A man at a Winona, Minn Target store had to be subdued with a Taser gun after smashing a T.V with a hammer, after a fellow customer called 911. The officers used pepper spray on him twice, after ordering the vandal to drop the hammer he was wielding, but the man was unaffected by the pepper spray.
Two officers were slightly hurt during the confrontation, where they had to use to Taser gun on the man twice. The man is currently undergoing a behavioral evaluation at a Winona hospital.
The assailant is also being held on various charges, including assault, first-degree damage to property and disorderly conduct.
Monday, November 30, 2009
Dahmer Tapes
Lucina Mendez
November 30, 2009
Dahmer Tapes
(Ex.2 Ch.16)
At 2:00 am on May 27 Glenda Cleveland called 911. Her daughter and niece had found a battered and naked teenage boy standing on 25thand State. Police arrived on the scene, only to return the injured 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone -who had been drugged and was incoherent-to the man he had been trying to escape, Jeffery Dahmer.
Konerak Sinthasomphone was found naked and bruised in the middle of the street, when Glenda Cleveland’s daughter and niece discovered him. Cleveland informed the 911 dispatcher that the youth needed help, and was transferred to the fire department, who reported the call to a street officer.
When police arrived on the scene they took no information from the girls. Cleveland thought further information must be needed. Cleveland was eventually transferred to one of the officers who had arrived at the scene.
Cleveland believed the youth had been molested and raped. She was informed by the officer that that the boy was actually a nineteen-year-old drunk man who was having a fight with his boyfriend. Cleveland asked the officer if he was sure that Sinthasomphone was an adult, and was assured repeatedly by the officer that he was.
The officer explained to Cleveland, “Like I’ve explained to you. It is all taken care of.” And was told that officers found Sinthasomphone’s belonging in Dahmer’s apartment. The officers left the boy at the apartment, and Dahmer then killed him.
The Milwaukee police released a copy of the transcript of the 911 call yesterday. The officers who arrived on the scene were suspended as of a week ago, but their names have not been released.
November 30, 2009
Dahmer Tapes
(Ex.2 Ch.16)
At 2:00 am on May 27 Glenda Cleveland called 911. Her daughter and niece had found a battered and naked teenage boy standing on 25thand State. Police arrived on the scene, only to return the injured 14-year-old Konerak Sinthasomphone -who had been drugged and was incoherent-to the man he had been trying to escape, Jeffery Dahmer.
Konerak Sinthasomphone was found naked and bruised in the middle of the street, when Glenda Cleveland’s daughter and niece discovered him. Cleveland informed the 911 dispatcher that the youth needed help, and was transferred to the fire department, who reported the call to a street officer.
When police arrived on the scene they took no information from the girls. Cleveland thought further information must be needed. Cleveland was eventually transferred to one of the officers who had arrived at the scene.
Cleveland believed the youth had been molested and raped. She was informed by the officer that that the boy was actually a nineteen-year-old drunk man who was having a fight with his boyfriend. Cleveland asked the officer if he was sure that Sinthasomphone was an adult, and was assured repeatedly by the officer that he was.
The officer explained to Cleveland, “Like I’ve explained to you. It is all taken care of.” And was told that officers found Sinthasomphone’s belonging in Dahmer’s apartment. The officers left the boy at the apartment, and Dahmer then killed him.
The Milwaukee police released a copy of the transcript of the 911 call yesterday. The officers who arrived on the scene were suspended as of a week ago, but their names have not been released.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Are misconceptions about psychology causing people not to get help?
Lucina Mendez
November 24, 2009
Poll Story 2
(How people feel about Psychology)
Twenty-three out of 24 people polled agree that psychology is a science, yet 15 out of 24 people
think medications only help with mental illness some of the time.
Eight out of 24 people polled have seen a psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor in a professional
capacity at one point in their lives, and six of the eight found the process of seeking professional help
in this manner to be a positive experience.
Despite the high number of mental health problems and disorders that develop in early adulthood,
young adults are often reluctant to seek professional help. Young men and minorities are the most
likely to refrain from seeking help, according to the American Medical Association.
Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated one in four
adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to the National Institute of
Public Health.
The NIPH also found that mental illness and suicide, accounts for over 15 percent of the burden of
disease in the United States. The Disease burden is the impact of a health problem in an area measured
by financial cost, mortality, as well as other indicators. This finding is more than the disease burden
caused by all cancers. This data was collected by the massive Global Burden of Disease study conducted
by the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and Harvard University.
A recent study conducted in the United States reported that half of all life-long mental
disorders start by 14 years of age, and three-quarters start by 24 years of age according to
the DSM-IV- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Lucina Mendez
Poll Story 2
Page 2
An article written by Jon M Grohol, PSYD about misconceptions in psychology mentions,
“Depression is often viewed as the common cold of mental disorders, because it is so
prevalent in our lives. The lifetime prevalence of depression suggests that more than 1 in 9
people could be diagnosed with the disorder at one point in their lives. And unlike some other
mental disorders, depression affects virtually every aspect of what you do and how you interact
with others. Every year, it wreaks havoc in millions of Americans’ lives, especially amongst
those who believe it is something you should just get over on your own.”
Seventeen out of the 24 people polled believe that criminals get off too often using the
insanity defense, which is another popular misconception in psychology according to a study
conducted by researchers Eric Silver, Carmen Cirincione and Henry Steadmen. The study also
found that less than one percent of criminals are acquitted on the basis of an insanity verdict.
Nine out of the 24 people polled believe that people suffering from schizophrenia are
dangerous, according to Web M.D this is not always the case. They contend that most people with
schizophrenia are not violent, “More typically, they prefer to withdraw and be left alone. In some
cases, however, people with mental illness who also abuse alcohol or drugs may engage in
dangerous or violent behavior. On the other hand, people with schizophrenia can be a danger to
themselves. Suicide is the number one cause of premature death among people with schizophrenia.”
Lucina Mendez
Poll Story 2
Page 3
There are several different types of drugs available to treat mental illnesses. Some of the most
commonly used are antidepressants, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, and stimulant medications. Side
effects can vary, depending on what type of drug you are taking, and may improve once the person
taking the medication becomes accustomed to the drug. However, for many reasons, people may avoid
seeking help for their mental health concerns.
November 24, 2009
Poll Story 2
(How people feel about Psychology)
Twenty-three out of 24 people polled agree that psychology is a science, yet 15 out of 24 people
think medications only help with mental illness some of the time.
Eight out of 24 people polled have seen a psychologist, psychiatrist, or counselor in a professional
capacity at one point in their lives, and six of the eight found the process of seeking professional help
in this manner to be a positive experience.
Despite the high number of mental health problems and disorders that develop in early adulthood,
young adults are often reluctant to seek professional help. Young men and minorities are the most
likely to refrain from seeking help, according to the American Medical Association.
Mental disorders are common in the United States and internationally. An estimated one in four
adults suffer from a diagnosable mental disorder in a given year, according to the National Institute of
Public Health.
The NIPH also found that mental illness and suicide, accounts for over 15 percent of the burden of
disease in the United States. The Disease burden is the impact of a health problem in an area measured
by financial cost, mortality, as well as other indicators. This finding is more than the disease burden
caused by all cancers. This data was collected by the massive Global Burden of Disease study conducted
by the World Health Organization, the World Bank, and Harvard University.
A recent study conducted in the United States reported that half of all life-long mental
disorders start by 14 years of age, and three-quarters start by 24 years of age according to
the DSM-IV- the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.
Lucina Mendez
Poll Story 2
Page 2
An article written by Jon M Grohol, PSYD about misconceptions in psychology mentions,
“Depression is often viewed as the common cold of mental disorders, because it is so
prevalent in our lives. The lifetime prevalence of depression suggests that more than 1 in 9
people could be diagnosed with the disorder at one point in their lives. And unlike some other
mental disorders, depression affects virtually every aspect of what you do and how you interact
with others. Every year, it wreaks havoc in millions of Americans’ lives, especially amongst
those who believe it is something you should just get over on your own.”
Seventeen out of the 24 people polled believe that criminals get off too often using the
insanity defense, which is another popular misconception in psychology according to a study
conducted by researchers Eric Silver, Carmen Cirincione and Henry Steadmen. The study also
found that less than one percent of criminals are acquitted on the basis of an insanity verdict.
Nine out of the 24 people polled believe that people suffering from schizophrenia are
dangerous, according to Web M.D this is not always the case. They contend that most people with
schizophrenia are not violent, “More typically, they prefer to withdraw and be left alone. In some
cases, however, people with mental illness who also abuse alcohol or drugs may engage in
dangerous or violent behavior. On the other hand, people with schizophrenia can be a danger to
themselves. Suicide is the number one cause of premature death among people with schizophrenia.”
Lucina Mendez
Poll Story 2
Page 3
There are several different types of drugs available to treat mental illnesses. Some of the most
commonly used are antidepressants, anti-anxiety, anti-psychotic, and stimulant medications. Side
effects can vary, depending on what type of drug you are taking, and may improve once the person
taking the medication becomes accustomed to the drug. However, for many reasons, people may avoid
seeking help for their mental health concerns.
Ways I relieve stress.
I don’t relieve stress. I don’t have the time to, since I spend most of my free time trying unsuccessfully to do well in this class. When I should be sleeping, I am doing my homework for the other classes I have, that I didn’t have time to do.
Hopefully stress will cause me to have a brain aneurism young, so that I can get some rest, after I spend thousands of dollars on an education I won’t be able to get a job for, due to the poor job market, and the fact that about 50 million people will have the same degree as me, and probably from a better school.
I guess you could say writing this tirade is part of my stress relief. Now I have to stop writing this so I can write a 500 word story about a poll that maybe 20 people filled out- if I am lucky.
Hopefully stress will cause me to have a brain aneurism young, so that I can get some rest, after I spend thousands of dollars on an education I won’t be able to get a job for, due to the poor job market, and the fact that about 50 million people will have the same degree as me, and probably from a better school.
I guess you could say writing this tirade is part of my stress relief. Now I have to stop writing this so I can write a 500 word story about a poll that maybe 20 people filled out- if I am lucky.
Monday, November 23, 2009
U.N Emissions talks
President Obama may be going to Copenhaugen Denmark for a U.N conference, where limiting green house admissions will be discussed. However, Paul Bledsoe, a spokesman for the bipartisan National Commission on Energy Policy thinks that the president should be careful not to jeopardize a chance for a climate bill stateside. The President will be deciding in the coming days whether to attend the conference of not.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Is recycling important to Minnesotans?
Lucina Mendez
November 18, 2009
Recycling Minnesota
Is recycling important to Minnesotans?
Seventeen out of 27 Minnesotans surveyed last week say that they recycle every
day, and 10 out of 26 people polled said they believe global warming is a hoax.
According to Buzzle.com, a research based web portal, recycling is important
because it saves energy, by eliminating the need to use energy to extract virgin
materials in the first place. Energy is also saved by eliminating the need for the
energy that is required to deal with the refuse left behind by waste products that
cause pollution.
Some of the fossil fuels used in industry include coal, diesel and gasoline,
which emit harmful gases such as methane, sulfur dioxide, and carbon-dioxide,
according to Buzzle.com. Recycling minimizes the need for fuel usage in new
manufacturing, which reduces the amount of harmful pollutants in the environment.
Twenty out of 27 polled agreed that recycling is important; while seven
answered that they believed it to be sort-of important.
The Recycling Association of Minnesota offers programs to raise awareness
about the need for recycling. The “Away From Home” program sponsored by R.A.M gives
commuters in Minnesota the option to recycle their cans and bottles at area gas
stations. Their website gives more information on recycling programs in and around
the Twin Cities. Ellen Telander, executive director for the R.A.M
describes the website as “An educational website for the public on recycling.”
Lucina Mendez
Recycling Minnesota
Page 2
Twenty-four of the 27 Minnesotans, who were polled, thought that recycling
receptacles should be available at all schools, government buildings and businesses
next to garbage cans.
AmyLynne Hermanek, a Human Services judge who works at the 777 Lafayette
government building in St. Paul, says that recycling bins can be found all around
the building. “I would prefer that most places give you the option to recycle,
because it’s such a high pay off for such a small burden.”
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November 18, 2009
Recycling Minnesota
Is recycling important to Minnesotans?
Seventeen out of 27 Minnesotans surveyed last week say that they recycle every
day, and 10 out of 26 people polled said they believe global warming is a hoax.
According to Buzzle.com, a research based web portal, recycling is important
because it saves energy, by eliminating the need to use energy to extract virgin
materials in the first place. Energy is also saved by eliminating the need for the
energy that is required to deal with the refuse left behind by waste products that
cause pollution.
Some of the fossil fuels used in industry include coal, diesel and gasoline,
which emit harmful gases such as methane, sulfur dioxide, and carbon-dioxide,
according to Buzzle.com. Recycling minimizes the need for fuel usage in new
manufacturing, which reduces the amount of harmful pollutants in the environment.
Twenty out of 27 polled agreed that recycling is important; while seven
answered that they believed it to be sort-of important.
The Recycling Association of Minnesota offers programs to raise awareness
about the need for recycling. The “Away From Home” program sponsored by R.A.M gives
commuters in Minnesota the option to recycle their cans and bottles at area gas
stations. Their website gives more information on recycling programs in and around
the Twin Cities. Ellen Telander, executive director for the R.A.M
describes the website as “An educational website for the public on recycling.”
Lucina Mendez
Recycling Minnesota
Page 2
Twenty-four of the 27 Minnesotans, who were polled, thought that recycling
receptacles should be available at all schools, government buildings and businesses
next to garbage cans.
AmyLynne Hermanek, a Human Services judge who works at the 777 Lafayette
government building in St. Paul, says that recycling bins can be found all around
the building. “I would prefer that most places give you the option to recycle,
because it’s such a high pay off for such a small burden.”
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Monday, November 16, 2009
Mother charged in case of boy who hid in oven
The mother of an 11-year old boy is being charged with endangerment of a child and malicious punishment of a child after she stopped her son from escaping their apartment where he was being assaulted by his father.
The boy’s father, William T. Hurley, was beating him with an extension cord, as well as his fist, and then burned him with an iron after the boy had received a beating with the belt from his mother after being found hiding under his mother’s bed.
The boy ran out of the apartment, so his mother grabbed him and dragged him back in, the complaint said. The boy ran to hide in the oven, and his mother turned on the stove to force him out, when he got out of the oven, Hurley started beating him again.
When officers arrived on the scene they found marks and burns on the boy’s body. The father had to be restrained, after threatening to beat his son again. The boy was taken to the hospital.
The boy’s father, William T. Hurley, was beating him with an extension cord, as well as his fist, and then burned him with an iron after the boy had received a beating with the belt from his mother after being found hiding under his mother’s bed.
The boy ran out of the apartment, so his mother grabbed him and dragged him back in, the complaint said. The boy ran to hide in the oven, and his mother turned on the stove to force him out, when he got out of the oven, Hurley started beating him again.
When officers arrived on the scene they found marks and burns on the boy’s body. The father had to be restrained, after threatening to beat his son again. The boy was taken to the hospital.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
A Place I’ve Traveled to (Las Vegas)
A Place I’ve Traveled to (Las Vegas)
I traveled to Las Vegas with a friend this past April, the day after my 28th birthday. I had always wanted to go, as I’ve watched one too many gangster movies, and thought Vegas would be like something out of an Ocean’s eleven movie.
I saved for a long time, so that I could stay at a nicer room at Planet Hollywood, which at the time, was a newer hotel/Casino, right in the center of the strip.
I ended up having a really good time, but nothing like you’d think. I didn’t do anything I couldn’t tell my grandmother about (sadly) and I didn’t go to one night club, or win a lot of money.
What I did do in Vegas was visit Madam Tussad’s Wax Museum, ride a gondola, see a male stripper review, and visit the Eiffel Tower, I also visited over a dozen casino’s on the strip, all of which were beautiful.
I would love to go again, but maybe for a bachelorette party or, with more people, also it would have been nicer to have a little more money to stretch out. As it was I spent 1,500 hundred on the whole thing, which included airfare and 5 nights in the hotel, which is very very reasonable.
I traveled to Las Vegas with a friend this past April, the day after my 28th birthday. I had always wanted to go, as I’ve watched one too many gangster movies, and thought Vegas would be like something out of an Ocean’s eleven movie.
I saved for a long time, so that I could stay at a nicer room at Planet Hollywood, which at the time, was a newer hotel/Casino, right in the center of the strip.
I ended up having a really good time, but nothing like you’d think. I didn’t do anything I couldn’t tell my grandmother about (sadly) and I didn’t go to one night club, or win a lot of money.
What I did do in Vegas was visit Madam Tussad’s Wax Museum, ride a gondola, see a male stripper review, and visit the Eiffel Tower, I also visited over a dozen casino’s on the strip, all of which were beautiful.
I would love to go again, but maybe for a bachelorette party or, with more people, also it would have been nicer to have a little more money to stretch out. As it was I spent 1,500 hundred on the whole thing, which included airfare and 5 nights in the hotel, which is very very reasonable.
Monday, November 9, 2009
Minneapolis woman gets 5 years in prison for fatal DWI crash
Melissa Heus who pleaded guilty in September to killing 37-year-old James Wolter, in a drinking and driving accident which also injured another will serve more than five years in prison on her sentence of 96 months.
Heus had three previous drinking and driving offenses. At the time of the crash which occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 252 and 66th Avenue N , Heus’s alcohol level was .36 percent which is four times the legal limit.
James Wolter burned to death in his Chrysler LeBaron after being stuck by Heus. Daniel Goodrich, a witness at the scene, tried in vain to free Wolter , and still feels guilt over his inability to do so.
Heus also contributed to the death of Beverly Kauth, who was already in fragile health at the time of the accident and had brain surgery as a result of the crash. Kauth died this past June,
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Halloween Costumes
Halloween Costumes
I spend an untold fortune this Halloween to be a Vulcan, but my shirt didn’t come, so I was forced to be a pimp instead. Which was okay, but I really wanted to be a Vulcan.
I went to Hell’s Kitchen and 1st ave this Halloween. My favorite thing I saw at dinner at Hell’s kitchen was a guy dressed as Kermit.
At 1st ave the costumes were insane. Many groups of people dressed together as an ensemble. There was the characters from never ending story, two guys in a death star costume, and a guy dressed as a piece of bacon.
I love Halloween but I have worked Halloween night the last two years. I think I won’t work it again. The only time I really want to go out and have a really good time is Halloween and New Years. This is why I hate working my second job at a bar. Those are the nights they want you to work the most.
I am thinking long and hard right now about what I want to be next year.
I spend an untold fortune this Halloween to be a Vulcan, but my shirt didn’t come, so I was forced to be a pimp instead. Which was okay, but I really wanted to be a Vulcan.
I went to Hell’s Kitchen and 1st ave this Halloween. My favorite thing I saw at dinner at Hell’s kitchen was a guy dressed as Kermit.
At 1st ave the costumes were insane. Many groups of people dressed together as an ensemble. There was the characters from never ending story, two guys in a death star costume, and a guy dressed as a piece of bacon.
I love Halloween but I have worked Halloween night the last two years. I think I won’t work it again. The only time I really want to go out and have a really good time is Halloween and New Years. This is why I hate working my second job at a bar. Those are the nights they want you to work the most.
I am thinking long and hard right now about what I want to be next year.
Three proposals for enterprise story
Three proposals for enterprise story
1. Interview Math teachers about how female students do in their classes. See if they have any back ground, like a list of grades from last years, ask them to cover the names, just mark it male or female, and I can compare with other math teachers and see the results. If they are about even or better I can report this, and dispel myths, if worse, I can see what is being done, or some ideas from faculty and students about what can be done.
Contacts for Interview
Tamara Arnott Educational Services (763) 433-1462
Donald Bakke Math (763) 433-1244
Candace Blazek Math (763) 433-1133
Nina Bohrod Math (763) 433-1344
Bruce BordwellMath (763) 433-1128
Megan Breit-Goodwin Math (763) 433-1624 1307
Barry Brent Math (763) 433-1727 1362
Karen Bridgeman Math (763) 433-1479
Gena Carlson Student Services (763) 433-1836
2. My second and less favorable idea, is interviewing somebody, I am uncertain who, about parking at ARCC. There is not enough of it, and they are building another building of sorts off in a corner. So I can students if they’ve had trouble parking and ask some administrators if there are plans in the works to address the current problem. I t occurs to me this might be a more interesting article, because so many are affected by it.
Contacts for Interview
Tracy Conklin Business Office (763) 433-1369
Gerald Gelle Facilities (763) 433-1837
Darren Hoff Human Resources (763) 433-1159
Dawn Hohmann Human Resources (763) 433-1679
Kate Hostnick-Harper Student Services (763) 433-1255
Mary Jacobson Marketing/Public Relations (763) 433-1315
3. My third idea for a story is there is a square in the middle of the school, I think it’s called a n atrium , it has picnic tables, and etc. People aren’t allowed to smoke there. I could ask why, and ask the student opinion, I would also contact the same people as listed above.
1. Interview Math teachers about how female students do in their classes. See if they have any back ground, like a list of grades from last years, ask them to cover the names, just mark it male or female, and I can compare with other math teachers and see the results. If they are about even or better I can report this, and dispel myths, if worse, I can see what is being done, or some ideas from faculty and students about what can be done.
Contacts for Interview
Tamara Arnott Educational Services (763) 433-1462
Donald Bakke Math (763) 433-1244
Candace Blazek Math (763) 433-1133
Nina Bohrod Math (763) 433-1344
Bruce BordwellMath (763) 433-1128
Megan Breit-Goodwin Math (763) 433-1624 1307
Barry Brent Math (763) 433-1727 1362
Karen Bridgeman Math (763) 433-1479
Gena Carlson Student Services (763) 433-1836
2. My second and less favorable idea, is interviewing somebody, I am uncertain who, about parking at ARCC. There is not enough of it, and they are building another building of sorts off in a corner. So I can students if they’ve had trouble parking and ask some administrators if there are plans in the works to address the current problem. I t occurs to me this might be a more interesting article, because so many are affected by it.
Contacts for Interview
Tracy Conklin Business Office (763) 433-1369
Gerald Gelle Facilities (763) 433-1837
Darren Hoff Human Resources (763) 433-1159
Dawn Hohmann Human Resources (763) 433-1679
Kate Hostnick-Harper Student Services (763) 433-1255
Mary Jacobson Marketing/Public Relations (763) 433-1315
3. My third idea for a story is there is a square in the middle of the school, I think it’s called a n atrium , it has picnic tables, and etc. People aren’t allowed to smoke there. I could ask why, and ask the student opinion, I would also contact the same people as listed above.
Monday, November 2, 2009
(Audio) Transcript Jennifer Baker-Jones
(Audio) Transcript Jennifer Baker-Jones
Q. How long have you been teaching?
4yrs
Q. Where are you on your educational path?
I have my Masters in psychology and then I have licensure as a psychologist.
Q. Do you work in that field at all?
Yep.
Q. What type of psychologist are you?
Well there are different types, I concentrate on the community side of psychology so general concerns. Right now I work at a clinic that works with people who are dealing with grief and loss in transition. There are clinical psychologists who look more at abnormal behavior but I look more at (unintelligible)
Q. So far what’s been your best teaching experience?
I had a class a couple semesters ago. Umm, it just clicked, I think there was a good mix where I saw them three or four days a week, it helped a lot, to kinda build that relationship, and they were really inquisitive students, they had a lot of good questions, umm I think it was just a really good class.
Q. And what has been your worst teaching experience, and hopefully not in this class.
My Monday night ( laughs) No I think my first day, My first class, going and I had fifty students and they were all staring at me and I think I got through all the material in about a half an hour.
Q. What are some goals you have in relation to teaching? What are your goals behind teaching psychology specifically?
Umm well I guess my personal bias is that I think psychology is really important, so it’s type of two fold, I like teaching psychology even if they’re not going into the field to learn hopefully more about themselves and other people, and I also like teaching because I like the student population that general age group and umm being hopefully a supportive contact along the way.
Q. When and how did you decide that this was for you, you know, that this is what you like, were going to do with your life? I mean, specifically this?
I always knew I’d be helping people I wanted to be a psychologist when I was in 9th grade…Teaching it found me. I think in my other job I started doing some presentations at conferences and I really like it and then my husband is a teacher, so I decided it would be good, and then I found out I loved it.
It kinda found me.
q. Umm if you weren’t doing this or the other thing that you do, what other thing could you find yourelf doing or being good at ?
JBJ- So not Psychology?
Me- Not psychology
Umm I think there’s components of marketing and advertising that I like and umm interior design.
Q. Where did you grow up?
Illinois
Q. So how long have you lived here?
Since 2002
Q. And how long have you been actually teaching?
4yrs
Q. Have you worked for ARCC the whole time, or other places?
This is my first semester here. I started at Pine Tech and I still work there, and I filled in for a women on sabbatical at MCTC .
Q. Are any of your opinions unorthodox in regard to your filed?
Are any of my views unorthodox? I don’t think so, I think my bias is that I think it’s important to study people, so I come out with that right away because I just think that that’s important and I tend to present the female perspective ( unintelligible)
Q. What (janitor interrupts) umm What about psychology, im ena what’s a minor, a smaller subject within it that really gets you get jazzed about.
The effects of stress, you’ll probably figure that out before we’re done here but uh so how to promote positive mental health in a good way versus looking at “oh I have something wrong with me, or Oh I have a label.” So..(unintelligible)
Q Have you do you think going into this field has helped you be more healthy mentally would you say your maybe even more mentally healthy than other people that ..
I try to be I think I’m more conscientious about who I am and why do I feel a certain way and why other people might be acting there way they’re acting a possible pitfall about getting into psychology is that you analyze a lot, so your life analyzing all the time. So it can kind of (unintelligible).
Q. In your experience do you think that that’s like..do you think most people in your field are similar or do you think that, at least in your experience, or do you find that there’s maybe like a basis like “ I know this, so I am this type of thing.” a “I know what’s mentally healthy, therefore I am mentally healthy type of thing.”
I think the problem lies in when you isolate yourself. So one of the ideas behind being a therapist is that you’re always in community with other people doing the same type of work you are and they can help you if (unintelligible) but I think most of the people I come across are pretty aware.
Ok I am plum out of questions thank you very, very, very, very much
(end tape)
Q. How long have you been teaching?
4yrs
Q. Where are you on your educational path?
I have my Masters in psychology and then I have licensure as a psychologist.
Q. Do you work in that field at all?
Yep.
Q. What type of psychologist are you?
Well there are different types, I concentrate on the community side of psychology so general concerns. Right now I work at a clinic that works with people who are dealing with grief and loss in transition. There are clinical psychologists who look more at abnormal behavior but I look more at (unintelligible)
Q. So far what’s been your best teaching experience?
I had a class a couple semesters ago. Umm, it just clicked, I think there was a good mix where I saw them three or four days a week, it helped a lot, to kinda build that relationship, and they were really inquisitive students, they had a lot of good questions, umm I think it was just a really good class.
Q. And what has been your worst teaching experience, and hopefully not in this class.
My Monday night ( laughs) No I think my first day, My first class, going and I had fifty students and they were all staring at me and I think I got through all the material in about a half an hour.
Q. What are some goals you have in relation to teaching? What are your goals behind teaching psychology specifically?
Umm well I guess my personal bias is that I think psychology is really important, so it’s type of two fold, I like teaching psychology even if they’re not going into the field to learn hopefully more about themselves and other people, and I also like teaching because I like the student population that general age group and umm being hopefully a supportive contact along the way.
Q. When and how did you decide that this was for you, you know, that this is what you like, were going to do with your life? I mean, specifically this?
I always knew I’d be helping people I wanted to be a psychologist when I was in 9th grade…Teaching it found me. I think in my other job I started doing some presentations at conferences and I really like it and then my husband is a teacher, so I decided it would be good, and then I found out I loved it.
It kinda found me.
q. Umm if you weren’t doing this or the other thing that you do, what other thing could you find yourelf doing or being good at ?
JBJ- So not Psychology?
Me- Not psychology
Umm I think there’s components of marketing and advertising that I like and umm interior design.
Q. Where did you grow up?
Illinois
Q. So how long have you lived here?
Since 2002
Q. And how long have you been actually teaching?
4yrs
Q. Have you worked for ARCC the whole time, or other places?
This is my first semester here. I started at Pine Tech and I still work there, and I filled in for a women on sabbatical at MCTC .
Q. Are any of your opinions unorthodox in regard to your filed?
Are any of my views unorthodox? I don’t think so, I think my bias is that I think it’s important to study people, so I come out with that right away because I just think that that’s important and I tend to present the female perspective ( unintelligible)
Q. What (janitor interrupts) umm What about psychology, im ena what’s a minor, a smaller subject within it that really gets you get jazzed about.
The effects of stress, you’ll probably figure that out before we’re done here but uh so how to promote positive mental health in a good way versus looking at “oh I have something wrong with me, or Oh I have a label.” So..(unintelligible)
Q Have you do you think going into this field has helped you be more healthy mentally would you say your maybe even more mentally healthy than other people that ..
I try to be I think I’m more conscientious about who I am and why do I feel a certain way and why other people might be acting there way they’re acting a possible pitfall about getting into psychology is that you analyze a lot, so your life analyzing all the time. So it can kind of (unintelligible).
Q. In your experience do you think that that’s like..do you think most people in your field are similar or do you think that, at least in your experience, or do you find that there’s maybe like a basis like “ I know this, so I am this type of thing.” a “I know what’s mentally healthy, therefore I am mentally healthy type of thing.”
I think the problem lies in when you isolate yourself. So one of the ideas behind being a therapist is that you’re always in community with other people doing the same type of work you are and they can help you if (unintelligible) but I think most of the people I come across are pretty aware.
Ok I am plum out of questions thank you very, very, very, very much
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Independent experts to study safety data on H1N1 vaccine
In an effort to monitor the US immunization campaign for the H1N1 virus, the National Vaccine Advisory Committee will meet today to review the vaccines safety.
The NVAC will collect data gathered by the government concerning any problems that might arise with people getting the immunization. About 10,352 people have received the injected vaccine and 501 have gotten the FluMist nasal spray.
According to summary notes collected by the NVAC due to the limited size of the database they won’t be able to predict rare adverse effects to the vaccine, and available safety data is limited as studies are still ongoing.
A second summary of data collected by the National Institutes of Health that studied results of the vaccine on pregnant and non-pregnant adults, also discovered some adverse effects, but it wasn’t clear if they can be attributed directly to the vaccine.
The NVAC will collect data gathered by the government concerning any problems that might arise with people getting the immunization. About 10,352 people have received the injected vaccine and 501 have gotten the FluMist nasal spray.
According to summary notes collected by the NVAC due to the limited size of the database they won’t be able to predict rare adverse effects to the vaccine, and available safety data is limited as studies are still ongoing.
A second summary of data collected by the National Institutes of Health that studied results of the vaccine on pregnant and non-pregnant adults, also discovered some adverse effects, but it wasn’t clear if they can be attributed directly to the vaccine.
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