Vocation Sources

- This source focuses on a case in which a female officer was discriminated against while on the job. I want my paper to consist of everything revolving around the field of police work.

Discrimination. (2007). Police Department Disciplinary Bulletin, 15(2), 1-2. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lewisu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/198712482?accountid=12073

- This source covers the problems going on with correctional officers in the prison system.

Correctional officers. (2004). Corrections Compendium, 29(4), 10-25. Retrieved from http://ezproxy.lewisu.edu/login?url=http://search.proquest.com/docview/211855556?accountid=12073

Walter Willett

Walter Willett has been interested in food, food processing, and nutrition his entire life. He went to medical school. Willett's family is involved in agriculture, which led him to become interested in the area. Willett conducted experiments to further his knowledge of nutrition and what food does to people's health. Willett taught public health in Tanzania to better inform the people of their nutrition. He found that breast cancer and cataracts are largely related to diet and nutrition. He was the first to administer any type of dietary questionnaires. Willett chose to do research rather than pursue an internal medicine career, because he wanted to be able to prevent or delay the onset of incurable conditions. Willett would like to know more about Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease, so he's conducting research on both conditions. The main issue of concern is being able to feed the whole population healthy food. The environment needs to be taken care of first so "healthy food can be produced in a sustainable way" for humans.

Vocation

            My chosen major is Criminal Justice, but I do not know what job I would like to pursue from the major. A criminal justice major gives so many job opportunities. Along with the police and the CJ system comes corruption. I want to focus on corruption in the criminal justice system as a whole.

• -       How are women treated compared to men on a police force?
• -    Are certain criminals treated worse than others?
• -    Do offenders get sentenced to longer terms than their crime is worth? If so, why do you think that is?
• -       How do offenders act towards correctional officers?
• -       How are female correctional officers treated in a male prison?
• -       Do male offenders assault female correctional officers?
• -       Does a supervising official (Unit manager) treat women workers different than male workers in prison?
• -    When giving someone a sentence does a judge discriminate based on the crime that was committed?

The Summoned Self Summary

The author wrote "The Summoned Self" to inform the reader that there is two ways to view life; The Well-Planned Life and the Summoned Life. The Well-Planned life focuses on planning your life as a youth. The Summoned Life focuses on situations at present, here and now. The narrator argues that people living the Summoned Life are skeptical, but he seems to agree with it. To explain the Well-Planned Life, he uses a Christian basketball player, Clayton Christensen, as an example. The narrator uses Christensen because he said he always took an hour out of his day to think and pray about his purpose in life. The author shifts to questioning how someone so young can know their purpose yet. The author uses Christensen's review as reference for the Well-Planned life example. Christensen's purpose was important to him; he would not play basketball on a Sunday because he was so devoted to Christianity. The author finishes by saying situational awareness is what answers questions to the purpose of life, not long-range planning.

My staggering trouble with the blog.

I know I was confused as to what to do with this blogging assignment. I'm sure I'm not the only one. I eventually figured it out, but I know my page is a little plain. So if I could get some input on how to maybe change it to make it more interesting to my readers.

Video Caught my Eye!

This video is interesting to me because it relates to my major, criminal justice. Criminal Justice students are encouraged to look at situations with different views. Is the kid mentally troubled? Did he have a history of violence? Was he raised in a good home? I would like to find out more about what happened.