Assignment 6 Harrison Inocencio

      Theater work has been around since the  very first amphitheater was built in ancient Greece, and it has always been considered a work of great artistic significance. The purpose of plays is not only to tell a story and entertain the audience but it is also to often teach a lesson, or explain a point. Whether that point be a very deep one like the meaning of life, or something less deep like life of an average person, is up to the play writer. Plays have also been used as a satirical tool as well, as it is in "The Importance of Being Earnest". Through clever puns and settle references to real world figures and real parts of society, the viewer is able to laugh along with the play-writer and poke fun at the upper classes of Victorian times, that were so often seen in a negative light. I believe that us actually performing the play for this assignment, helped us to better understand the play and to better maybe better understand the feelings and images being attached to the Victorian upper class by watching it play out in front of our eyes between different figures rather than reading it from a script.
      In the evaluation of our own groups performance I personally though we did quite well, but their was definitely still some areas where we could've improved to push our performance above and beyond. Starting off with mannerisms, I thought we did good in that field, as I think our etiquette and even our accents helped reflect that. However some of our accents were a bit lack luster, and maybe the voices we did were a little to over the top for the style of the play. That evaluation bleeds over into the next voice statement in which I believe much of the same thing. The voices were good, but may have been a little to much and may have distracted from the main theme. Projection and articulation however, I thought were fairly clear. We spoke loud enough and even through our silly impressions I think we could be understood. Our use of space I believe, was pretty mediocre. We kept it isolated to only one portion of the stage and there was little movement as we spoke our dialogue. It was difficult to realize when we were rehearsing but now watching the recording, I can clearly see that space was something we could've improved upon considerably. Overall I thought I performance was very exaggerated and funny, but I think their were some areas that could've been built up, and even some that could've been tuned down, to create a more balanced performance.
      I think that the performance added some real life to the text, and even helped me to better understand the situation that was playing out, by being able to see the actions and events play out on stage rather than read them from the script. In the script, you had to try and create the situations based on just dialogue and a few stage directions, while in the performance, all of that is satisfied for you visually, so you can focus on the events and better understand the play.  

Andrew Hardy- Assignment 6

Any great work of art must be considered within its' context. The Cave Paintings of Lascoux and Jackson Pollock's No. 5 are regarded as great because of what they did within their society and contemporary time. Given the amount of the time we had to prepare, and the nature of the assignment, I believe our groups rendition of The Importance of  Being Earnest was a great work. With Noah's absence on the singular practice date, we had not ability to prepare for the presentation. Our lines were memorized within the context of each others, and so when our presentation did not go as planned- as first runs often do- it was understandable that we might stumble over our lines.
I do not think this detracted from the performance. What else is comedy supposed to do, but entertain? If I felt that our performances had been apathetic or lackluster, I might be harsher upon ourselves, but given the circumstances, every member of our group performed to their highest ability.  If we were to have another run through, several elements could have been improved. More elaborate costumes and props added to the humour of the other groups, and if we had more resources, that would have contributed to our group as well. Continued practice with the entire group would have insured that everyone knew their lines more accurately and we would not have relied on one another to prompt us. Being unable to practice meant that some moments dragged more than was necessary. The end of Algernon and Jack's conversation lost some of it's bite because of our amateur nature.


This assignment has not convinced me of the merits of theatre. All of the issues we had could have been addressed had we done the performance in a film format. If the only merit of theatre is in the difficulty of it, I am wholly unconvinced of it's modern relevance. Comedy and acting rely upon timing, and within the editing room, this becomes a mute point. I hope to see more plays in my future, and ones that might grant me new insight into the benefits, but this assignment left me assured that I had no interest in theatre or acting. b

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Assignment 6

Write a review of your group's performance. Be sure to address character development (including mannerisms), focus (ability to stay in character), voice (articulation, expression, projection), space (use of stage area and props), preparedness, and overall presentation. Dissect the performance to pinpoint what made it successful and areas that could have been improved.

Conclude your review by explaining what your own performance added to your experience of the text and to your understanding of the comedy. You may also talk about your understanding of acting.

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"Saving Sourdi" - May-lee Chai Author Biography

May-lee Chai was born in Redlands, California and is the eldest daughter of an Irish-American mother and a Chinese father. Her mother was an artist and her father was a political scientist. She has lived in fourteen states and four countries. She majored in French and Chinese studies from Grinnell College in Iowa, got her M.A. in East Asian Studies from Yale University, got another M.A. in English- Creative Writing from the University of Colorado-Boulder, and got her M.F.A. from San Francisco State University. Chai is the author of eight books, including three novels, My Lucky Face, Dragon Chica, and Tiger Girl.  The story of Nea and Sourdi continues in Dragon Chica. She was awarded the National Endowment for the Arts Grant in Literature. She is currently an assistant professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Chai maintains a blog about her books and writing. She even replies to questions about her pieces. According one of her responses, “Saving Sourdi” was actually inspired by an actual Chinese-Cambodian refugee family that she knew when she was a teenager in South Dakota. The family opened their town’s first Chinese restaurant. She continues to explain how the characters in her short story were inspired by many different Cambodian Americans she met throughout her life. She incorporates their experiences with prejudice, bullying, cultural assimilation, and traumas from refugee camps in her writing. 

Bibliography:

Chai, May-lee. "Re: Questions on "Saving Sourdi"" Web log comment. Questions on "Saving Sourdi" WordPress, 27 Mar. 2014. Web. 27 Oct. 2015

Chai, May-lee. "May-Lee Chai Biography." May-Lee Chai Biography. May-lee Chai, 2007. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.

Medeia Sharif. "Medeia Sharif." : Interview with Author May-lee Chai. Medeia Sharif, 3 Oct. 2010. Web. 27 Oct. 2015.

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"Interpreter of Maladies" author Jhumpa lahiri biography

Jhumpa Lahiri was born Nilanjana Sudeshna Lahiri in London, England on July 11, 1967 to mother Tapati and father Amar, a Bengali couple immigrated from Calcutta. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was two years old because her father, a university librarian, opted to relocate. They eventually settled in Kingston, Rhode Island. She graduated from South Kingstown High School where her teachers called her the family name Jhumpa. Then she attended Barnard College in New York to earn a B.A. in English Literature. Following that she attended Boston University where she earned a Master's degree in English and Comparative Literature, M.F.A. in Creative Writing and a doctorate in Renaissance Studies.

Her first published piece was a collection of short stories called “Interpreter of Maladies,” a collection of short stories which won the 2000 Pulitzer Prize. She followed up in 2003 with her first novel, The Namesake, which was adapted into a 2007 Mira Nair film and returned to short stories in 2008 with the No. 1 New York Times best-seller Unaccustomed Earth. Lahiri's 2013 novel, The Lowland, was partially inspired by real-world political events.

Her novels are based on her Indian-American background and her frequent trips to Calcutta. The stories focus on the difficulties faced by Indian immigrants living abroad. Her major themes include domestic and marital discords, miscarriage and disconnect between the two generations of immigrants based in America. According to the author herself, at first she unconsciously centered her stories on her Indian-American experience. The driving force was her natural inclination to bring the two worlds she lives in together, if not in real life then on paper.

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Johnson, Judy. "Jhumpa Lahiri. (Cover Story)." Current Biography 76.1 (2015): 56-60. Academic Search Complete. Web. 19 Oct. 2015.

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"The Moths" Helena Maria Viramontes Author Bio

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            Helena Viramontes was born on February 26, 1954, graduated from Immaculate Heart College, and is currently residing as a Professor of Fine Art's in Cornell University. She was one of the leading Hispanic writing figures in the 1980's and 1990's and based her writing almost solely off of her experiences growing up in East Los Angeles in the 1960's, in which she uses the hardships that she faced being a Latina Woman. One of eight siblings, her early years were had the most effect on her and influenced her works such as "The Moths", Under the Feet of Jesus, and They Came with Their Dogs. The best example of this influence is found in her work Under the Feet of Jesus in which shes takes on the persona of a 15 year old girl migrant worker, and follows her through the hardships she faced both as a woman in the 1960's through a feminist lens, and as a Latina through a Biographical lens. Born in 1954, the East Los Angeles that she grew up in was one that was pockmarked by social repression, and impoverished immigrants. California was one of the first states to see a massive immigration from Mexico since the end of the war, and it was through this massive amount of migration that it established it self as one of the fastest growing states in the nation. Immigrants were attracted to California through the promise of steady work mostly in the states many agriculture valleys, and also by the promise of cheap housing and familiar Mexican communities and culture, but with this migration also came a lot of social revolution as organizations such as Cesar Chavez, and his United Farmer's Union began to gain ground and fight for migrant worker rights. Mexican's weren't the only ones seeking change either, as other organizations such as the Black Panther's and the Civil Right's movement led by Martin Luther King also began to gain ground. In short, this rich environment of social awareness and social change heavily influenced Helena Viramontes in her childhood, and can be seen throughout her lifetime literary works. Her powerful writing influenced by this equally powerful background, are what has propelled her into textbooks and literature sessions worldwide, and is what inspires her novels general focus on the impoverished, and undocumented.

Romo, Ricardo. East Los Angeles: History of a Barrio. Austin: U of Texas, 1983. Google Books. Google. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

Alaniz, Yolanda. "Helena Maria Viramontes." Helena Maria Viramontes. UC Santa Barbara Library, n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

"Helena María Viramontes." Helena María Viramontes. Stuart Bernstein Representation for Artists, 2014. Web. 14 Oct. 2015.

Raiffa Syamil assignment 5

Currently, I am like 87% sure I am going to be some kind of engineer. And if I do follow through with that I'm probably going to do biomedical engineering or at least computer science coupled with neuroscience. Yay it sounds like I've got everything figured out but sometimes I'm like let's drop all that and go into film production so there's that.

Basically I came to that decision because I like psych and the brain and its so interesting how little we know about such an important part of us and I just wanna know everything there is about it. Also I really like helping people and I think integrating technology with the human body is going to be a big thing for rehabilitating more than just lost limbs and I wanna get involved with that.

So like I'm gonna go to college, and then probably a masters program and then like do research for the rest of forever yay.

There's definitely a lot of money in engineering, but also biomed is a way for me to get involved in the medical field without having to be a doctor (because wow not gonna do that) and I feel like that's how I want to be able to help people.

...But then I could also just scratch all that and go into film and become an editor and be really poor for a while and then really rich but y'know...

Kevin LaZur - Assignment 5

For the sake of transparency, I'll go ahead and say that I don't have a clear idea of the specific field I would like to study for. I know that engineering is a good career choice for our generation, and I happen to be a math and science person, so I feel strongly that I want to be a kind of engineer. The problem is that there are many choices when it comes to engineering. Electrical and computer engineering seem fitting. I'm fairly certain there is nothing fulfilling about these careers, but they are a way of making good money doing what I'm good at. I may not feel like I'm making the world a better place, but I can design stuff with technology and make money, and that's good enough. Oh, and I would also be interested in performing music for a living.

Jack Phillips Assignment #5

As of right now I want to major in physics in college, and I have absolutely no idea what I want to do with that degree, but one of the most common careers with that degree is to become a researcher, so I will elaborate on that. I already do research at UK in astrophysics and it is a lot of fun, although it is very difficult to do with only a high school education. To become a researcher I would most likely need to go to graduate school and earn a PhD in physics or astronomy. As a physics researcher I would like to discover the way to mass produce graphene, partially because of the growth of human civilization and all that, but mostly because I would be one of the richest people in the world overnight. Realistically, I would like to make some contribution to the greater human knowledge, no matter how small.

Harrison Inocencio: Assignment 5

            One of the things I think it would be neat to do when I grow up, is to become a security software analyst. These are the people who search around on the Internet and look for new viruses and worms that they can then disassemble, finding out how they work, and what makes them tick, and then using that information to better improve their own security software and stay ahead of the the hackers and cyber criminals. I was first inspired to do this by a NOVA episode that interviewed two men who had discovered and deciphered a virus that targeted nuclear weapons plant's in Iraq, and caused the machines to self destruct. It was the first time I had heard of career's like this and it seemed really cool to me. I'm to try and make this dream a reality by majoring in both Computer Science and Computer Engineering at UK, to give myself the best possible qualifications for the job, and hopefully attract job offers from McAffee, Norton, or Cysco.  

Ji-Hae Kim Assignment 5

I haven't come across something I thought was something I'd really like to do for the rest of my life. Or if I did, it wasn't something I thought would be feasible. Then again, if you want to do something that badly, you should do all you can to achieve it, right? As the idealistic, naive, ambitious person I am, the only thing I thought would be cool was to become a doctor. It's not because someone is forcing me onto this path or simply because I could potentially make a lot of money. I just think it's amazing. I realize how hard the work would be-- all those years of school, paying for school, the competition, etc., but I think it would be pretty cool if I had the skills to save a person's life. I could be a UN doctor and travel the world to help people. As I'm typing this, I'm cringing on the inside. Could this actually happen? Thinking about the future is so hard. There is so much between the right here and now until that idealistic dream. For now, I prefer to think about what I have to turn in this week at school.

Isabel Jenkins Assignment 5

I can't tell you how many times I've been asked this daunting question. Even my ten-year-old brother, overtaken by naive yet ignorant fantasies about college and life beyond, repeatedly pressures me about precisely where I want to go, what I want to major in, what I want to do with my life. And I don't ever really have an answer. Even as a child I didn't have one single plan - my mom says I wanted to open a restaurant while being a painter, my dad says I wanted to be a fashion and interior designer, and my grandma says I wanted to be an architect and build her a house. At some point in my life, I've probably considered just about every common profession. I'm easily bored. I suppose I've been most consistently fascinated by psychology and neuroscience, but I have difficulty seeing myself doing well as a counselor or researching in a lab. If I could find a way to do something in this field while simultaneously being able to work outdoors and not cooped up all the time, that would be perfect. Unfortunately I haven't figured anything out yet. Being completely honest, I don't have any long standing dreams or aspirations. Of course recognition and fame and money would be nice, but I don't crave that like some people do. Part of me wants to move to another country and become a jungle tour guide or something silly like that, but when you're in the Academy and have high grades and are good at math ... well, there's pressure and expectation to be something "big" like a doctor or an engineer. Which are probably the only professions I haven't been drawn to. Anyway, I know a lot of people end up in jobs they never expected. Exhibit A: my mom, who double majored in literature and psychology, realized she had nothing to do with her degrees, did funny jobs until I got to high school, and finally picked up a career as a software engineer. I try not to stress. Things will work out.

Beck Michul Assignment 5

Why can't I just live in Neverland? I wouldn't have to "grow up" and I wouldn't have to answer perplexing clichés like this.  Just kidding, though. It's not that perplexing. To be honest, I'm following a path of becoming a veterinarian, but there are many insecurities I have about that. I still don't know if I want to be a small or large animal vet or if I even want to be a vet at all. I am taking those classes, just in case I become committed. I do like music a lot and have began to make some and hopefully I can make a prosperous career from that. I would want to become a vet for my fondness of animals and the monetary benefits. I would most likely become a musician/producer merely for the love of music and creating it, but to become a full-time musician, I would probably need to be persuaded by getting loads of money from it.

Samantha McGehee Assignment 5

Usually when someone asks me what I want to be when I grow up I say "a person" but the only one who has ever found this response even slightly witty and acceptable is my nana. So what do I want to do? Well I love art and am planning on pursuing this. I will either major in business and minor in art history or go into an arts administration program. Another option I am considering is going to grad school for architecture and if I decide to do this I will probably major in environmental science and minor in art history as an undergrad. The perfect career is something that you are passionate about, can do well, and that pays sufficiently. So I am trying to pursue something I am passionate about with the hopes that I will work hard enough to be good at it and that hopefully it'll pay well. To be honest, I don't know what I am doing next weekend let alone for the rest of my life, so I am just trying to do what I think is best and see where the wind takes me.

Sam Flomenhoft Assignment 5

I'm not exactly sure what career I want to pursue but I've thought about entering environmental sciences as an environmental engineer. To achieve this goal I would need to double major in environmental sciences and engineering in college. Seeing as engineering isn't a field that requires grad school, I'd be ready to go straight out of college. From there it would just be a matter of finding a job. I don't want to become an environmental engineer for monetary reasons, but rather environmental. Global Warming has become and increasing problem in the last decade, yet it is still seemingly largely ignored. As an environmental engineer, I could help create more energy-efficient systems, and help find ways to incorporate alternative energy into such systems. The environment has been important for me in recent years and has greatly affected what careers I am looking at. I think environmental engineering is the best job right now for what I want my job to achieve, as well as incorporating things that are important to me.

Assignment 5 Noah Welch

I hope to major in history or political science, go to law school and specialize in criminal or civil law. In law school, I will explore my options and decide if I want to go into prosecution or defense. I am not sure if I want to work for the government or go into private practice, but I hope to explore these options further in law school.

I want to achieve this goal in order to help others. I think that law is one of the most important parts of our society and its effects are broad. People’s livelihoods depend on the minds on nine people. They can condemn or save a person. We also have to consider the impact that criminal actions have on families. The family, who has been burglarized or lost a family member due to crime, seeks justice. However this must take into account the criminal and his/her family. The criminal system should minimize recidivism and help reform people who have committed crimes. The criminal system is an intricate process, that I find fascinating, and I hope to make it easier for others to understand. 

Madye Moore Assignment 5

Deciding what to be when I grow up seemed to be the easiest question ever when I was younger. You'd ask me that question and the automatic response would've been a Vet, and it was that up until I turned 15. However, my views have changed since then, and I'm kind of in a dilemma at the moment. I'm debating 2 careers right now, both with 2 totally different paths for college. The first one is Sports Marketing/Management. I have been exposed to sports my entire life, and I love it, so getting a job in that field would be amazing (I don't even think it would seem like a job sometimes, considering I'd be doing something that I absolutely love doing). If I were to take this career path, I would go to the University of South Carolina in the fall and enroll in their Sports Marketing and Management College. Sure, with this job I would gain monetary fulfillment (considering the starting salaries are $90,000+), but I think it would be more of a personal fulfillment for me, since I will be doing what I enjoy for the rest of my life. The second career I'm debating at the moment is becoming a Pediatric Oncologist. Yes, this job could definitely be a sad one at times, but I feel that being able to save one child's life would outweigh the fact that there is always a slight chance it doesn't work. Being able to go to work everyday and see the kid's smiling faces although they are often going through the hardest time of their life would not only give me motivation to get up and go to work every morning, but it would also make it the most rewarding job in the world when you get cleared as cancer-free, and I can't imagine what it'd be like to be apart of that. With this job I would definitely gain monetary fulfillment, but once again, I feel like it would be more of a personal fulfillment for myself. I plan to achieve this goal by attending the University of Kentucky in the fall and enroll in the Pre-Med program, although I am not sure what I'd major in at this time.   

T. Stewart Assignment 5

In terms of a career, I aspire to be a DENTIST. I've wanted to for quite a while, but I'm sure I'll acquire other interests in college and may want to pursue those instead. But teeth are just so darn COOL, you dig? And the thing is, dentists are artists. Not to understate the science behind it all, but those amalgam fillings you get are art, too. The main reason why I'd love to work in this field is the fact that I'd be combining my two favorite subjects - science and art. I'll get my own office for my own practice, and guess who's art will be decorating the place? That's right, ME. 
The salary doesn't hurt, either. 
Smiles are important, and I absolutely believe that being able to give someone a grrr8 smile will be truly rewarding. 
This is a tentative plan, of course, but I'd like to think it's a pretty good fit for me, for who I am. Now I just gotta start studying for dat DAT.

Maya Creamer Assignment 5

As of right now, my goal is to become an elementary school teacher, and teach either one of the early grades (K, 1st, 2nd), or teach English as a Second Language students. I have always loved young kids and seeing the sense of pride and wonder they get from mastering new things, which is why this is my dream job. I already have a fair amount of experience working with kids. I have been babysitting since 9th grade; I am one of the Pre-K/Kindergarten teachers for the religious school at my temple; and for my mentoring project, I am working with Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade ESL students at Breckinridge Elementary. To achieve my goal of becoming a teacher, I will continue to get as much experience in the classroom as I can. I plan to major in Elementary Education in college, then begin teaching and working toward my Master's degree. By becoming a teacher, I hope to gain a sense of fulfillment; I know that I won't necessarily be making a very large salary, but I will get the satisfaction of helping kids learn more about the world around them and reach their greatest potential. I want to be able to make a difference in kid's lives, and teaching seems to me like the best way to do it.

Andrew Hardy Assignment 5

Among the throngs of high school and college graduates, many individuals become lost. Whether reduced to an unemployement statistic, or a hopeless, single person pushing papers for the next ten years, they lose significant to themselves, and the world. I have no wish to be forgotten in the midst of the modern machine. When I grow up, I want to be clever. Countless men and women write desperate YouTube comments or Onion parodies, begging for some recognition of their wit. They understand how devastating dullness can be, but their attempts are far more painful. Cleverness is no commodity, nor can it be tarnished or lost, like reputation or charm. Far beyond online bloggers or the frustrated millennial at a party quoting David Foster Wallace, true cleverness has inherent beauty. No matter what my career may be, or who I marry, those things fade fade. Anything that can be obtained can be lost. With that fear ever-present in your mind, how can any acquisition be rewarding? Cleverness does not succumb to such disappointments. Whether it's finding humour on your death bed, or amusing yourself while doing English homework, cleverness is a constant companion.

James Apo Assignment 5

When I grow up, I cannot say for certain yet what I want to be. There are some careers I do not have much personal interest in (like becoming a lawyer or a politician), but other than that I have extremely high interest in the medical field, business, and sports. If I could incorporate those three categories into one, like becoming a personal trainer for a professional sports team that travels with them and sells his own business pitch during the off season then that would be my dream job. However, a more likely career for me would probably be a pharmacist because I like being organized and am good at chemistry, or maybe a pediatrician, because I am good with kids. My plan is to go to school at UK, and then probably finish my higher level degree(s) at a school elsewhere, eventually arriving in Hawaii to stay. Hopefully I stick with my pursuit for a medical field job, because helping people and advancing society as a whole is something I will and do strive for. On the side I will help my dad with his bowling alley business in Hawaii. If my plan as stated above all pans out, then I will be satisfied with my life, be in paradise, and hopefully along the way start a family of my own to share the experience with.

Jessica Nelson Assignment 5

     I definitely want to pursue engineering as a career. I have a talent for math and, dare I say, I even enjoy it sometimes. I think physics is cool too and engineering is at it's core physics and math so it's a perfect fit. I haven't decided which area of engineering to focus on yet but I am looking into civil, mining, or electrical. Definitely not chemical though because me and chemistry are not a good pair. My top two choices of schools to pursue engineering at are University of Michigan and University of Louisville for now. The plan at the moment is to do the speed school at UofL and end up with a masters degree in engineering in 5 years but that makes it all sound a lot simpler and more figured out than it really is. I'm sure plenty will go wrong and that it will all eventually be ok, I'll just have to engineer some solutions along the way :). I settled on engineering mostly due to it aligning with things I'm good at but practicality was a factor too. For years I wanted to be a teacher. I love kids and helping people but I was pushed away from that by adults telling me that it was not a sound financial choice and that I had more potential and gifts than would be utilized as a teacher. As an engineer money-wise I should be pretty happy and successful too -- here's to hoping.

Keionna Bailey Assignment 5

What do I want to be when I grow up? That seems to be the million dollar question. I have contemplated being a nurse, lawyer, actress, marketer. The list goes on but I'm having trouble choosing what I will be doing for the rest of my life when I'm only seventeen years old. I've narrowed it down to possibly a BSN(Bachelor's in science of nursing) or APRN( Advanced Practiced Registered Nurse). I plan on attending a university that offers the nursing major and studying hard to get in to the school of nursing. When I enter college I'm hoping that they accept my AP Scores that away I can receive credit for my General Education classes and then concentrate more on the classes needed for my major. I say I want to be a nurse because most of my family are involved in the medical and I have always been told to pick a career that will be around for a long time. Also I want to be financially stable when I am an adult, that being said I am hoping to be a successful nurse to where I can be paid fairly well. Also I love helping people, but not necessarily in the counseling type of position. I am really dedicated to this field considering it is the center of my mentoring project.

Keanu Gomez Assignment 5

In the future I would like to become a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). In college I will major in nursing and get a Bachelors in Science Registered Nurse degree (BSRN). I will then get my Registered Nurse certification by taking the exam. I then plan to work in a critical or acute care setting within a hospital for around three years. After saving up some money and gaining some experience I will return to school that offers a program to become a CRNA. This will take me around thirty-six more months then I can take the CRNA exam and get my official certification.

I considered this career after getting exposed to it while working at the University of Kentucky over the summer. The manager of the clinic suggested me to have a career as a CRNA because of its really high income and job demand. Apparently, the job is very in demand and the job availability in the future is only expected to rise. I originally wanted to be a pediatrician or some sort of MD, but after comparing the education costs to become CRNA vs. MD and the job salaries, I think becoming a CRNA is the more efficient choice.

Tapan Darji Assignment 5

I want to be an ophthalmologist or eye specialist when I grow up. I plan to achieve this goal through hard work. I plan to go to college and get a bachelor's degree in biology during my undergraduate years. Then I plan on going to medical school and completing my residency. After completing my residency, I will get a job at a hospital as an ophthalmologist. Then I may start my own clinic after I get some experience under my belt.
I want to get monetary gain from this. Ophthalmologists make tons of money. It is also a personal fulfillment because I have always wanted to become an ophthalmologist after having three eye surgeries. I want to fix people's eyes because I feel that sight is very important for people. Some of life's pleasures come through seeing and many people take sight for granted. Many people are blind and can't experience looking at certain things. I want to prevent people from getting blind.

Assignment 5

In a minimum of 150 words, please tell me what you want to be when you grow up. Please include how you plan to achieve this goal, as well as what you hope to gain from doing this--monetary gain, personal fulfillment, cure for cancer, etc.

If you are unsure what you want to do, please just explore at least one possibility in which you are currently interested.

Please be sure to include your name in the post title.
(Nathan Spalding Assignment 5)