A trip to the market (memoir)

My mom has only wanted to be one thing her whole life, a nurse. She worked hard to achieve her goal and after leaving the navy and having three children she attended bcc and became a nurse. She got a job at Charlton Memorial Hospital and became an emergency room nurse. Now in my mind I could pick out several memories where her knowledge has come into play, but none stick out more than one trip we took to the grocery store. This particular incident took place when I was pretty young right around the time I was 8 years old. This was the first time I ever got to see my mom in action, putting her skills to the test.

            My mom had picked me up from school and asked, “Do you want to go to the grocery store with me?” Now normally I would say no because let’s face it for a man there’s nothing worse than going to the store with your mom. But I decided to save my mom a trip and just suck it up and go to the store with her. The closest supermarket at that time to my house was Shaw’s next to the harbor hall and the former site of big top. The store was on the opposite side of the city from my school so we took the highway and got there in no time. I remembered thinking in the car that this excursion was going to suck and take forever.

            When we got to the store we walked in the front door and started shopping. We didn’t have a carriage, we were only there for dinner stuff so we had basket that I had to carry. We made about three aisles in and then we saw and elderly man around 60 or so standing in the isle. He was a short old Portuguese man and was wearing jeans, a sweater, and an old dirty hat. As we started walking further down the aisle the man collapsed on the floor about ten feet away from us and I was just frozen in a state of shock. The man didn’t fall straight back, he buckled at the knee and took a weird angle as he fell. My mom ran straight over to the man and started checking him all over to see if there was an obvious reason for the tumble. I had never really seen anything like this outside of the movies so I was creeping closer and closer to the man’s body. My mom was vigorously performing CPR on the man, and then she yelled, “Anthony go in my purse and call 911,” now this was my first serious call to emergency services so it was a crazy experience. The emergency operator picked up the call and started talking to me, I explained the situation to her and how my mom was a nurse. I had no clue where the building was address wise so I had to get a worker in the store.

                        I was on the phone the entire to my mom was attempting to resuscitate the man. Finally after what felt like a lifetime, which just so happen to be maybe 15-20 minutes the ambulance showed up and the paramedics took over. I watched them strap the man to the stretcher and hook him up to all the different devices. After the man was evacuated and on his way to the hospital, my mom was in a tizzy and said, “I don’t even want the groceries anymore; I just want to go home.” So we left the store without getting a single thing. The drive home was completely silent; I think we were both in shock that the man collapsed just as we were passing. My mom ended up calling the hospital later that night to see what happened to the man. He unfortunately died later on in the hospital. The family thanked my mom repeatedly and sent her several cards to thank her for all that she did. I was amazed on how quick my mom responded to the situation.

            When I asked my mom if she remembered the event she and I talked for a good while about the whole thing and how crazy it was. Looking back on that moment it taught me to expect anything at any moment, granted nothing like that has happened to me again but I wouldn’t be in total shock if it did happen. I have never been more proud of my mom than in that moment and I saw her passion for the preservation of human life.  

Class Work 1

• My hometown was a wonderful place to grow up.
• I grew up in a small town with white picket fences,green grass,year round sunshine, and the friendliest people this side of the Mississippi.
• Laci had a rather eccentric style.
• Laci walked in wearing her leapord print jacket, lime green pants, and giant hoop earings making her the focal point of the room.
• Mr. Brown is the worst teacher I’ve ever had.
• Mr. Brown is constanly showing up late to class, losing his train of thought, and giving assingnments on material we havn't got to yet.
• The room seemed very institutional.
• The room was plastered with motivational posters and bookshelves, making the many desks come together in a special way.

Reading Journal I

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    For this week's reading journal i read the article, "Death Becomes Him." It is about a man named Ludwig Minelli that helps people kill themselves, also known as assisted suicide. If your wondering how this isn't against the law, its because he lives in Zurich and there aren't strict regulations about helping someone kill them self. The article is mainly about the controversy over letting someone kill them self and if it should be allowed or not. I found the article to be a good read and it had some surprising facts that were cool to find out. For instance Oregon, Washington, and Montana all allow someone to assist another person commit suicide the only stipulation is the person has to have an incurable disease. Also Ludwig has helped over 1,000 people commit suicide and has made Zurich the unofficial suicide capital of the world. The article is pretty lengthy but transitions well and is interesting not just a page of boring facts. Overall i would give this article a thumbs up because it sparks a debate automatically and is interesting to hear peoples opinion on the subject.

Ad analysis

    
                   While browsing the net i came across this ad for sketcher's shape ups. Now this is nothing to out of the ordinary except that most of these ads target women that want to shape their hind quarters, and this particular ad is targeted to the complete opposite audience. This ad is targeted towards men clearly. The fact of the matter is that not everyone will know who the man above is. But most men and every 49ers fan will definitely know. It's Joe Montana super bowl quarter back. The ad did a pretty good job of catching my attention so by having Joe as the model was a smart move on their part.

                  The ad shows a middle age Joe and delivers the message that by wearing shape ups the wearer will develop a better posture and stronger core which in turn relieves back and joint pain. The ad also gives Joe's testimonial which makes the shoe look amazing, that this shoe can help a former NFL quarterback it must work for the average American. If that wasn't enough there is a diagram of all the benefits so the people like me who don't like to read can just look at the diagram and see that the shoe helps your entire body not just your feet.

                 In my opinion i think the ad does a pretty good job overall to attract attention. Granted it doesn't attract women and younger men. But i would say that any man over the age of 30 after seeing this ad might consider this shoe. To me the main attraction of  the ad is the diagram that states that the shoe helps with back pain. Back pain is a major issue with most Americans. 85 percent of people have back pain at some time in their life. So the ad plays on that fact and proposes the shoe as the solution. If i had to give this ad a final grade it would be an A, it does a good job of attracting a particular audience outside of their usual target, which is women, and presents the most influential data in a simple to understand diagram, and come on why would you not listen to Joe Montana he's a championship quarterback in the NFL.

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"Forget about Recess"