Hangover

Personal Learning Goal I hope to learn how outpatient differs from that of the medical surgical floor. I would like to see the different steps that a patient goes through in outpatient surgery. I want to learn the difference in the roles that a Registered Nurse plays in the outpatient setting compared to the other roles they hold in other areas. It also would like to see firsthand the different duties that everyone in the perioperative team has. Finally, I want to experience how the nurse…

In 2004, cardiovascular specialist and nutritionist, Morgan Spurlock was in a documentary film called Supersize Me. He was also the producer and director of the film. In the film, he attempted to do a thirty day experiment eating McDonald’s three times a week to see how his body would react to fast food after resisting it his whole life. He also did this to see how unhealthy McDonald’s and fast food is for the human body. “This Sundance Film Festival Award winner examines not only what fast food…

He could be a valuable prisoner.” “Yes sir!" Patrick woke up with the worst headache of his life. Well, he thought, maybe the second worst. He could vividly remember a night in Germany that he tried to outdrink one of the German officers, and the hangover that ensued the following morning was crippling. He dragged his body away from his dead horse, and tried to clear his head. His mind was a jumbled mess of random thoughts and pain. As he lay there he heard someone approaching. He raised his…

The current law in America states that a person who is the age of twenty-one or older is legally allowed to consume alcohol. There are many arguments whether this law should be changed to a lower age, preferably eighteen, or raised to an age somewhere around twenty-five. When the hardcore facts concerning this substance are thoroughly examined and thought over, one would see there is only one answer to this dispute. The United States has many problems concerning alcohol and younger people in…

To Drink or Not To Drink: Legality is the Question “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” Mark Twain said this, and when it comes to being an adult the legal age is 18 in the United States. However, the legal drinking age is 21 three years older than the legal age of adulthood. Being a legal adult has its perks along with a couple of downsides, however the main factor about becoming an adult is that one in trusted with more privileges and freedoms as long as…

The Flick is Pulitzer Prize winning play written by Annie Baker. It is set in an old movie theater, appropriately called “The Flick”. The movie theater is currently being upgraded from using an old 35 millimeter projector to a digital one. Just like the theater is undergoing changes, so are the lives of the play’s three characters, Avery, Sam, and Rose as they learn more about each other in the time they share at The Flick. The play begins by introducing to Sam and Avery, both of whom are seen…

effect must be more influential than the negative one because most teens don’t want to get good grades and don’t want to study just because it is not cool. The cool thing in this generation is when you go party at night, go to class and you have hangover, cutting class if you get bored or just wanted to, if you are smoking and if you have the latest trend of clothes. I also learned that media plays a big part with this mentality because they are feeding stories and shows that gives them idea of…

Finding the Silver Lining in the “Silver Bullet” The 1985 horror film “Silver Bullet” is cherished by horror enthusiast and widely criticized by film critics. The movie, “Silver Bullet” is adapted from a novel by Stephen King, “Cycle of the Werewolf”. This classic horror film has created a cult following that has also received negative attention and criticism. “Silver bullet” is one of the greatest, most entertaining werewolf movies of the eighties. Stephen King’s, “Silver Bullet” is a film…

American poet Billy Collins (born 1941) has worked to craft a poetic art that is accessible without being sentimental or crass. Named poet laureate of the United States in 2001, Collins became the public face of American poetry and embarked on an ambitious effort to insert poetry--not the teaching of poetry so much as the raw material of poems themselves--into American secondary schools. His own books have enjoyed a rare combination of popular and critical success, selling tens of thousands of…

Everyone has their fair share of drinking stories and they all vary from funny, sad, or stupid. My first time drinking with friends is a good mix of all three. We can blame it all we want on being young and stupid but looking back I think of it as a good time and an opportunity to learn a lesson. Almost everyone there dealt with the repercussions of our actions and somewhat regret what we did. Deciding to drink after our junior homecoming led to us getting suspended from sports for a week, two…