Monday, July 30, 2012

Blog 4

I had a very difficult time coming up with a theme for my position article. What I finally ended up doing was the fact that having an anesthetic procedure is worth the risk. I know it sounds obvious (at least to me) that this is a no brainer; however, during writing this paper I have had a few family members, and friends inquire about the dangers, and risks involved. So I’m attempting this article, in hopes of opening a few eyes to the wonderful world of anesthesia and analgesics.

While doing the research for my article, I’m having a difficult time finding the desired quotes. I find that this is hugely in part to a few reasons: one, that usually when you’re having a lifesaving procedure, it’s just that—Lifesaving. You don’t really get a choice of time when your heart stops beating, or when you have a stroke. Two, a lot of procedures are already being performed by choice, either cosmetic, or another type of procedure that it’s required to be put under. Either way though, I will find the information I need to turn this into a great paper!

Saturday, July 14, 2012

Blog 3

In class this week we talked a lot about staking a claim, and backing it up with reasons and evidence. I'm having a very difficult time coming up with a claim for this topic. I could do something easy like, "Having anesthesia during an operation is painless," but I feel like that's just not recent enough news, so I'm trying to come up with something more moving, that has two or more strong opinionated sides. I think I may have an idea, but I’m going to give it some more thought, and sleep on it. Check back later for my exciting decision!

The editing tool for this site royally irritates me. It's adding additional line breaks where I do not want them, and I cannot delete them. Then when I want a line break, it will not allow it. On top of that, every time I preview the adjustments I've made it changes the font I've chosen, and the size. I'm trying to make this look as professional as possible without having to dig out my HTML code book, but I'm about to throw in the towel with blogger.com