The obstacles that I feel as if I have encountered would be finding articles that have been peer-reviewed. After today’s class, it did give me some clarification on where to find them. I think that I have been resourceful in the ways that I am using many different sources to research this topic.

What I learned about teen vaping is that there are many health concerns that come from vaping nicotine at a young immature age. There is a serious concern for the adolescent brain and lungs that can be seriously damaged. There is a gland in the throat that can get very irritated by the vapors and causes the gland to produce an absurd amount of mucus that will reside in the lungs.  I think that I need more information about the argument to make my prediction better.  Finally what I think that I need to learn about my topic is to find a doctor or patients case about the effects of vaping to their body.

I have looked at different health organizations and government websites as my sources.

Other helpful sources may be case studies or something along those lines.

I have yet to find any academic disciplines within my research but will keep an eye out for it.

I need more argument sources.

I am good.  My mom just came into town for a few days which was really nice.  Most of my classes are going pretty well. There are some days I struggle with my math class but I always find a way to persevere.  Also, i have to tell myself to stop worrying so much about my geo class and to lock in and get my stuff done to my best efforts.

“Each robot is electric, has a trunk that can fit about 20 pounds of cargo, and has a suite of cameras around the outside that can be used to identify obstacles and help guide the robot to its destination.”

This article connected to something that I have already understood.  Attending my freshmen year at the University of Mississippi I was not only introduced to the campus by wonderful southern hospitality but also these weird-looking white boxes flying around campus with an orange plag up top.  At first, I didn’t pay any mind to it until I heard people talking about the Starship delivery robots. I was actually surprised at what these robots could do.  Skeptical tested them out a couple of different times.  My first attempt it was taking very long for my food to arrives so I decided to take a walk to find my missing robot and came across it stuck behind a pole.  As sophisticated these robots are they still seem to have a few design flaws that can be worked out.  All in all I have used the delivery system more than once and think that it works great. I could connect the reading to the personal experiences I had with them.

“The company, which is valued at $38 billion…Adding to the concern is that last month, Juul took a $12.8 billion investment from Altria, the tobacco giant behind Marlboro and other popular brands, in exchange for 35 percent of the company.”

Following up after reading this article really made me question a couple of different aspects of this hot topic.  The first thing that came to mind was how Juuls ultimately started the teen vaping epidemic in which Juul has seen legal repercussions.  Furthermore, I did not know just how much money this company is worth.  With 37.8 billion users the company is valued at $38 billion which is mind-boggling.

1. The writing process for this essay was similar to my past essays in a couple of different key ways.  The first being my research. Looking through all of my sources and finding the two that I would like to write about.  After picking the reading going through and picking key parts of the article to write about and put that down on a notepad for later reference.  After getting all information I feel like I need its time to start on the rough draft.
2. The way that this essay was a little different was the way that I organized my ideas for my writing on the paper.  I have never before used a synthesis matrix to organize my ideas before.  And honestly, I think it helped everything be more clear. I didn’t have to constantly jump back and forth between my readings because most of it was in front of me.  This helped show me how to compare my two sources and also show the key points both readings offered.
3. I was not in this class last semester and my blog posts were a bit different than these.  Also, I cannot find any of the posts that were on my blog from my last professor.

“Mobile phones are transforming how people in the developing world access and use information, and adoption rates are soaring. There are already more than 650 million phone users in Africa, and close to 3 billion across Asia.”

After reading Our future selves, I came across this quote and there was a couple of things that made me think about something I haven’t before, and also there was new information to me.  First, off the quote about the adoption rate soaring makes me think why? Why would the rates be soaring now? Is it because everyone is so in tune with their virtual life that they can’t seem to take care of a newborn child? Are they immature? I just don’t know why this was included that in here. Then the fact that there are 3 billion phone users in Asia when the entire population is about 4.1 billion.  When I think of that it really means that almost every single person in Asia has a cellphone in use or maybe two.  The ones not accounted for on the list must either be the elderly or newborns. This statistic really opened my eyes to how in tune our world is with technology these days.

I thought of a connection between how today we talked about the American dream, what it was and what it’s like now, In the reading about the boomerang kids, the parents don’t want their kids to leave and also today in the where Americans find meaning the study showed a large percentage pointing towards family time and being together just as the boomerang kids don’t want to leave their parents.