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Abstract:

The research that I conducted was important because its gives an idea on what some of the people in the American public know or think about the pharmaceutical industry.  A survey was given to students at U of L along with adults in society. The survey was concerned with if the public has an actual idea of how  effective the FDA is in regulating prescription drugs. I found that out of 30 people, females and males who took prescription drugs believed that the FDA made correct decisions for the drug they release.  But most males and females who did not take prescription drugs disagreed with the fact that FDA made the correct decisions on all drugs given to the public, except there were a few that believed that FDA made the best decisions even though they didn’t take prescription drugs. But the majority all except one had no idea who was a major funder of the FDA. As a result of my findings it shows that if you take prescription drugs you are more likely to be brain washed that the FDA is always making correct decisions.

 

Introduction:

            In todays society we are brain washed by big corporations and think of them as protectors  of what we can and can take. This particular corporation I am talking about is the FDA , who is supposed to screen drugs in order to deem if they are safe or not for humans. But the problem is that they are not always doing the correct amount or type of research and in return are feeding harmful drugs to innocent Americans. This should be  big concern for the American public. If I was to take a drug that was told to be safe and given to me by a doctor, but then gave me a disease (example of this is getting lupus from the HPV vaccine) I would be more upset and look for someone to take responsibility. What most people don’t actually know is the fact that the FDA is funded mainly by big for profit pharmaceutical companies who are just trying to make money.  Now I hope it makes a little more sense why the FDA would allow for a drug to be sold. They allow is simply for the fact that the company making the drugs can make money and in return provide the FDA with money in return. If for profit companies are funding the screenings then why would they want to not allow a drug, when they can make money instead. It makes a lot more sense to allow a drug for some one so that in return your given money also, and this is why the FDA does not always make correct decisions on drugs that they release, and should be a more then just the FDA screening drugs.

 

Methods:

            Participants:

            The survey was given to students at u of l ranging from 18-24 years of age (about 20 students) along with Adults 25 and older (about 10 adults). There were an even amount of males and females that the survey was given to.

            Data sources:

           

Procedures:

The survey was distributed to individuals in my biology 240 class at U of L and I received 28 answered surveys half male and half female. Then separated the  males and females and randomly picked 20 surveys switching from male to female for an even bias. Then I distributed the survey to ten adults above age 25 that I see on a regular basis with an equal male to female ratio ( 5 males, 5 females). This in return gave me a total of 30 answered surveys with an equal male to female ratio.

 

Data Analysis:

7 Females between ages 18-24 who take drugs believe the FDA makes the correct decision on all drugs given to the public, but have no idea who is a major funder of the FDA.  Which means there were 3 female left between ages 18-24, they did not take prescription drugs but believed the FDA made correct decision’s on all drugs released, and also had no idea who a major funder of the FDA was.

8 males between ages 18-24 said that they took prescription drugs and that the FDA makes correct decision on all drugs released, and have no idea who is a big funder of the FDA.  Then 2 of the males between ages 18-24 who did not take prescription drugs one believed that the FDA made correct decisions on all drugs released but also had no idea who funded the FDA. The other one said that he did not think the FDA made correct decisions on all drugs they released, but had no idea who funded a big part of the FDA.

3 males above age 25 that took prescription pills thought the FDA made correct decisions and had no idea who a major funder of the FDA was. The 2 males above age 25 who did not take prescription pills thought that all drugs screened by the FDA were not should not be released to the public, and these two males said they knew who was a major funder of the FDA.

Then all 5 females above age 25 all took prescription drugs, and believed the FDA made correct decisions on releasing all drugs after screening them and also none of them knew who a major funder of the FDA was.

 

 

 

 

are you male or female?

How old are you?


Do you take any prescription drugs?
a. Always
b.Sometimes
c. never

does the FDA makes the correct decision every time they allow a drug to be sold to the public?
          a. Strongly Agree
          b. Agree
          c. Disagree
          d. Strongly Disagree
Do you know who funds a major chunk of the FDA?
a. yes
b. no

general questions regarding if people take pills etc.... and then have main question regarding screening.

questions

1. The FDA makes the correct decision every time they allow a drug to be sold to the public?

          a. Strongly Agree
          b. Agree
          c. Disagree
          d. Strongly Disagree
     2. The FDA is  funded by for profit big pharmaceutical companies.

          a. Strongly Agree
          b. Agree
          c. Disagree
          d. Strongly Disagree
     3. Do  you know anyone who lost a life because of pills they were "supposed" to take?
        a. Yes
        b. No
     4. You should always take the pills  that your doctor prescribes to you?
          a. Strongly Agree
          b. Agree
          c. Disagree
          d. Strongly Disagree

question

do you  think that Big Pharma should be able to bank on making drugs off people lives?
Do you think there should be more then the fda to screen drugs?
I plan on doing a survey or maybe a multiple choice questions inorder to collect data, im not 100% sure on what group of people im going  target because im sure the old have a different opinion from the young.  I would try to give the survey or questions in the same type of setting. I would try to give the questions to atleast 15 people. and also not only age but gender could also sway opinion.

#3

as of right now my presentation is not ready, and I received a extension. But that does not change what I have already done. so at first I chose to go with making a power point presentation. This is most likely due to the fact that im most comfortable with this format of presentation. But the main purpose from my research paper to my power point did not change. For both I wanted to expose the Pharmaceutical industry, and really point out the blatant facts that clear should make American worry. The whole purpose of this project was to be able to transfer the ideas that you had on paper, into a clear understanding of the same topic only on a multimedia related document. I believe that I did that pretty well.
I would have to say that my target audience was continuous and the same for both of the different types of media. There was no reason for me to try to change the audience or group of people I was trying to reach, because it was simply the American public. The whole idea I had was to be able to inform the public about the truth of these big pharma companies. But there were many aspects that also changed for the multimedia project like color and voice over.
The major differences between the two written and non written pieces I woukld say pertains to what I meantioned above with color and voice over. I had to add coloer inorder to make things pop  and catch the readers eye. Then came the pictures and voice over which were ver different. The most challenging part would be the voice over, and not reading to fast or to slow and not  leaving any important info out. but over all it was an easier assignment.

multimedia

For the nest assignment I seem to be leaning towards using the media of a powerpoint. First off i think that a power point would be the simplest way to transfer the lengthy paper, with in relation less work. with a powerpoint i feel as if i can put just the main details or aspects of my paper, with kind of broad point. I say this because that would give me the ability to elaborate on the subject rather then just reading words i put up. In my eyes if i simply read from a screen i would probably bore the class to death.
Then throughout the power point i would first incorporate picture in order to make the subject more interesting to the people around you. I know if someone else were to do a powerpoint and the only thing i saw on the slides were words, there is a good chance i could fall asleep. after the picture i would add color to the slides so it would be more appealing to the eye. Then last i could incorporate sound effects that could enhance/play with the emotion of the audience.

for the nest assignment I would miost likely decide on a power point, and this is for many reasons. first It would be a little bit less work considering I could be able to condense information and put the main points. Also It would give more of a visual appeal, and seem less boring. I would try to incorporate graphs with data so the fact are easily understood. having a powerpoint would make make my information neat as well along with giving me another way to evaluate the info I found.

review after final draft of research paper.

This paper is different from the first one because of the overall goal. For the first paper we  had to interview people from our field of study, and elaborate and dissect the type of writing preformed by individuals in this field. we had to elaborate people in our desired field and use there interviews as a guide or basis to explain the type of writing used in their field. then for this paper we were preforming research to support our position on a view, and I picked the corruption in the pharmaceutical industry. I had to find sources that supported my view along with addressing and adhearing to an opposing view as well.  this paper required a lot more work in my opinion, but at the same time it educated me on more things I was unaware of. This paper ultimately had us giving facts for colid support on our position.  In our first paper I feel like I possessed a lot more knowdge regarding the topic prior to actually writing and interviewing.

If you look at the movement from rough draft to final draft I hope you are able to see some improvements.   I fixed grammatical errors along with trying to add some more supporting information, I used the tips that were presented by Mr.Paudel. I added another source that supported my view but I needed one that supported the opposite view. I couldn't find a reliable source pertaining to the opposing view of my argument, so I used a source that supported mine but contrasted and made it clear to why an opposing view could be seen. also I tried adding in a clearer thesis and hopefully it will help. But for my first draft I would say that I used an outline because I did create one, except for the fact that I changed my topic the very last second. So in reality I threw my outline out the window and I just went with flow. I good some topics and I ended up deciding on the corrupted pharma industry. from there I started researching and tried narrow down the most relevant evidence or points that will support my view. Once I found the main ideas and support I would use throughout my paper I began to write.

outline

intro:

• need a hook statement
• state view on how i believe that stem cells virtually hold an endless amount of opputunity in the medical field that will lead to amazing already anticipated breakthroughs. 

 
Curing disease:

• can cure many diseases of all sorts. 
• can cure abnormalities/Birth defects.
• can cure spinal cord injuries

Improving lives:

• reduced risk of transplantation procedures.
• simply making an individuals life better or a families. 
• try to use emotion, to show side.
• 
  

opposing view:

• you shouldn't mess with human life.
• humans shouldn't try to play god.
• research methods used concerning nuclear research.

Conclusion:

• tie together everything and try to use emotional appeal.

apa and mla

one similarity between apa and mla is the fact that they both are required to be double spaces papers. Along with both papers have either a reference page or a works cited page which need to be in alphabetical order. Another similarity would be that they bot use parentheses to cite source's within the paper.

Differences between the two would regard the in text citations, and with mla you have to use the authors name after a qoute but with apa you are required to use the date it was published. In mla you title your last page with your sources work cited, but in apa you title your last page with references. MLA also uses page numbers and only uses qouted up to four lines compared to apa that uses up to forty lines.

beging research topic

For my research paper I think im going to try to focus on stem cell research. As most know there is a great deal of controversy related to this topic. At this moment in time im not sure the stance I take, I guess I could go both ways. In my eyes stem cells hold an endless amount of opportunity in the medical field, along with just improving people lives. Stem cells could almost be considered magic, the have the ability to cure and heal so many people who struggle with sicknesses everyday. Stem cells are simply full of endless happiness for individuals and even family members. But then if you look at the ethical side of things some may say that your killing unborn babies. Anyone would say that killing babies is wrong, but even through these cells are

reflection

             From this assignment I gained the knowledge that there is  a fine line between the way you write a report and the way you write a research paper. I started out with a report, but realized that im doing research. So instead of saying what you did, you have to say what you found. use the statement what I found, not what I did. Another thing that I learned from this paper is when you interview someone you don't want to try to incorporate all of the questions you used in your interview, but instead simply try to incorporate the main points. Trying to put your entire interview in simply takes to many words and is not necessary in any way.What I found did in fact did support what I assumed about my field. Biology includes both academic and non academic forms of writing, through emails and essays  and lab reports. I assumed that just because im dealing with writing in college and biology doesn't mean that all the writing is going to be academic. the challenges of this assignment would be the organization of the paper itself. That is the main problem I had and im currently still trying to over come it. For some reason it is confusing me more now then it was before. As  a writer though when I look at this past assignment I learned that my go to is to simply report what I did, and elaborate and explain that. But also I learned that I start to kind of go off track and make things a little confusing. What helped me improve my weaknesses were the group conferences, which I found helpful. The conferences put me back on track and put me in the right direction. It  showed me that my paper was organized wrong and gave me some ideas on how to do so. To me it really doesn't matter if  a peer is there or not, but to some Im sure it makes a difference. Like I heard in class, a few peers said that they thought that they did not get enough time to discuss their papers with a peer. It was not a problem for me this time but I could see where it could become a problem in the future. But in general having a peer there could be a good thing, because it gives you a second pair of eyes to catch something that maybe the teacher missed or just another opinion in general is never a bad thing

first paper

Alexei Afanasyev

February 3, 2015

Eng 102: 59

Paudel 

Writing in Biology

In todays society there are many different things you can choose to do with your life. Except in todays society in order to have a better chance at achieving success you have to be able to make it through college. I made the decision of becoming a biology major, which entails a lot more then I expected. So I'm here to let you in on a little bit of information you might want to be aware of. While pursuing your biology major your going to come into contact with many different forms of writing. These writings will also change throughout your biology major, and it might begin to give you second thoughts about your future. I gathered information from interviews from teachers aids and biology professors to try to give you a better insight on your future.  

For my first interview I interviewed my TA Lauren Curtis for my bio 240 class, I asked them basic questions regarding the types of writings in their field of biology. she said that while she is writing it all depends on what she is writing about, then she can really decide on what to keep in the back of her head. When she writes research or analysis papers, she keeps the thesis in mind at all times. this is so she can stay on the right track and stay focused on her writing (which contain lab reports, essays, and research papers). when writing she tries to reach certain audience, so she tries to incorporate information  her audience or professors would like to see. In this same sense when she writes her research papers she uses scientific language, rather then just writing normally, like a letter. Next she said that while preforming research she tries to use sources that contain .edu, .gov, .org because these are usually the most credible and .com sources are “sketchy”. But this is not always possible, so she makes sure that her information accurately support’s her claim. If she does use a .com source then she will check multiple other sources to  make sure the info is credible, but always tries to avoid wikipedia. Scientific journals are usually the most credible. Her writing consists mostly of formal writing, which are things she turns into professors like field studies or short answer questions. her main purpose of writing is so that she can prove that she is knowledgeable about a purpose or certain topic in biology. In her undergraduate degree as a biology major she writes many essays to simply explain topics in her own words. In order to do this it requires research, but she said "I think being careful and selective with your sources you use can add to your credibility" because when you write and your just finding the first website and throwing that information down, how credible do you think all your info actually is? It could be completely wrong, thats why her formal writing required for bio needs extensive research. ultimatley her writing deals with a lot of recording, researching, and observing which is a lot different then just taking notes for her test. she can't write a research paper without using scientific language. But not all of her writing is academic per say. yes it deals with biology but some things she is simply reporting information, or she's possibly trying to persuade an audience.

In other words the teachers aid that Interviewed can become involved in a few different types of writing, weather its academic or non-academic. For example when she writes a lab report it would most definitely an academic form of writing. I pulled some examples from a lab report titled Evidence for GC-biased gene conversion as a driver of between-lineage differences in avian base composition, which shows some  major basics that make this a academic sources regarding biology. First we can point out that the author (Hans Ellegren) uses scientific language such as “Our results provide evidence that gBGC may drive patterns of nucleotide composition in avian genomes and are consistent with more effective gBGC in large populations and a greater number of meioses per unit time; that is, a shorter generation time.”(Ellegren)  just by looking at this quote and the title of the report, it screams academic writing. Mostly because it clearly uses scientific language that the general public really doesn't  understand, its aimed to an academic audience or someone who is pursuing a future in biology. Also through out the report the information is supported with findings or results, creating cold hard facts rathers then a biased opinion. But then throughout biology you will also have to take part in non-academic sources of writing that entail more biased opinion, or are not supported by cold hard facts. An example of this would be articles written for the general public, there more explanatory and easier to understand or essays written by the TA. On the discover magazine website I analyzed an article titled Plants Have Slow Sex in Space by Perrin Ireland which says “Plants have the ability to sense gravity. There are specialized parts of some cells called statoliths, which occur, for instance, in plant root cells, which need to know which direction to travel—in this case, down into the ground. The cell senses gravity, and changes its behavior accordingly.”  This small portion shows you how a non academic sources is easier to understand, and simply breaks basic info down for you. This is intended for anyone to read, not biased for just biology students. Also it is more of an opinion in ways, because it is not supported by sources like the lab report and doesn't really provide any hard facts. It seems to almost summarize information presented by someone else. Now that you have two different examples regarding the TA, let me breakdown how my professor Shira Rabin deals with writing(based on the same questions).

Professor Rabin says that she has a few audiences that she she can write to, weather it be a technical document for colleagues or graduate students or more general for undergraduate and high school students. If she doesn't write to a specific audience though her writing is either over simplistic(for colleagues) or totally over your head (for undergrads). When she is writing she almost never uses sources from the internet, instead she uses a database called Pubmed (an online science database). sources from here are credible because they have been reviewed by other scientists. When she is writing the fact that she is a professional in her field gives her credibility along side with the ability to use the proper scientific language. She also believes that she takes part in both formal and informal writing, formal being publications informal being emails. But most of her writing is informal in the fact that she writes 15-30 emails a day. I would have to say that she has a good majority of non academic sources, main example would be the emails. But another example I found regarding a form of nonacademic writing that could be preformed by her was An article titled The Botany Of Desire by Robert LLoyd. This article is for the general public, and it states “the ways in which plants have advanced their agenda, metaphorically speaking, by making themselves attractive to humans” (Lloyd) which is very basic and understandable. Through out the article  it breaks down how the different plants have used attractiveness in order to become more dominant. It doesn't have many different sources, but instead it has more of general knowledge and seems a little biased along side with the fact anyone could pick it up and understand it. It is not written to the scientific community, there fore making this a nonacademic source of writing.  Then a academic form of writing that the professor could take part in/ or that you would be given to students could be pretty much anything found in university library. An example of this would be a study published  by Zhao Y and Chen X called Noncoding RNAs and DNA Methylation in Plants, which was published in Pubmed, containing many sources. This is academic source because it is published in a well known medical journal, and its not for the general public for example the study states “Cytosine DNA methylation is an epigenetic modification in eukaryotes that maintains genome integrity and regulates gene expression” (Zhao Y, Chen X) which clearly shows the gap between the fact that its written for a science community rather then a high school student. This is a unbiased opinion because it is based on true facts of the scientific world. My professor would most likely publish something related to this, along with the students studying it. therefore you can see how both academic and nonacademic sources are tied into a biology  professors job.

  Hopefully now you have a little bit more of an idea on what types of writing the field of biology will pertain to. Not everything is going to be easy and just putting things in your own words. Biology requires a lot of research, but with research you gain more understanding. In order to succeed in biology, you need to understand the language that it is interrelated with.  

Work cited

Ellegren, Hans. “Evidence for GC-biased gene conversion as a driver of between-lineage differences in                   avian base composition.” Genome Biology 15:549 (2014): n. pag. Web. 11 Dec. 2014.

Zhao Y, and Chen X. “Noncoding RNAs and DNA Methylation in Plants.” National Science Review 1 Jun. 2014: 219-229. Pubmed . Web. n.d.

Ireland, Perrin. “ Plants Have Slow Sex in Space.” Discover: science for the curios. Kalmbach Publishing., 25 March 2013. Web. n.d.

Lloyd, Robert. “The Botany of Desire.” Los Angeles Times. n.p. 28 oct. 2009. Web. n.d.

Afanasyev, Alexei. “Re: Writing in Biology.” Message to Shira Rabin. 29 Jan. 2015. E-mail.

Afanasyev, Alexei. “Re: Writing in Biology.” Message to Lauren curtis. 26 Jan. 2015. E-mail.

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The best suggestions that we came up with were to deal with organization. we decided it was best to organize our papers by starting with a conclusion then moving to your interview. then relate one of the academic sources to the first interview, and then a non academic source to that same interview. then repeat it with the second interview and the second set of sources.

• academic sources are going to have many sources.
• academic sources will not be easy for the general public to understand.
• non academic are more general.
• you need to be able to support your interviews with your sources.

http://genomebiology.com/2014/15/12/549
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/visualscience/2013/03/25/plants-have-slow-sex-in-space/#.VMpX4N5iGfQ
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/28/entertainment/et-botany-desire28

In the first article it regards a study a genome study in retain to evolution. within this study it breaks down the entire experiment along side with an explanation. this is supported with hard evidence that was collected through out the experiment. not only does it provide evidence but it breaks it down in a scientific language, so i even have trouble understanding it. therefore not entirely for the public, and a academic source. and argumentative.
The second article is scientific in nature in that it is about plants slow sex in space, but it broken down better for i guess a public audience. It is basic and introduces new terms with definitions through the text, so pretty much anyone could grasp an understanding.  It gives you an experiment that was preformed, but it reports it as if it was done by someone else. so its more informormational in my eyes because it reports info rather then arguing it.
the third source i would say is a non academic source because it doesn't entirely have hard evidence, instead its basically based on simply expressing features. it has evidence but it could be biased. but some not. it talks about how plants have used their looks to prosper and become more favored by human. this could be picked up by anyone and they would be able to understand what the author is pointing out.

first interview

for my first interview i interviewed my TA for my bio 240 class. she said that while she is writing it all depends on what she is writing about, then she can really decide on what to keep in the back of her head. When she writes research or analysis papers, she keeps the thesis in mind at all times. this is so she can stay on the right track and stay focused on her writing (which contain lab reports, essays, and research papers). when writing she ttys to reach certain audience, so she ttys to incorporate information information her audience or professors would like to see. In this same sense when she writes her research papers she uses scientific language, rather then just writing normally like a letter. Next she said that while preforming research she tries to use sources that contain .edu, .gov, .org because these are usually the most credible. But this is not always possible, so she makes sure that her information accurately support her claim. if she does use a .com source then she will chaco multiple other sources to  make sure the info is credible, but always tries to avoid wikipedia. scientific journals are ussually the most credible. her writing consists mostly of formal writing, which are things she turns into professors like field studies or short answer questions. her main purpose of writing is so that she can prove that she is knowledgeable about a purpose or certain topic in biology. In her undergraduate degree as a biology major she writes many essays to simply explain topics in her own words. Inorder to do this it requires research, but she said "I think being careful and selective with your sources you use can add to your credibility" because when you write and your just finding the first website and throwing that information down then how credible do you think all your info actually is? It could be comlptley wrong, thats why her formal writing required for bio needs extensive research. ultimatley her writing deals with a lot of recording, researching, and observing which is a lot different then just taking notes for her test. she can't write a research paper without using scientific language. But not all of her writing is academic per say. yes it deals with biology but some things she is simply reporting information, or she's possibly trying to persuade an audience.

in english 101  i remember that we had to anywise activity systems and explain how they worked in a certain environment. i don't entirely remember the quotes i used, and am having difficulty finding them. I do remember that the quotes came directly from players and coaches. i integrated the the coaches quote by asking the coach question, then directly quoting his answer. I expressed it by giving his quote and breaking it down into more comprehensible form for readers who are unaware of hockey slang.

type of genre/how it will help in paper

So for the first article that i have acquired i believe that it is a report, instead of an argumentative piece.  First of all i believe this mainly because of the fact that it is a lab report based off of a study held by some biologist. It is a lab report because it basically breaks down the procedure for you, but also providing all the results and measurements. It provides facts with explanations and support throughout the report.





This report will help me with my paper mainly because it deals with the field of biology. But in reality that is a little broad, i think that it is a academic source. this is mainly because its posted to a blog and seems to be unbiased opinion because its supported with facts and results from the experiment. This will help me contrast the difference between academic and non academic sources, mainly trying to point out in my opinion it is unbiased, and supported with facts.


http://genomebiology.com/2014/15/12/549

drafted questions

• what do you keep in the back of your mind when writing?
• do you try to write to a certain audience?
• source usage: where do you get your sources? how do you get them? 
• what gives you credibility when you write? 

first assignment

For the first assignment i am trying to be able to point out the similarities and differences for the writers themselves in the field of bio. not only how each different writer may have their own style, but in particular how their different styles are interrelated. Also im going to be writing to college freshman, so im going to have to be explanatory.   this will be in the form of a report, so i can report certain aspects of writing in that certain field to a freshman who is in fact interested in biology.

rhetorical situation main points.

• an issue- something that can change a situation through human action.
• an audience- it promotes change through an audiences decisions and actions.
• a set of constraints- everything that is gong on in the situation, that limits certain decisions and actions.

In english 101 we had many many different essays, but many had to deal with rhetoric. This pretty much involved my purpose of my piece, audience, genre, stance and media. There was a paper that we had to write where we had to pick two articles that were based on the same topic, one being scientific and the other being a mass media article. we had to analyze these papers, but we had to analyze them in order for a certain audience could read them. For example My topic dealt with head injuries in hockey for minor league hockey players. i couldn't simply write as if i was talking to someone on my hockey team, but instead i had to write as if my audience had never even heard the word hockey. also in addition to the audience, another main concern that dictated what i wrote was the stance ii actually took in order have a good argument that i could support enough to keep the audience interested. if my stance was irrelevant to everyone residing my paper then i would not have exactly went in the correct direction in relation to the situation. thats why i tried to hit soft spots in some parents, even if their child has never played hockey. the fact of being a parent and protecting your children can be brought to light, not just only hockey parents.

as we go through the year I'm sure more and more questions will arise that need to be answered. As of right now my main concern is how you grade your papers. my teacher in 101 did not focus so much on grammar, but instead more on the actually content of the piece and if it held all the necessary aspects needed so that it completed the prompt. I guess i ask this because my grammar skills lack a little and need practice. Also will you review our papers ever before we can turn them in? or do we have the opportunity to revise papers through the writing center?

Also another concern would be is our homework due before or after class? because i know many teachers that allow you to turn it in by the end of the day. That would pretty much be all my questions and concerns, your syllabus is pretty traditional and clear. I'm sure more questions will arise throughout the semester. All in all lets hope this semester goes smoothly.

My name is Alexei Afanasyev,
I am currently giong to the university of Louisville, and im pursuing a degree in biology. Im not entirely sure what my plan is with biology, i always wanted to do medically related work. Except I think I will bail on that plan. I love hockey and I would play for the university if my concussions never came about.