Breeana

UTEP Psychology major. Still figuring myself out :)

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Week 14 Assignment

The topic I will be using for my Op-ed will be Stress & Anxiety management for college students. 

-I chose this topic because while writing my Lit review, I discovered from previous studies that stress is one of the main reasons why college students develop other mental illnesses such as depression and anxiety. One way that can help students is learning how to manage their stress and any anxiety they might face.. There are many factors that students face that can lead to many types of mental illnesses, so it is important to learn how to seek help, or learn how to help yourself if you are going through a hard time. 

- Feeling stressed, anxious, depressed, and overwhelmed are all common things students face, but it all can be too much for a student. College is an emotional time for a student. Also, many people are opposed to being aware of their mental health and seeking help, and that is there are many specialists who have declared a mental health crisis among college students. When someone is not aware or does not want to accept that they are not ok, it puts their lives at serious risk. I want to encourage the audience to know it’s ok to not be ok.

- I want to give tips on how to manage anxiety and stress. For example, breathing techniques can help someone calm down during a panic/anxiety attack. Yoga, running, reading, or taking naps an help students as well. I also want to encourage the audience to open up about anything that they are going through, perhaps with someone they trust. Also there is a counseling center here on campus with excellent counselors, and there are peer groups here on campus. Basically, I want to convince the audience that it is crucial to take care of themselves and the state of their mental health, and that they are not alone when it comes to having mental health issues.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Week 14

What genre are you selecting to use for your op-ed?

- I plan to make a brochure on Climate change and how badly it has gotten, and what it is doing to our planet.

Why is the genre you selected the best format for your opinion piece? 

- Brochures are straight to the point and can be very informative. I will be able to put specific information that will grab the audiences attention right away, and since everyone will have one they can always access it for facts about my topic.

What is your stance and policy, change/solution for this issue?

- I believe that the state of our planet is in terrible and is only getting worse. But yet there are people till this day that believe it is a risk. Sea levels are rising, animals are going extinct, and the Earth is warming up at an alarming rate. Drastic measures need to be made in order to save the planet, because it is our generation that is going to suffer in the future.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

TYPO ON THE 2ND question I meant to say:

“But yet there are still people who do not believe it is a risk.”

[aalleex21]

Week 14

For my op-ed I will be presenting my information as an article or a flyer to present information about the education system in the simplest format. It is still in debate.

The reason that I will be choosing either type of genres will be for the reason that both are appropriate when trying to engage the community. Both will be simple to understand when the information is present to the community.

My stance is  to change or find a solution for this issue is on how i will try to inform parents to interact more in their child education. I will be providing them with basic information about some of the problems the students go through and barriers they encounter when wanting to succeed. 

[ih8melina-blog]

I like how all of your gifs where incorporated into what you were saying. I liked how you are doing an article or flyer. I think using a flyer would be pretty cool because its unique and not a lot of people are doing it.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

This is a really interesting topic! I think that education in this country needs alot of renovations. Talk about how the state of our education system is already affecting students & what it will do to their futures. You can maybe talk about how the United States is behind badly in academics too! 

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Week 14

What genre are you selecting to use for your op-ed?

- I plan to make a brochure on Climate change and how badly it has gotten, and what it is doing to our planet.

Why is the genre you selected the best format for your opinion piece? 

- Brochures are straight to the point and can be very informative. I will be able to put specific information that will grab the audiences attention right away, and since everyone will have one they can always access it for facts about my topic.

What is your stance and policy, change/solution for this issue?

- I believe that the state of our planet is in terrible and is only getting worse. But yet there are people till this day that believe it is a risk. Sea levels are rising, animals are going extinct, and the Earth is warming up at an alarming rate. Drastic measures need to be made in order to save the planet, because it is our generation that is going to suffer in the future.

[solivas11]

Week 12 Post - Group 6

For our film documentary relies more on logos above all other rhetorical choices. The issue our group is focusing is the lack of funding in high schools to support a technologically evolving economy. This is because our advocacy and solution (logos) is based on statistics and research conducted on current STEM programs as well as economic trends (ethos).

Pathos would be minimally used. For example in the introduction, fear can be extracted through clips of robots “taking over jobs.”

The major source that is helping my group is the bank of statistics provided by the National Math and Science Initiation. These statistics are oriented among the major points we would like to mention in our film documentary.

- Brandi Henderson, Alexa Moreno, Sergio Olivas, Andrea Tovar 

[rlgonzalez-blog1]

Logos seem to be dominating my groups film documentary as well. Maybe it’s cause pathos are too mainstream and everyone need facts in order to believe something nowadays. But it is a great a way to get a point across! Great topic and I look forward to your documentary!

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Hey that’s a really great topic! It’s really interesting. The reliance on the logos appeal is great, since you will have a lot of evidence to support your argument. I’d suggest to maybe try and briefly include other appeals. Like for ethos, focus on WHY its wrong that there’s a lack of funding in high schools to support a technologically evolving economy. And for pathos, maybe mention like negative effects or consequences of this issue. Hope this helps! :)

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Film Doc!

Our group will extensively usr many rhetorical choices while making our Film Documentary. We plan to use Ethos, pathos, AND logos heavily, since all appeals will help make our documentary successful!

Our topic is Mental Health Awareness among college students. We will try to primarily focusing on college freshman and undergraduates. This age group can especially be prone to poor mental health, due to new challenges with college responsibilities. Research has shown that a main reason why college students develop mental illnesses is the refuse to seek help and talk about what they are going through. Our film doc will try and advocate students to be aware of the state of their mental health, accept that what they are going through are real problems, and use the resources available to them.

Ethos: The ethos appeal we will talk about is how there is a mental health crisis among college students right, and the need for awareness and encouragement to seek help needs to be enforced stronger. Mental health is a real issue that needs more recognition!

Pathos: We will obviously use A LOT of this appeal, since we are talking about mental health and that involves emotion. We will try to persuade audience feel the seriousness of how dangerous poor mental health can be. We will discuss the consequences which include suicide, eating disorders, and self-harm. This will make the audience feel compassion for those who do suffer from any type of mental illness, and hopefully inspire them to seek help if they are suffering  themselves 

Logos: We will provide statistics and facts on mental health, such as definitions of different illnesses & their symptoms. We will provide what studies have found on why mental illness is common among college students, and evidence support our argument of that their is a dire need for mental health awareness.

One resource that we have used so for is PSYCinfo to find sources to support our argument. We also plan on using our campus resources such as the Counseling center to perhaps interview counselors, and students who have used the campus resources.

#RWS16 #itslit(erature) #filmdocpost

[rlgonzalez-blog1]

Week 10

1. What patterns did you find in the development, or enhancement, of your research skills?

Whenever I did some type of research assignment I always thought to stick to only scholarly articles. Now after working on this assignment, I know that it can be anything really as long as their credible. Some patterns I noticed was that I wanted to be bias or I just wanted to put a lot of direct quotes. I had to tell myself that I don’t need to quote the whole source! It was challenging to figure what I needed and didn’t need to put in the paper.

2. Did your assessment/evaluation of the sources change? If so, how?

Yes! I had to change some of my sources because I modified my research questions. I noticed in my annotated bibliography I had just chose sources that seemed to answer the question but in reality it didn’t or was too similar to another source. I also needed more of a variety so I took the unnecessary articles out to put more websites, books, and videos.

3. Do you think the methodology described in questions 1 and 2 work? Yes/No. Explain.

The methodology in questions 1 and 2 did work well because it gave a better understanding of the research and how to compose efficiently it into the paper. It was like the key to the structure because it kept it organized and maintained the writing fluency. With the right research questions and sources, everything fell together and it worked out.

4. The rhetorical choices I made for answering question 2 was ethos and I used a gif to help explain my thought on finding sources. The gif shows that you’re not going to find all your resources on the first time so you have to be constantly changing them. It wasn’t easy to find the exact sources I needed but eventually I found them.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

I totally relate with your improvement of your sources! I also had mostly scholarly articles. I was scared to use anything else! I just chose sources that looked they would work, I didn’t like really understand the source as a whole. And I also edited my questions, because while finding sources I found out that I could have better questions and information. Cool post!

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Literature Review post

1. What patterns did you find in the development or enhancement of your research skills?

- I feel like my research and writing abilities really improved with the Literature review paper. Before I hard time with researching and using the information to form the paper, but after this assignment i feel more confident with using research in a paper.  I also feel like I improved with structuring and organizing my paper. Since you had to have a set of sources that you could really rely on, once you had those you were good to go. Overall, I had a difficult time writing this paper but I was content with the outcome.

2. Did your assessment/ evaluation change? If so, how?

-Definitely. When we had to write our annotated bib, I just skimmed through the sources. When I was completing the final paper, I was only using like half of the sources I started out with. I kept finding much better sources than ones I had chosen, and I really wanted to have a good variety our sources as well. I worked hard on making sure each source was credible, and relevant to my research questions.

3. Do you think the methodology described in questions 1&2 worked? Yes/No?

-Yes! Since my research, structure, and organizing abilities improved, I feel like I did well on the assignment. For me, just starting a paper is the hardest part. Before I would just write whatever came to mind, but with this assignment, I made sure to pay attention to the rubric, and complete each requirement. Searching for the right sources really helped me with finding everything I needed to write the paper correctly.

4.Select one of the questions listed and explain the rhetorical choices you made towards answering the question.

- The rhetorical choices I made answering question 2 were the use of a logos appeal. I really did focus on finding the right sources, and interpreting the information I used correctly. This assignment was all facts, direct quotes and citations so the logos appeal was really used in my paper as well. Honestly I am just so glad this assignment is over with.

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Week 7

When i started my research for my literate review i was not sure that i would be able to find what i was looking for. At the start i was having a hard time looking up things on the internet and what not, but it was not helping at all. i thought i was wording it wrong or maybe i wasn’t thinking in the right frame of mind. 

finally i was able to re word what i was looking for and BOOM i had what i was looking for i found a lot of stuff online, but i still need to expand my research to other things such as books, or articles. I still have a way to go with finding more about what i want for my paper. This is what i will doing tomorrow so i can finish looking for my sources that i need for this paper and it will be over!!

well at least for that section of the paper. 

[solivas11]

To me, just rearranging the wording of your research questions is reassuring. I’ve personally been having difficulty in finding sources and maybe following your example will be helpful. Thanks!

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

I did the same thing and it really helped me find some really good sources. It was really hard though (well for me) because I wanted to make sure they really related to my paper. I also feel like I need to expand my research more, but at the same i’m somewhat content with what I found. Good luck with your paper!

#rws16 #itslit(erature) #response

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Week 7

Finding reliable sources for my literature review was difficult for me. You have to be precise and make sure the source you’re using is good. 

The first placed I looked was a psychology database on the UTEP library page. The database that my psychology professors have recommended is called PSYCinfo and it’s very helpful. I found 4 significant sources to my paper from there.

I then turned to Google and I searched my research questions to see what I could find. I ended up finding a great website with a good article from the National Mental Institute of Health, and an online article posted by a professor from James Madison University.

For my primary source, I decided to find a survey used to find out the depression rate of students at UTEP... I plan to meet my Psychology professor Dr. Ashely Bangert to help me find or create a successful survey to obtain my primary research data. I am hoping the sources I chose are the right ones for my paper.

[rlgonzalez-blog1]

Week 6

My topic I will be discussing is bipolar disorder and how it affects you in a workplace. Having one of the two bipolar disorders is more common than we think but we usually don’t see it first on when we meet someone.

I will mostly be using logos and a dash of pathos to explain the challenges of having a job and bipolar disorder. Logos more to discuss the statistics and research found on how the disorder affects people in a workplace. Then with pathos, I’ll use them so the reader can feel and understand what the disorder is.

After researching, I found good information on my topic but I’m still having a little trouble making a third question. It was kind of hard to make sure that the questions were cohesive but I understood it better after going to the writing center. 

Also, staying on topic and being organized will be helpful to get an A on this assignment.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

I really like your topic! I’m a psychology major so I’m really interested in bipolar disorders. My topic is on depression, so I am also relying on logos and pathos appeals. I had trouble writing some of my questions too. It really helps to just write as much questions that you think are right and just revise and edit them along the way, and eventually you’ll have the winning ones!

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Week 6 Post

Coming up with the research questions for this assignment was a bit difficult. I had a hard time narrowing them down and being specific as possible. I rewrote them any times, but I still ran into problems.

The rhetorical choices I used to come up with my questions were primarily making sure I wasn’t being bias, and to really focus on the logos appeal. My topic is Depression amongst undergraduates, so that already ties well with an pathos appeal. While coming up with my questions, I reminded myself to stick to my topic, and to come up with questions I could research and find many articles on. I actually did google and followed the instructions on the video in Module 5. Also, I tried to use the best vocabulary so that my questions can be accurate as possible.

Going to the University Writing center really helped me. I got great feedback on my strengths and weakness of my questions. I was a bit nervous because I was worried my questions were terrible

....But I was told I was off to a great start and I have a better understanding of how my questions need to be done. At first, they were repetitive and too similar. My first questions were too broad. I googled some of them and I noticed I wasn’t being specific enough. My first topic was going to include anxiety but I narrowed it down to just depression. I want to really focus on just undergraduates, since I am one, and most of my friends are too. 

 Depression is a real illness that a lot of people think is not true, and many people are unaware they have it. The transition to high school to college and all the pressure and stress can really affect someones mental health.

I’m trying to get my questions to focus on identifying symptoms of depression and what resources are available to students to get help. Overall I hope I can get my questions down and write a good paper!

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Genre

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Awesome post. I really liked how you put your post over your pictures, very clever! And I completely agree with living a healthy lifestyle. I really try to be healthy myself. 

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

The genre of this advertisement is iconographic. The purpose of this picture is to bring awareness of domestic violence. The audience is intended for victims of domestic violence, but it specifically targets those who are aware of victims but do not do anything to help. There are different people dressed in funeral attire, watching a man beat up a girl, and it is clear they already know the consequence, but they are accepting her fate. The ad says “Domestic Violence, Keeping it quiet is participating.” These pathos appeal are to make the audience feel upset, and guilty. They are saying that those who are aware of a victim are just as guilty as the abuser. They are harshly but effectively encouraging people to help and speak out if they are aware of someone being abused. The ad is trying to convey that those who do not speak out, are like the people who aren’t doing anything to help the girl and proceed to watch her die.There is a strong ethos appeal in this picture, which makes the audience reflect on the severe damage and harm the victims of domestic violence face, and what could be done to help. 

[readthebooksb4youwatchthemo-blog]

Reading is absolutely my favorite hobby you can find me reading at any moment I can spare. My favorite book(s) with out a doubt are the Harry Potter books. My major is Psychology I want to use this as my foundation for Law School, but I am also interested in receiving my Masters degree and PHD. I also enjoy Crossfit I am a competitor at Get Lifted (prior to injury). Cooking for some is just a chore but I love to get cook books, shop for groceries and make a huge mess in the kitchen. I play golf at university, I’ve been playing since I was four. I love 21 pilots and Passion Pit they are most definitely not a part of large genres; their sound is like none other and maybe that is what is so appealing. There is no need to explain the last picture… Think what you may about veganism but it is amazing, don’t fret I will not talk about veganism again. Simply put I want to gain social media literacy, and improve my writing skills. Reading and writing are very important me but I also know they very important in a professional setting.

[liaannnab-blog]

Hey there, I also love to read books! Your introduction sounds like most of the things I do and I thought that was funny. 

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

I really enjoy your hobbies and taste in music! I am also a Psychology major, so I can realte to your interests in that field. I also workout and am trying to become fit.

[breeeanadelrey-blog]

Introduction ..

Hello! My name is Brianna Rodriguez. I was born on August 8th. I’m a Leo, an animal lover, music lover, and film fanatic. I’m a Mom to my dog Maximus, food is the love of my life, and I basically live at the gym. This is my 4th semester here at UTEP and though it’s been a bit difficult, I’m really enjoying school. I’m majoring in Psychology and my dream is to become a Psychiatrist. I find mental health and helping people with mental problems really interesting, and I’m hoping to really help people with mental illness.