When to start college

When I was getting close to graduation, I never really thought about what I wanted to do about college. I never applied for college, but my mom did for me and didn’t tell me. She signed me up for a “major” that she thought I would enjoy. I went with it because it was expect of me, I should do what my parents tell me to do, especially when I am living under their roof. I started going to school for medical transcription and by the end of my 3^rd year I finished with my accounting clerk diploma. I switched my major so many times and I wish I never would have gone to college when I did. After I finished college I couldn’t find a job in any accounting fields because I didn’t have an associates or experience. While I was in college, I started working at a bank and after 2.5 years I was offered a secretary job making what most people do after going to college for that field. I wish I would have found a full-time job out of high school and had more experiences with other jobs so I could have made a good decision about what I wanted my life-long career to be. Now I have been graduated for almost 7 years and out of college for 3-4 years and I think I have found what I would be content with doing in life. I love working in an office environment so I decided to come back for the Medical Secretary degree (since I have many medical classes already done). If I was asked to offer advice to a student about to graduate high school I would tell them: Don’t rush going to college, make sure you find yourself and something you will be happy with and then go to college when you are sure you would enjoy the job for the rest of your life.

ADHD

This research paper is probably the first paper I have been excited to write about. (Now that I finally figured out a topic that I care about!) I don’t really have much experience in writing a research paper, and the experience I would have is from 7-8 years ago, so I will be very rusty while writing the paper. I picked a topic that I feel very passionate about. I use to work at a place that worked with people with mental and physical disabilities. I didn’t work directly with the clients but I worked in the office so I got to know all of them. Some of the kids had attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). I started looking at the opposing viewpoints database and found a topic about should children be taking Adderall for ADHD. When I think about it, I remember people in high school abusing it and it was almost like a form of speed. I thought about that when I read that viewpoint and it made me realize how much a child shouldn’t be taking this medication. It is scary to think about all of the side effects this medication has and a child doesn’t know the different. Some of the side effects are loss of appetite, insomnia, dry mouth, temporary increase blood pressure, emotional changes, nausea, increased heart rate, dizziness or fainting, and slowing the growth in children. There have also been reports of death. Some people become addicted to it. I read that the more you take this the more your body become immune to it and you have to start taking more and more. I am very excited to start doing more research on this topic and writing my paper.

Using Fallacies

I can’t pin point an exact argument at this time about when I used fallacies, but I know for a fact I have used them to try to prove my point. I am a very stubborn person so I think I am right even when I know I am wrong.  I know that I use information that is either not true or I twist the truth about whatever the point is I am trying to make. When I am arguing with my boyfriend, I try to pull the pity card to make him feel sorry for me and then he will agree with what I say. Sometime doing stuff like this works and other times it doesn’t. I am sure I start “attacking the speaker” when they are telling me something I don’t think it right. I will tell them that they don’t know what they are talking about and so on and so forth. After I think about how I am when I am arguing, I wouldn’t want to argue with someone like myself. I would just give up and let that person think they are right all the time because it would be a waste of my time. Now I might start to think more about what I am saying before try to prove my point. 

An Issue I Care About

I keep trying to think of something I care about that would be a good argumentative subject for this paper. So I Googled topic ideas and there was a section in one of the websites about criminal justice. I love all of the criminal justice shows on TV so I thought this would be a perfect area to start. One of the topics ideas was should non-violence crimes be charged for fines over jail time. I think I will be writing my paper about this. Even though I haven't really research anything about this topic but from the information I have heard, I think that certain non-violence crimes should be just fines and no jail time. I hear stories all the time about the jail being to full that they are starting to let murders and rapist out on parole. People that are charged with drug charges and things like that shouldn't be sitting in jail when they are thinking about letting violent people out. I know that drug dealers can be violence so depending on the circumstances I think they should just get a BIG fine and probation or even house arrest. Like I said already, I haven't done any research just going by what I have heard. Once I do my research, I will be able to explain myself a little bit better. I can't wait to do the research for this, who knows maybe I will change my mind after research.