Blog 1

Divorce was always frowned upon for a very long time. It was not until recent years that divorce has become more and more common. Families used to stick together because it was the right thing to do, or because they wanted to ensure their children of a normal childhood. Does an unhappy marriage guarantee a […]

First Impression Post Week 6

For this week’s first impression post, I chose to write about how memory is related to study habits. For this first exam, I chose to go back through the notes from class and retype each of them. When I was finished typing those notes, I went through and typed the notes that I took that […]

First Impression Post Week 5

For this week’s first impression post, I chose to write on the violence in video games. I have a little brother, so I know first hand that video games have gotten extremely graphic and cruel. I don’t believe that these video games should be banned, but I do believe that they should be monitored with […]