User:Viviannguyen

=Analytical Writing=

Statement of Intent
The question is... Where is the money? The world has gone mad looking for jobs. People are getting fired, laid off and not getting the jobs they wanted which they fully qualified for. Lately all I hear is I need a job, why didn't I get the job and I'm so broke it's not even funny. Slowly I'm starting to see a change in the world. We have made it hard for the kids of the future. When they start looking for jobs the bar is set high. In the near future they must graduate high-school and college to work at a simple fast food place. Well I don't know that but I know you it's a battle to get a job. What has no jobs effected people? I want to interview people to get there point of view and the people who are struggling looking for a job. How has their life style change over the years and do they think it's going to get better. This whole it's hard to get a job effects me. How am I suppose to get one? Well i'm in the process of getting my bachelors and my grades are decent but is this all enough. I have had friends that succeeded through college and still looking for a job a year later. So what should we do to improve this problem? Is there a way to fix this kind of problem? Well the world struggles in different ways like world hunger and pollution. Maybe we deserve all of this we caused the hunger and pollution. We cut down the rainforest which made people starve and chopped all of it down now we have no jobs. I think it's a change reaction which we cause. Well maybe I'm just thinking this to myself. I want to do more research on people looking for jobs. I think it's something that a lot of people are dealing with or heading towards. Also for all those people who are not even thinking about it yet. I want those people to be aware of this.

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Publication


Schedule



 * 1) week 2 Change Statement
 * 2) week 3 Interview People
 * 3) week 4 page 1 Intro
 * 4) week 5 page 2 "How did we get this way"?
 * 5) week 6 page 3 "The life of a homeless person..."
 * 6) week 7 page 4+
 * 7) week 8 revise
 * 8) week 9 revise

Anticipated Problems


Week 6 Project Review
 Change my whole idea on this project. No longer writing about product design but the job rescission. As of now I know the structure of my paper. I have a better understanding on how to write this whole paper out. I am trying to extend my paper because I don’t think I can write six plus pages on one subject. At first I didn’t know that much about recession but people loosing their jobs. Now I have a better understanding why.

I Met With Steve
Had a good discussion with Steve. I know what options I should take to make this paper better than I thought. Gave me useful information like students pass work and the library. People homeless in Seattle. I know more of the structure of my paper and I hope to make a good written paper.

Before Or During Week 6

 * Homelessness project from a previous Analytical Writing class
 * Job search strategies. Seattle Public Library.
 * Poverty. Budget/housing/food etc.
 * How do I help others?

After Week 6
Turned my paper in a different direction. I changed my whole paper. I didn’t want to write about people losing their job and how it is hard to get a job. It is very depressing to think about. My new paper will be about tea. What made me write about tea is that people are unhealthy. When people get thirsty or need energy they tend to go for the sodas and energy drink. People can drink tea and get the same effect. So far I wrote my intro: Current research shows the consumption of tea benefits health and protects bodies from diseases; therefore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must review tea studies and then share the information with the public through public announcements. Tea is a beverage that has been consumed for centuries. It is the second most consumed drink in the world next to water. The miracle drink is still popular today but is getting over looked by the flashy energy drinks and bubbly soda on the shelves. Not many people know just by drinking a cup or two of tea a day can improve health so much. The FDA must review tea studies and educate the public with information about the importance of tea and how making the switch from coffee or soda to tea could increase their better health.” “How do we educate customers?

Project
Abstract: Current research shows the consumption of tea benefits health and protects bodies from diseases; therefore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must review tea studies and then share the information with the public through public announcements. Tea is a beverage that has been consumed for centuries. It is the second most consumed drink in the world next to water. The miracle drink is still popular today but is getting over looked by the flashy energy drinks and bubbly soda on the shelves. Not many people know just by drinking a cup or two of tea a day can improve health so much. The FDA must review tea studies and educate the public with information about the importance of tea and how making the switch from coffee or soda to tea could increase their better health.” “How do we educate customers?

Thesis: Current research shows the consumption of tea benefits health and protects bodies from diseases; therefore, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) must review tea studies and then share the information with the public through public announcements. Tea is a beverage that has been consumed for centuries. It is the second most consumed drink in the world next to water. The miracle drink is still popular today but is getting over looked by the flashy energy drinks and bubbly soda on the shelves. Not many people know just by drinking a cup or two of tea a day can improve health so much. The FDA must review tea studies and educate the public with information about the importance of tea and how making the switch from coffee or soda to tea could increase their better health.” “How do we educate customers? “ (as cited in Lazaruss, 2006, 2).

History: The true history about how tea came to be is unknown but legend says that it started about 2860 B.C.E. by the mythical Chinese Emperor Shen Nung. Considered the father of traditional Chinese medicine, Shen Nung traveled throughout China testing hundreds of herds. On one trip while he was sitting under a tree boiling his afternoon water, a leaf feel into the pot and tea was born (Harris, 2007). Tea has influenced many cultures with tea from Chinese tea houses, Japanese tea ceremonies, and the expansion throughout the world (Harris, 2007). Russian tea tradition started in the early 17th century when the Chinese presented a chest of tea to Russia. The first shipment of tea to Canada took more than a year to arrive from Russia, imported by the Hudson Bay company in 1716 (Ramstead, 2007).

Type of Teas and Benefits: One thing to learn about tea is that there are many flavors that tea can come in but there is only one plant that grows the tremendous leaf: the camellia sinensis. The camellia sinensis plant is grown around the world in rainy tropical climates (Conway, 2009). Tea varieties are classified by the manner in which the leaves are processed after plucking (Berry, 2008). There is a flavor out there for anybody, in Canada, 74% who drink tea drink white, in China there are over 9000 varieties of tea (Ramstead, 2007). [Picture] Figure 2.Tea: DanTey showing green, white, black and red tea leaves. Note. From “Dan Tey Exotic Tea Blends,” 2004, www.dantey.com

Green: The number one flavor of tea is green tea and is also the most researched tea from black and white teas (Rubin, 2007). Green tea is the reason why tea is so popular; all of the health benefits have been attributed to green tea. Human clinical trials by Iman Hakim, a professor at the Arizona Cancer Center at the University of Arizona, suggest that compounds in green tea positively affect genes involved in cancer susceptibility and DNA repair, although not everyone will respond equally well (Rubin, 2007). Also drinking green tea has been shown to help with former or current smokers with diseases (Rubin, 2007). Green tea helps fight cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, high cholesterol levels, cardiovascular disease, infection and impaired immune function (Anderson, 2009). Black: Another popular tea next to green is black tea. According to the Tea Association of the U.S.A., 82 percent of all tea consumed in 2007 was black (Anderson, 2009). Researchers say black tea is least beneficial, only because black is the least studied. It has most caffeine, around 40 milligrams (Anderson, 2009). Researchers focusing on green tea because of its antioxidant benefits are now reporting some interesting finding regarding black tea (Stu, 2009). Compounds contained in black tea do more than contribute to its dark color and strong flavor. They also seem to provide some health benefits that were originally attributed to green tea, for example reducing the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease (Stu, 2009).

White: Next to green and black tea, white is starting to become popular in the United States. “White tea is about 10 percent more effective than green,” says Milton Schiffenbauer, Ph.D., a microbiologist and professor at Pace University (as cited in Dohenys, 2004, 1). If you are trying to fight off infections and illness, sip white tea instead of green, suggests Schiffenbauer, more effective than green tea at inactivating viruses, bacteria and fungi (Doheny, 2004). White tea extract can actually destroy the organism that causes the disease (Doheny, 2004). Drinking two cups of white tea can boost health (Doheny, 2004).

Health Benefits: Tea is the most beneficial drink around the world. Tests show that tea can help cure multiple health problems that people face in life. Simply drinking a cup or two of tea a day is the perfect remedy for all those health complications. Tea has a great reputation with researchers because of how much the drink improved peoples’ lives. Researchers indicate that tea contains compounds called polyphenols- antioxidantes, the same polyphenols found in red wine (Mann, 2007). There are four primary polyphenols in green tea that are believed to increase longevity by boosting the immune system (Rabat, 2002). Researchers also believe that tea decreases the risk of certain cancers including bladder, stomach, liver and breast (Rabat, 2002). A recent study showed that drinkers of black and green (but not herbal) tea have higher bone density than non-tea drinkers. Tea- hot or cold, decaf or regular—contains fluoride, so compulsively drinking tea leads to toxic serum fluoride levels and painful bone condition (Siegfried, 2008). Although tea is said to be the healthiest of beverages, drinking tea is also said to block the body’s absorption or iron. Studies have shown that most Americans generally get most iron from their diet than needed; a daily cup or two of tea is unlikely to leads to low levels of iron (O’Conner, 2009). Drinking tea can be good for bodies but there can be some side effects with long time use. Having the public educated about tea, the people can know the true facts about tea and by informing the public they would know and be making the right choices for what to drink besides energy drinking and coffee that are all just side effects and have no benefits as tea does.

Tea v. Coffee and/or Soda: “People come to tea as an alternative to coffee, they like that it has caffeine but doesn’t slam you, and they’re looking for health benefits” says Bill Todd, owner of Todd & Holland Tea Merchants (as cited in Deardorffs, 2009, 2). Every day people are going in to Starbucks and picking up their favorite cup of coffee, for that up and awake feeling and great taste. But there are people who do not know that there is something better to buy with the same benefit of feeling awake and great taste without having the horrible downsides of drinking coffee and same goes with carbonated beverages. The after effects of tea verses coffee and soda is that when drinking coffee for example having an awake buzz but then eventually come down from the rush from the caffeine in the coffee. Tea on the other hand gives a smooth awake feeling and does not giving a crash afterwards. (Deardorff, 2009).

[Picture] Figure 1. Tea: You, Me and Tea showing caffeine per serving in teas and coffee. Note. “From You, Me and Tea,” 2010, www.youmeandtea.com/.../caffeine_chart.jpg

A Health Conscious Society: Tea is a great beverage to switch to, especially today. “As our society becomes more health conscious, tea is an option more and more consumer are choosing” (Ramstead, 2007). Tea is an ideal way to get that extra help for health. Our society today is becoming very health conscious and is still drinking coffee or soda, but there are also those who know that drinking tea is the best to drink next to water. By offering tea education to the public it can turn this society to a balance of health (Ramstead, 2007). Tea is all about health benefits, a long laundry list of them. Drinking tea can boost metabolism by speeding up the fat oxidation in the body, lowering cholesterol, fight aging, improve digestion, and treats aches, strengthens bones and relive menopausal symptoms (Rubin, 2007).“The most fascinating thing is to my knowledge, there is no other natural product known that has such diversified effects” says Hasan Mukktor vice chair of dermatology at the University of Wisconsin Madison (as cited in Rubins, 2007). Selling Teas at School “If tea proves to be good it might be good to switch the kids to tea” says Hakim professor at Arizona Cancer Center at University of Arizona (as cited in Rubins, 2007). Offering tea to students in school is a way for children to become educated early on a healthy way to fuel their bodies. Selling tea in school is a step that needs to be taken all around school districts in the country. School has been taking out the unhealthy food in the cafeteria and been replacing sodas in the vending machines with diet soda or water. A drink that should be added to the vending machines is tea. Students like to drink healthy and if tea is offered at school, people will start to choose tea over the other caffeinated drinks.

Bottled Teas (RTD): There are those situations where somebody cannot get a fresh cup of brewed tea. Stores are now selling bottle tea or know in the beverage industry as ready to drink (RTD). But there are some issues with Read to Drink (RTD). One issue is the amount of polythenals and antioxidant compared to fresh brewed teas are from 10 -100 times lower in RTD (How, 2009). There are lots of RTD teas that come close to the fresh brewed. Another problem that RTD teas can have is the sugar content. RTD has lots more than freshly brewed teas (How, 2009). So before buying that bottled tea, check the label for calories, grams of sugar, and other types of sweeteners.But as said Christopher founder of Sweet Leaf said, “There is enormous potential in the RTD beverage market and unlike RTD teas that do well in either the natural or mass grocery channel, we are thriving in both” (as cited in Berrys, 2008).

Implications for Further Research: Informing the public about tea and the help that tea gives for people’s bodies would get society to become healthy. For the future there will be public announcements education the people about tea for their health. Everyone knows somebody who has had or has cancer, people can do something simple as drinking a cup of tea a day to prevent ourselves from going though the pain. For certain I am going to drink tea every day. Making a switch from your regular coffee and soda and help everyone.

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Self Assessment
I have learned self problem solving. When a question it brought up you should always look into that question. Before I would let a little question go but now that have taken this class is makes me want to look at questions. Why is the world a toxic waste? It is because of us people we pollute the air with production. Global warming is happening because of the increase of production. Why are we not ending the problem? Looking into question things can make a change in one person. We figure out solutions and can look at different aspects of the world. The movie blue vinyl made a difference. One lady with a simple question. She traveled everywhere to find a solution. In her journal she interview people, did some illegal action and did a lot of research. Even though she found an alternative to the vinyl she did not like the production of it and she wanted to change that. In my own research I found information that was useful. I did not travel all around the world but I got the information I needed. I learned tea is good for you in so many ways and I know what people are drinking when it comes to consuming soda and energy drinks. I have learn a lot in class.