Blog Post #5

1. Describe your approach to your argument of fact

• i.  What misconception are you clearing up?

Even though many teen pregnancies are not planned they do not end up in adoption or abortion, rather some teens take the decision to raise their baby and be a teen parent.

• ii. What new information are you providing?

Some teens WANT to get pregnant , because their parents had them at such a young age or because their parents work long hours and the teen feels lonely.

• iii. What unknown issues are you bringing up?

Some teens don't get the right treatment and medicines they need after getting pregnant because either their parents stop supporting them or the parents cant afford to pay for the new baby.





2. What is YOUR hypothesis: what do you want us to understand?
Not every teen has the same story , therefore we should not just assume that ALL teens get pregnant by accident and don't want their baby.

3.What Facts will convince us?

• Teen Pregnancy in Texas will cause the size of Texas's population to double in size in the next 3 decades. 
• Many Teen Pregnancies are desired by the male partner.
• Some teens feel lonely and want to have a baby to make themselves feel better

4. I still need many more facts , I'm not exactly sure what all I need . I probably need more statistics and percents to prove my hypothesis. I want to know how many teens keep their baby , how many have been trying to get pregnant , and how many  teens got pregnant because their partner wanted a baby.

Blog Post #4

I have recently changed my topic , partially  because I couldn't find good scholarly sources related to my first topic , therefore even though I was very passionate about my topic I had to change it. My new topic is Teen Pregnancy. Teen pregnancy is an extremely important issue and should be taken very seriously. I learned a lot about my topic. The most surprising thing I learned about my topic was that some teens get pregnant at such a young age by choice. They intended to get pregnant and are very happy that they will soon be a parent. Many people think that teens get pregnant accidentally and wished that they would have used protection, but I learned that this is not always true. Another thing I was surprised to learn about was that sometimes the male partner wants to have a baby and encourages the female partner to have a baby. These examples show that some pregnancies are by choice, but many people don't see this side of the story and just assume the couple had an intended pregnancy. I still want to learn a lot about teenage pregnancies , such as how the teen parent takes care of the baby and manages their education and work , and if they ever considered giving their baby up for adoption because they weren't ready to be parents. I plan on reading more journals and possibly some real life examples to understand what a teen actually goes through during this life changing situation. My topic is very interesting, and a few of my friends are teen parents, so this topic is very important to me.

Blog Post #3

My topic is How to Resolve Issues between Doctors and Patients so for my search I typed in "issues between Doctors and Patients”, the results consisted of many EBooks and PDF files that seemed really helpful. Then to shorten my topic words for my search I typed in "Doctors and Patients" which gave me a lot more results, including some which came up on my first search as well. I think there was a decent amount of sources for my topic; it wasn't overwhelming for me at all. Many of the PDF and Book titles made me look at my topic somewhat differently and in a more positive manner. For example for my topic I was focusing on how to resolve issues between doctors and patients rather than looking at how well and positive a relationship can actually be between a doctor and their patient. In my opinion I have a good amount of sources and will have enough information on my topic to make a good presentation. I might have to switch around a few words while searching for sources but that should not be a big problem. While searching around for sources related to my topic, I found many different point of views for my topic and it should be interesting learning about how different people maintain their relationship with their doctor and how they think others can improve their own relationship with their respectful doctor. I am looking forward to learning more about my topic and how it is effecting different people around the world today.