Throughout our lives, we are always asked the age-old question of "What are you going to be when you grow up?" I have personally always faltered when asked upon on this question when I was younger. The choice of being whatever you wanted to be (albeit it must be realistic) has always been exciting but also paralyzing due to the idea of the many options available. But alas, I found myself yielding to the call of the medical field. Here is how it happened. Despite being a young child with many big ambitions, I had not yet succumb to the idea of being a medical doctor. To be quite frank, I was delirious of blood and the general hospital setting itself. The concept only warmed up to me in my later years of middle school when my interest in helping people came together with a conference I would later attend that changed my perspective of medical world. Although medicine and medical research has generally improved over the last decade, we are still gradually learning more and more. I not only want to help solve some of these mysteries, but I also want to be the person to positively impact the lives of the people I meet. The journey to becoming a medical doctor will be hard work nonetheless, but if you truly love something, you should always pursue it as I've learned. As of far, my journey of becoming a medical doctor has led me to affirm my desire in becoming a oncologist. Alongside that, I have and will continue to attend medical conferences and work hard in school. The benefit of being able to continually learn more and more everyday whilst being able to work with people and help patients overweigh the immense amount of studying, the college funds necessary and the amount of time and effort put into working to becoming a M.D. If you feel like you may or may not be into the medical field, but interested; you should check out this article by a post-graduate physician. Please click here. From googling myself, i can see that my digital footprint is inhabited by numerous other users who have the same name as i do. For the most part, this suggests that i have a more private digital life rather than open. An example of a social site that i can be found at is on Facebook. However, if you search deep enough, you can find relative information about me. I did manage to find a site that had information about me after searching briefly through Google. This website is pertaining to a project i did a while ago in middle school, and is a relatively safe site. I want to be known as intelligent and keen on my usage of the internet, not vain and provocative. When colleges, friends, parents, etc... search for my name on Google, i want them to be able to spot me easily because of the achievements and my good usage of the Internet. From reading "College Prospects are Being Watched on Facebook and Twitter" and "37 Percent Of Employers Use Facebook To Pre-Screen Applicants" and " This is How a Woman's Offensive Tweet Became the World's Top Story", i am not that surprised about these upcoming prospects of new uses of the Internet and how some people are using it. People should use the internet carefully and plan ahead because anything that is published, will always be there and be viewed by anybody with the time to look up your name. It isn't surprising that coaches and employers would use the internet to check the backgrounds, although; i highly disagree with giving up personal information regarding social media. Your actions and interactions on the internet can easily be exposed, therefore, it makes sense that coaches and employers would use the internet to find any mistakes you've ever made. Also, regarding Justine Sacco who tweeted about AIDS in Africa, that was not a well-thought out comment on a topic that is not taken lightly.
Because of her rash and bold comment, it has cost her job and possibly any job opportunities in the future. Although she did later did delete her tweet, the damage has already been done and her actions cannot be reversed. From reading these articles, we can conclude that any actions and usage of the internet must be met with precautions as they can benefit us as much as they can harm us. When i use the internet, i want to make sure that people see me with the words in the Wordcloud above. From reading "The Top 10 Reasons We Deleted Your Comment", i can agree with the author as to why they delete certain comments. Yes, comments are a way we express our opinions and you can easily call the editors at New York Times quite repressive for deleting certain comments. However, no matter what political orientation the NY Times is with, a comment is sometimes not relevant to the topic or uses rude language. This can easily constitute a delete, however at other times you have comments that are stringy and involve conversations between two people. While this is not necessarily bad, this does hog up the entire article. Comments should be allowed, but they also should be regulated in order for the good of the people reading. When the comments interfere with the article's social interaction and community output, then deleting might be necessary.
Now, although some commentators out there are terrible at expressing their opinions in a acceptable, valid method, there are other people whose opinions are so highly detailed and bring a interest to a given topic and is amazing in general. Being able to comment well is a gift, and can be a skill that can bring rewarding opportunities such as a job at The Atlantic. I commented on the article " What Have You Learned In Your Teens?" I commented on Duncan's blog, Taryn's blog, Ryan's blog and Cameron's blog. I went to CNN and analyzed the comments on the article " Study: Rates of many mental disorders much higher in soldiers than in civilians." From reading the comments in the comment section, the first comment is already quite sarcastic. In fact, if you continue to scroll down, nearly all comments are very serious regarding the topic nor as relevant. This may be due to the given nature of studies being conducted, and how these studies are necessarily not proven in a more methodical method. This is also a slightly lighter topic that doesn't create as much controversy as maybe the news about Kiev and Ukraine. The conversations are also slightly lop-sided and should not be taken seriously as they can be found discussing about the Russian language and Obama Vs Putin theories. However, not everyone in this article is taking it lightly. One user states that his family has been army-oriented for a long time, and is offended by the other users who are calling the soldiers 'crazy'. You can see that some people have already begun to agree with this user's comment as it is quite relevant and important to the ideals of people with army-oriented families. |
Robby ChandraI love learning and reading lots of books. Unfortunately, my Goodreads library isn't updated with the books i've read. I also have a lot of aspirations to go to medical school. As of now, I plan on becoming an oncologist. I hope you enjoy my blog and make lots of comments! Archives
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