Safer Saws-shadowswife

Posted on October 21, 2020 by shadowswife

Manufacturer: “It’ll detect that in less than a thousandth of a second.” The manufacturer, Steve Gass, makes this claim about the SawStop in a way like it is a fact and as the manufacturer of this invention, he has most likely tested it to get this number. It is some important information about his invention that gives the customer some reassurance of how quickly his design will stop the saw when coming in contact with their finger. Therefore, this is both a factual and numerical claim. Based on how fast the saw came to a halt when coming in contact with the hotdog, this claim has almost made me feel convinced that this is what the saw is capable of doing. However, I was still a little doubtful about it since they did not test it with an actual finger, yet.

Customer: “In testing, we’ve repeatedly activated the brake mechanism on a number of our saws and haven’t seen any negative effect on the saws’ accuracy.” The woodworkers that this person has interviewed are customers who bought the SawStop table and have tested it many times out of concern for its accuracy. They, eventually, came to the conclusion that the SawStop table’s brake system is accurate. Therefore, this is an evaluative claim since they have made this judgment based on multiple tests with the SawStop and have failed to find a flaw in it. It is a reasonable evaluation of the product since they managed to test it and come to the conclusion that it is much safer than they thought it would be.

Industry Spokespeople: “The Power Tool Industry is resisting to adopt safety technology by arguing that it’s too expensive, unreliable and that consumers don’t want it.” This industry is generalizing a point that implicates usability and cost to what consumers want. This is another example of an evaluative claim since they made this claim based on their brief evaluations of the product. I find it understandable that they would argue that it is too expensive since the table will have to be replaced with a new one after the brake was used; however, I would have to disagree with their other claims about the product. It is evident that the product works properly. In addition, thinking from the perspective of a customer, a saw table that could save them from cutting themselves and/or losing a limb would be a favorable idea to them. The industry cannot just assume that a customer would favor being at risk more than safety.

Consumer Safety Advocates: “The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) determined preliminarily that there may be an unreasonable risk of blade-contact injuries associated with table saws.” The commission made a determination that table saws propose a risk to injuries. This is another evaluative claim because the commission made this claim based off on the overwhelming amounts of victims that have lost their limbs to a table saw. I would have to agree with this because it is no surprise that such a large blade can put many people at risk when it is being used.

Injured Plaintiffs: “I think the manufacturers should think less about cost, but more about people who are using the saws.” Osorio, the victim of a table saw incident, has suffered greatly from accidently coming in contact with the blade and made this claim after reflecting on how traumatizing his situation was. This claim is both a recommendation and moral claim because he is not only suggesting that table saw manufacturers should prioritize a person’s safety, but he believes that it is morally right to think about the customer more than the money. Based on how many companies focus more on their business tractions, I would agree that they should focus on the safety of their customers more. It is understandable how this person claims that they should change their priorities since losing a part of your body is something that many cannot recover from.

Personal Injury Lawyers: “Every year, thousands of people are severely injured after using table saws.” This website on an injury lawyer’s perspective is making a claim based on a numerical estimate of people that have been heavily injured after using a table saw. This is both a numerical and causal claim because there is not only some type of number involved in the claim, but the injuries from table saws is a cause and effect consequence. It is understandable that they could not make a proper estimate of the amount of people that were injured from table saws, but I would agree that there is a consequence for not being careful around sharp things.

Government Officials: “Including more than 33,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms and 4,000 amputations.” This is suppose to be a numerical estimate of how many injuries and amputations were done on patients after suffering from a table saw incident. Therefore, this is a numerical claim. I am sure that many people have had to get a lot of medical treatment after going through such a tramatizing thing, however, for government officials, I feel like this estimate is a little small for a topic that is being heavily debated on. I would have expected the number to be a little higher.

News Reporters: “Gass didn’t just invent a safer table saw; he has also been a driving force behind its adoption over the last two decades.” The reporter is claiming that Steve Gass and his safe table saw invention was a huge push for safer table saws. This is an ethical claim because the reporter is making this judgement based on a situation of Gass promoting safer table saws for the last two decades. I do not recall anyone working on something that can reduce the number of table saw accidents until recently so I do not know who else was a “driving force” to promote safer table saws. Steve Gass’ table saw seems to be the most successful safe table saw that accurately fulfills its purpose. It is reasonable that companies and other people would challenge his invention to find a better way to make a safer table saw.

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Safer Saws- Jeffbezos

Posted on October 21, 2020 by jeffbezos123

Industry Spokesperson: The SawStop company has given the information regarding one of their products saying: “The saw weighs 79 pounds and retails for $1299”. This is can be a numerical claim because it states how much it costs and the weight of the saws.

Government officials:The CPSC predicts switching to the safer saw design will save society $1,500 to $4,000 per saw sold by reducing medical bills and lost work. This is a proosal clam because it is trying to tell people how they would be saving money, and complete jobs more eficent.

Steve Glass: “take one of the most dangerous products ever available to consumers and make it vastly safer.”This is a very simple causal claim. This is saying that if you get this saw, you will be much safer while using it.

Manufacturers– “Forced to stop in one thousandth of a second” This is a numerical claim because it tells you the exact ammount of time it will take for the saw blade to stop.

Product Safety Advocates: “10 amputations a day and thousands more injuries every year”. This is a numerical and ethical statement. This is numerical because you see how many people are injured daily because of this product. This is ethical because this makes you question how people are okay with this, and not willing to spend the extra money for their employes to be safe.

Retailer– “carry a somewhat higher price tag, but the safety innovations are well worth it.”This is a evaluative claim because this shows that the extra money is well worth the injuries that this will save.

Personal Injury Lawyers: “for more than a decade” this tells the audiecne that this has been around for a long time and many people have never head about it, including myself. This would be an ethical claim becuase how have people not known about this saftey invention that could save lives. In a perivous article this was compared to a seatbelt, how do people not know about this.

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Safer Saws–dayzur

Posted on October 21, 2020 by dayzur

Manufacturer:

“Let’s do it.” Steve Gass says this very whole-heartadly as if he is about to do something any normal person would in a day but in this case, he is sticking his finger into a saw. He is 100% confident in his idea. This is an evaluative claim, as Gass is positively sure that his product will work and states very calmly “Let’s do it” giving the customers a sense of relief as he will clearly show that his product works. This makes me feel a lot better about the product because you may think “who would ever do this”, and now we have our answer. The creator is so confident in his idea it makes you feel much better about the product as a whole.

Customers:

“ I couldn’t find anyone with bad things to say about the SawStop table saw” Customers have had no complaints when working with the SawStop and for a fine trade, a little extra money to keep your fingers intact. This is an evaluative claim, as it states, there is “no one” that could find anything bad about the product and it is well worth the buy. This is very reasonable as it makes you feel much more interested in buying the product if it has stellar reviews across the board and not even a single thing there is to dislike about the product. 

Industry Spokespeople:

“it’s too expensive, that it’s unreliable, and that consumers don’t want it.” The Power Tool Industry is fighting back against the product as they think that it isn’t necessary and for an increased price to their power tools, the customers will not want to purchase this if they don’t need to. This is an evaluative claim as the group claims that these people will not want this product simply on the fact that it’s more expensive and they believe it to be unreliable. I disagree with this claim as any safety precaution shouldn’t be taken lightly. These people may not want to pay the price for the product but it is entirely possible that they could lose a piece of them forever if they slip up one time. 

Consumer Safety Advocates:

“10 a day!” The safety advocate is very astonished that this number is as high as it is and it seems very unreasonable for it to be like so. This is an evaluative claim where the advocate is judging this number as it seems much higher than it should be for such injuries. The saws that include SawStop would bring this number down a hefty amount from the outrageously high data points we are seeing in injuries today. 

Injured Plaintiffs:

“Osorio’s injuries would have been limited to a 1/8-inch cut on only one finger, instead of two unusable fingers and three fingers with no feeling, requiring five surgeries and $384,000 in medical expenses.” A man was awarded $1.5 million dollars after a table saw injury that was lacking the safety features that would have minimized damages. This is a causal and numerical claim, as it states what happened because the saw did not have the safety precautions and also makes a big impact using the numbers to really show the true damages done because the saw was lacking said safety add-ons. This is a good representation because it shows us just what large price you have to pay, or someone else has to, because a company did not want to pay a smaller price to keep the customers safe. 

Personal Injury Lawyers:

“whose injuries could have been prevented” A lawyer is talking about those who have been injured by table saws which lack the SawStop product or similar features to keep them safe, and the lawsuits that have been brought to light on these companies. This is an evaluative claim, as the companies are pretty much being judged because they knew all willingly they had the capability to add on the SawStop or other similar features but were unwilling and are now facing heavy lawsuits because of it. This is a very high quality claim because it is very unreasonable that these companies don’t already have these features on their saws and there is a price to pay because of it.

Government Officials:

“more than 33,000 injuries treated in emergency rooms and 4,000 amputations” An estimate taken by the government provides numbers beyond thinkable in injuries by saw/blade contact per year. This is a numeric claim as it gives us two big numbers to really look at and think about as they are so excessive when there is technology to prevent these numbers from staying this high. This is a reasonable claim as truly looking at the numbers makes you think what we can do to lower this and creates more exposure on products such as SawStop.

News Reporters:

“switching to the safer saw design will save society $1,500 to $4,000 per saw sold by reducing medical bills and lost work.” The numbers here are providing a look into the benefits of what can occur when people actually take the time to use the SawStop compared to the ordinary “unsafe” products they are used to now. This is a numerical claim, as it is using values to claim that this product is saving tons of money for society when it is being used over normal table saws that do not include SawStop. This seems reasonable as now medical bills and lawsuits are not popping up for these saw companies as often and the customers are much safer using the new ones, therefore saving unnecessary expenses.

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Causal Argument- cardinal

Posted on October 21, 2020 by cardinal7218

Diversity, Technology, and the
Superiority of Streaming Services

When consumers express a want, a business will deliver. The entertainment industry thrives off of tailoring its products to the desires of an audience, but Hollywood actually fails to do so in a major way: diversity. Now, though, Hollywood has competition. Streaming services are taking the entertainment industry by storm, and this newer branch of entertainment actively listens to the desire for diversity that grows ever louder.

Contrary to a popular Hollywood belief, diversity sells. In the 2015-16 season of television and movies, diverse content had the “highest box office and viewership numbers” according to a UCLA study. Audiences have only gotten hungrier for diversity since then, as seen by social media, where hashtags such as #RepresentationMatters are being used this very minute, and by the overwhelming successes of 2017’s Get Out and 2018’s Black Panther. However, in the words of Marina Fang in her Huffington Post article “Audiences Want Diversity In Hollywood. Hollywood’s Been Slow To Get The Message,” Hollywood sees these successes as “the exception rather than the rule.” A demand as loud as the demand for diversity cannot go unheard, though, and streaming services have stepped in where conventional Hollywood is failing.

The newness of streaming naturally puts such companies on the cutting edge. Streaming services listen attentively to what younger audiences want and find out how to deliver it in the most satisfactory way possible. The coveted 18-34 age demographic wants diversity, and teenaged audiences want it even more. Knowing that today’s youth are tomorrow’s primary consumers, streaming services create content that will please the younger demographic, gain their trust, and make them long-term customers. 

Also, streaming services have the ability to not only keep tabs on what audiences want but to deliver content tailored to an individual through algorithms. Theatrical releases and network television don’t have that luxury as they are not digital platforms. Algorithms give a content provider “insight into every second of the viewing experience,” says Ted Sarandos, Netflix’s Chief Content Officer, as quoted in the book Distribution Revolution: Conversations about the Digital Future of Film and Television. The data shows that viewers watch content with diverse casts, and streaming services see that data firsthand- it’s built into their structure. That knowledge leads to action. If audiences want diversity, then streaming services will hire diverse writing teams, directors, and casts. They will deliver the highest quality diverse content they can in order to win over customers, thus gaining an edge over Hollywood.

Given their social advantage, streaming services could grow larger than Hollywood and cause the old Tinseltown machine to fizzle into irrelevance. Audiences trust streaming services with diversity, but streaming wins audiences over in more ways than that. People are drawn to “on-demand” entertainment, described by media scholar Amanda Lotz in her book The Television Will Be Revolutionized as programming “produced in any decade” that can be watched anywhere, from “‘living room’ sets” to “portable devices.” Also, as far as specifically television programming is concerned, consumers are cutting the cord. Between the prices of cable and the fact that streaming offers not only more diverse content but more content in general, people are ditching cable and switching to streaming services as their form of television. Granted, the cable industry is stable, but its allure is coming into question. It no longer has complete control over consumers’ television habits. In the future, streaming could very well become the dominant television industry. It could become the dominant entertainment industry in general. Hollywood is socially out of date, the industry isn’t changing meaningfully and relies on tokenism to pass as diversity, and streaming is more convenient to top it all off. Diversity is the future. Technology is the future. Streaming is in line with the trajectory of societal progression. Audiences and professionals have been petitioning Hollywood to change for years, and a time may come when audiences turn their backs on Hollywood and turn toward an industry that has earned their trust.

Another factor worth mentioning is the COVID-19 pandemic. When the world had no choice but to stay inside, many people turned to entertainment to bide their time, and streaming services hooked a significant amount of new customers. In the case of Netflix, it was over ten million new subscribers between March and May 2020. And in the United Kingdom, 55% of adults who newly subscribed to streaming during the pandemic said that they would continue their subscriptions and keep up their watching habits even as lockdown restrictions lessened, according to the Media Nations 2020 study. Major studios also tested the water of digital distribution, releasing new movies digitally since audiences physically could not go to theaters. The pandemic proved how valuable and enticing streaming and digital content is to audiences and businesses alike. In addition, the issue of racial equality came into public awareness on an unavoidable level during the lockdown months. The ripple effect of this social revolution inevitably makes its way to entertainment. Non-diverse casts will no longer be acceptable. Stereotyping will no longer be acceptable. Hollywood needs to step up, unless they come up with an out. 

Hollywood could simply absorb the streaming industry. Instead of putting the work in to make Hollywood comply with social demands, Hollywood can absorb an industry that already did the work. At the end of the day, Hollywood is a business. The largest possible profit is the goal. If diversity will bring in that profit, then Hollywood studios can essentially hire others to take care of diversity for them by purchasing companies like Netflix. Studios won’t have to labor over changing their system at a fundamental level and they can expand their assets. Racial equality activists might have a different endgame in mind, but one can only expect so much from corporations.

References

Lopez, R. (2017, November 06). Despite Dollars in Diversity, Hollywood Still Averse to Making Inclusive Films. Retrieved October 27, 2020, from https://variety.com/2017/film/news/diversity-box-office-winners-hollywood-1202603438/

TV watching and online streaming surge during lockdown. (2020, August 05). Retrieved October 27, 2020, from https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-53637305

Fang, M. (2018, February 27). Audiences Want Diversity In Hollywood. Hollywood’s Been Slow To Get The Message. Retrieved October 27, 2020, from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/hollywood-diversity-study-black-panther_n_5a954898e4b0699553cc3cc8

Burroughs, B. (2018). House of Netflix: Streaming media and digital lore. Popular Communication, 17(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/15405702.2017.1343948

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Open Strong-Hailthegreat8

Posted on October 20, 2020 by hailthegreat8

Authoritarian parents get precisely what they deserve: children who do everything they can to resist the control exerted from above and rebel in various, unpredictable ways, including but not limited to failing all their classes as a deliberate rebuke to their parents’ demands. Suppose you have an Authoritarian parent or know someone who does. You should know what those parents expect from their child. Authoritarian parents have really high expectations from their children; they fight for their children to succeed in their field. My aunt is an example of an Authoritarian parent. I remember talking to my cousins, and they said their mom is really strict and doesn’t play any games when it comes to academics, there are no excuses when they receive a specific grade, and if they do receive a bad grade, they receive many backlashes.

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Safer Saws-Hailthegreat8

Posted on October 20, 2020 by hailthegreat8

Inventor- Dr. Steve Gass was one of the four founders that invited the great technology called SawStop. The reason he created SawStop was that he wanted to make a blade fast enough to stop injuries. The SawStop that he and coworkers started prevented multiple amputations in the United States and stopped many serious injuries. 

Reluctant Manufacturer-“one, one thousand of a second.” The creators of SawStop are explaining the amount of time it takes for the saw to stop when it’s about to hit an object. For example, a finger, for instance, and to this day, there hasn’t been any injury from SawStop.

News Reports- A invention like this hasn’t been created before. Something new that can change the way we look at technology.

 Industry Spokespeople- “Salty well-conducted all-beef frank.” That tells that because people’s hands are sweaty, the machine reacts and knows when to stop when it close to contact with flesh. People that work throughout the day end up sweaty.    

Consumer safety advocates- “It saves a finger but mangles a machine.” That shows that the SawStop machine will always shut down when it comes in contact with human flesh, but stated in the video, “it mangles the machine.” 

Industry Spokespeople- Commentator, stated in the video, “Energy has to go somewhere when it stops.” He says that the energy is moved to the SawStop Module. “which acts like the crumple zone in a car.” 

Steve Gass- “A little nervous” Steve Gass is scared that the machine might cut off his finger because it’s not truly tested, and there could still be some problems to fix. 

 Injury Lawyer- It can prevent injuries from happening. The video shows that SafeStop can protect people. You have a higher chance of avoiding an injury with this machine. 

References

“SawStop Saves over 6.000 Finger!” Festool, http://www.festool.com/blog/inside/sawstop-technology. 

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Open Strong- Jeffbezos

Posted on October 20, 2020 by jeffbezos123

Open Strong 

  1. Approximately 46.6 million people are living with mental illness in the United States. That’s 1 in 5 adults who will be living with a mental health condition at some point in their lives. This does not exclude our college athletes who are at a greater risk. With young athletes the number is jaw dropping. With over 33% of college student athletes experiencing depression, anxiety, and other health conditions. Then there is the aspect of only 10% of these students will ever get help. On top of mental Health, college athletes struggle more at having a social life, making money, schooling and physically more than all professional athletes. 

2.Everyone grows up hearing that College will be the best time of your life. You make friendships that are unbreakable, you do whatever you please, and party like there is no tomorrow. To student athletes, it is the exact opposite. College athletes grind everyday at all levels of collegiate sports. They risk their mental health, social life and physical health every single day. 6am wake up calls, then class at 10am, these students put more strain on themselves then professional athletes everyday. 

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Causal – l8tersk8ter

Posted on October 20, 2020 by l8tersk8ter

I could use some help getting started professor. I know that my White Paper is probably not up to the standard that would allow you to provide good feedback, but I still wanted to make this post. I plan on having my White Paper improved by tomorrow night. I do have some ideas for my paper though. I think a good route to go would be how being on a competitive team causes different positive effects, such as positive reinforcement, how to cope with loses, how it feels to contribute, etc (I know those are kind of broad but they’re just example for now). I would then do how all of those effects can then cause positive self-esteem or maybe how they cause positive mental health since I feel like my hypothesis is kind of drifting towards that topic. This argument would take on the structure of a causal chain. I will work on my White Paper and look forward to your feedback.

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Causal Argument- oaktree1234

Posted on October 20, 2020 by oaktree1234

Straight-a students don’t always get everything right. In high school, you probably never would have guessed that the boy in the back of the class with mediocre grades would go on to encounter more success in the business world than anyone else. It happens more often than we’re willing to believe. Although they may display excellence in the classroom, above average students do not always experience the same success beyond graduation. It may sound counterintuitive but achieving good grades in high school does not directly cause a successful career later in life. 

“If you always succeed in school, you’re not setting yourself up for success in life,” Dr. Grant, organizational psychologist, explains that good grades can only get you so far. After your first year out of college there is almost no correlation between grades and job performance. “For example at google, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance,” Grant explains in his NY times article. Although one’s education may help them prepare for their desired path of work, in the long run, it won’t have too much impact. The issue is that those who get good grades aren’t necessarily prepared for the workforce, they just know how to memorize information. Also, Traditional schooling does not evaluate creativity, problem solving ability, and many of the other traits that will be utilized in the workplace. Students in the top of the class are also more likely to miss out on social/real world experiences that may be more useful to them. 

For many outstanding students who fall behind in the real world, it wasn’t what they did in high school that put them at a disadvantage but what they didn’t do. For the majority of these exceptional students, they never experienced a teacher failing their project or being told they could resubmit their essay for a passing grade. Although this is not entirely their fault, it does put them at a disadvantage in some ways. When they enter the workforce they will eventually have a boss or overseer that will not be pleased with their work. Since they have had little experience with failure, they will not be equipped with the skills needed to overcome the situation. “Parents tend to see their mission as helping their kids succeed. But there’s a growing realization among teachers and other professionals who work with children that kids increasingly need help learning how to fail. Not learning to tolerate failure leaves them vulnerable to anxiety,” Beth Arky with the Child Mind Institute explains. By facing failure at a young age, individuals accept failure as a part of life and do not respond as negatively to it later on.

The case is always made that these exceptional students are more likely to receive a higher corporate position or ‘better’ job than their B minus counterparts. Although an outstanding high school or college transcript is a wonderful asset to have when applying for a job, it’s important to acknowledge the logistics of this said advantage. Although you may have been “one in a million” in your graduating class, remember how many highschools are in your state as well as your country. There are always going to be other valedictorians and straight-a students applying for the same position. In the United States, about 25,000 valedictorians and another 25,000 salutatorians graduate each year, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. This is not taking into consideration the amount of students who graduate in the top ten, achieved straight a’s, and other notable academic accomplishments. These above average students commonly lack the qualities that will set them apart from other applicants. Meanwhile, the individual who did not receive impressively high grades may stand out in other ways, such as displaying good time management skills by working or volunteering in addition to attending school. These qualities, such as, wit, creativity, drive, and empathy, cannot be developed in the classroom.  Although academic excellence is a wonderful asset to have, it’s what that individual does with it that counts.       

The biggest reason good students struggle in the real world is that school is very different from work. “In school, in order to get the grade, you learned to provide the authority figure—the teacher—what he or she wanted. In the workplace, that translates into asking ‘good girl’ questions: ‘What does this boss want from me? Which of my boss’s needs aren’t being met? What do I need to do to get an A?” Whitney Johnson, author of Dare, Dream, Do explains the difference between educational success and corporate success, in an article for the Harvard Business Review. “This approach may get you some initial gold stars, but it won’t get you what you really want, which is to be an indispensable player, not just to your boss, but in your industry. To become an all-star, you need to develop a new skill: you need to learn how to challenge and influence authority, rather than simply giving the authority figures what they want.” Most straight-a students have dismissed the idea of thinking outside of the box. Their educational career has taught them to do exactly what they’re supposed to with no room for no ideas or questions. This mindset may allow the individual to keep their job but not be promoted or earn a raise. 

The educational system in place hounds young students with the constant reminder that A’s are the direct cause for success. Although this mindset isn’t completely inaccurate, it’s quite flawed. The issue arises when students and officials believe that strong academic performance can single handedly get someone to “the top of the food chain”. It’s becoming more and more apparent in today’s society that the workforce demands more than strong mathematical skills and good grammar. Strong determination, creativity, passion, and companionship are far more likely to be the cause for a student’s success later in life. 

References

Beth Arky. “Help Kids Learn to Fail: Building Self-Esteem in Children.” Child Mind Institute, 29 June 2020, childmind.org/article/how-to-help-kids-learn-to-fail/. 

Grant, Adam. “What Straight-A Students Get Wrong.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 8 Dec. 2018, http://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/college-gpa-career-success.html. 

Lepore, Meredith. “The ‘Straight A’s Complex’ Might Turn You Into A Failure At Work.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 24 Apr. 2013, http://www.businessinsider.com/why-good-students-fail-in-life-2013-4. “The NCES Fast Facts Tool Provides Quick Answers to Many Education Questions (National Center for Education Statistics).” National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a Part of the U.S. Department of Education, nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=84.

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Open Strong- gabythefujoshi

Posted on October 20, 2020 by gabythefujoshi18

Working Opening 1:

Americans need to stop talking about mental health. The mental health advocates and practitioners that have educated to many the importance of mental illnesses are predominately White Americans. Looking at Ted talks and television, there are mainly Causians advocating mental health awareness. This is what shys away minority groups like Latinos. For the latin community, especially that are first generation immigrants, mental health illness is a “white man’s” problem or that it’s not real. Because of this stigma, children of first generation immigrants don’t get the medical attention needed to treat illnesses like depression or anxiety. There is a lacking number of psychologists and counselors that are part of minority groups like Latinos or African American that publicly speak out about what mental health is, the illnesses, and why it’s important. To rid of the cultural stigma that exists amongst Latino immigrants, there should be better representation of minority groups amongst mental health advocates.

Working Opening 2:

Mental health illness is such a mainstream subject that it’s actually harder to discuss. Mental health topics like depression, suicidal, and anxiety have now become common term, especially in the todays youth that those clinically diagnosed symptoms or illnesses have lost their meaning. They went from something taboo that was reserved and not publicly discussed to something that can be found as a Facebook meme. Perhaps it’s the attempts of Western media to incorporate mental illness representation in different television, movies, and social media posts. In turn, it’s not making people comfortable accepting their issues, but it’s making it more uncomfortable and there still remains a negative connotation to mental illnesses. Normalizing mental health and making it mainstream to the youth of today is more detrimental in the process riding the cultural stigma of mental health.

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