Free Write

One of my passions in life is being around babies. Since I was little being around babies has been has always held my interest and because of this I plan on becoming a Neonatal Nurse. Many people do not know what a neonatal nurse is, so I guess I will tell you. A neonatal nurse specializes in the care of newborn babies. As this specialize nurse you are able to choose from three different levels in which you would like to work on. The first unit is where the “healthy” babies are cared for, the second is the housing for premature newborns and the third is the intensive care unit. Newborns in the intensive care unit are the ones who need special breathing and heart-regulating machines, because it would be impossible if they did it on their own. I plan on working in this unit, because I want to do all I can to ensure the survival of these innocent babies. I know you all are thinking, “How could I want to be around sick babies all the time?” but I don’t think of them just as sick babies, but as innocent lives who just want to have a future. In becoming a nurse of course I must complete nursing school and this is where the problem comes in. Illinois State’s nursing program is very competitive and it is extremely hard to get in. I am extremely worried that I will have to transfer to another university where I did get accepted. I am currently working on completing all my perquisites and keeping my gpa as high as possible. I know I’m probably just being paranoid and hopefully I will get accepted into the nursing program. This is my passion in life and I plan on working my hardest to ensure my life is a success.

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Words and Pictures

 

For this prompt I chose to blog about one of my favorite movies, Love & Basketball. From the cover of the DVD, you can basically tell what the entire movie will be based on. When looking at the only the cover for the first time, I thought the picture implied that the two people were in love with each other, but they also shared a love for basketball. I believe the intended audience for this movie is teen girls. This movie is all about love, drama and relationship problems, and from my knowledge that is intended for a teen girl audience.

 I think the picture and title of the movie go hand-in-hand with each other, because the picture actually shows the meaning of the title. When looking at DVD covers, you will only get a general idea of what the movie is about, if you get that. I believe if you have a picture that doesn’t really tell you what the movie is about, you will more than likely not be interested in it any longer. Anytime I am looking for a new movie to watch, I look at both the cover and the title to see if it looks interesting. I believe a DVD cover is like the first few pages of a book, when reading a new book if the first couple of pages aren’t interesting, then you may imply that the rest of the book isn’t either. That is the type of mind setting I have when it comes to movies. I love watching movies all the time and most of my favorite movies have a really good covers that match the titles. When doing this project in class, it made me realize how I actually rely on pictures to give me the meaning of the story, because to me that is the first thing to catch my attention.

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