Blog 9

1) What are you most stressed-out with at the moment? Why? Is your body re-acting to this stress? Devise a plan to deal with it.
At the moment i am most stressed out about my anatomy exam coming up tomorrow, and then having a chemistry exam on thursday. I am stressed out about it becuase i cannot fail another exam, my body isn't really reacting that much to it. I am just going to stay calm and keep studying for a while.

2) FFN: Chapter 8 / This is a creative writing exercise! Read the following scenario and finish it based on your knowledge after reading Chapter 8.

You are "Raul" and have just immigrated to the American West illegally from Mexico. You brought your wife and two young children with you on a frightening and expensive 4-day journey in the back of a beat-up truck to arrive in Texas. You can't find work there and Border Patrol is cracking down, so you decide to migrate north a bit where you have relatives in Colorado. You are hired on the spot by ConAgra to work in one of their "beef processing" plants.

I just recently got a job with ConAgra, they showed me around the building when i first got there and i saw everyone doing the job they were asigned over and over for over 8 hours. These workers are not aware of how dangerous their job is or just don't care anymore. They don't talk to anyone, they just stay focused. The workers on the line wear about eight pounds of chain metal beneath their white coats, shiny steel armor that covers their hands, wrists, stomach, and back. They are designed to protect workers from cutting themselves and from being cut by other workers. My job is to slice fat off of meat and put it back on the conveyer belt as fast as i can so i dont't get behind. My days go by very slow, and when i come home, i come home to my family and a very tiny house. Then i go to bed and wake up early in the morning and do it all over again.

-Describe in sensory detail your place of employment. (What's it look like, what is going on, how do people act, what do you wear, what is your job? etc..)
-How much $$$ do you earn?
-How do your days go? What are your work hours and what do you do after work?
-Where do you live, what do you live in, how is your quality of life?