Journal+4+(Friday,+March+18)

We are inching closer to the actual writing of the research paper, though you might feel like you have very little information thus far. Between now and next Friday, March 25, your task is to have several paragraphs of information in order to begin arranging your paper in some sort of logical fashion. **Today's work: Answer your questions from Journals 2 & 3. If you're not finding answers, ask other questions and begin finding answers to those questions. When finished,** post a paragraph on THIS PAGE about what you accomplished today **. Be sure your name appears with your post. To earn full credit for the post, give details about your research. Simply saying that you research your topic and found some things is not a valid response.**

Gavin Mayne: I only have my research started since my dad isn't home very often. I'm making progress though.
 * What did you do today? What did you find? (post below)**

Adam Linker: So far I got some of my questions answered. I have to ask my grandpa about the rest because I don't know the answer. I found some of the answers to journal 3, but none of journal 2. I am going to finish answering them this weekend so I can start the one page. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men that I found out.

Adam Kunkel: I answered my questions for Journal 3, and have found information about both alcohol abuse and domestic abuse and how people are affected by them. I also researched some causes and problems that are associated with these topics. I'm not sure yet which type of abuse the loss of innocence would be, because while alcohol was involved, it may not have been that entirely. I still have to interview my aunt to answer the questions from Journal 2, which I think I will in the next week. Otherwise I only need a little more research.

Alexis: I have done a lot of research on my project**.** I have completed all of my journal 3 questions and have a lot of information on cancer and specifically unterine cancer which is the cancer that my mom-mom's mom had that died. I also have all the websites that I used to get this information but do not yet have the complete citations. I also called my mom-mom to talk to her in person about how she felt about all of this and also get some more personal information. I have a lot of information so far but I still need to talk to my mom-mom a little more. Overall though, I am feeling good about the project.

Rachael: I found information about special agents and the requirements of the FBI. i'll be asking my dad more about it over the weekend. I found a lot of information on the FBI website, and found the answers to most of my questions. Now I'll have to put the information in my own words and start piecing my dad's information together to make the first page of the research paper.

Madi Luckenbaugh - Today I finished Journal Entry 3. I found information about how alcoholism is different from alcohol abuse and found out how it affects the people around the addict. This is vital to my research project because it helps me see what life would have been like for my mother and father who have faced a loss of innocence through their home life. I also found out what people could do to help the alcoholic. For my mother facing this her whole life, I realize that she was scared to even say anything to her father about his problem. Many of these people become very emotional, lash out, or feel very depressed because they can't help themselves. They are stubborn but only because of the fact that they feel that they cannot live without the aid of alcohol.

Brett Lomicky- I found information that answered some of my questions for journal three that deals with legal issues and laws. However, I have not yet interviewed my mom yet, so I haven't been able to answer questions for journal two yet. I hope to interview her within the next week so I am then able to complete the rest of journal four by its date. I am also brainstorming new questions that I want to get answered. I have found that the lowest a child is legally aloud to babysit is around 11-12, and she started to have to take care of her sister by the age of 8.

Ashlee Kuntz; Today I finished getting all my information for journal 3 as well as getting the website that I got the information from. I learned that adoption is so much more harder than what you think of. Not only do you loose your parents but you have to adapt to a whole different environment with unfamiliar faces. Yes, the people adopting love you but it's not the same motherly and fatherly love from before. Also, adoption is a long process and it takes patience. There are many reason why somebody would put their kids up for adoption other than the fact that they are too young and too irresponsible. You don't always do it because you don't want your child but you do it for the better as well. For instance, sometimes you don't have enough money and you can't support the children or child.

Shauna Morton: Ive researched information about abuse back in the 60's to see how it was viewed back then compared to how its viewed now. I haven't yet interviewed my grandma, but im hoping to on sunday. Im going to ask her questions on abuse and how life was hard for her since she was abused back then. I now interviewed my grandma and found out that it was actually alot worse than my mom and I thought. Her mom did the craziest thingst to her for absolutly no reason at all. She didnt abuse the other kids in the house just her. It was kinda interesting to see what all was actually behind the story. My nan and I never had a full on convo about her abuse as a child. As in a way she backed up the research I did.

Hali Bryant: today I looked at articles and worked on finishing my questions. I learned that so many more people are trying to cope with divorce that we could really think of, and everyone has their own way of coping with it.

Cullen Laygo: Today I got answers for the questions I had. I also learned that Laparoscopic surgery is also called minimally invasive surgery. This type of surgery is the performance of surgical procedures with the help of a video camera and a lot of thin instruments. The surgery can c heck for and possibly take out abnormal growths (like tumors) in the belly or pelvis.  The recovery takes about a week, and the surgery it self takes about an hour. Symptoms of laparoscopy could be abdominal pain, fever, and vomiting.

Josh Meisenheter: I interviewed my mother and took notes on what she said. I made sure to answer all of my questions that I had for her. She was also able the questions that I would normally have to look up for medical things, because she works in the medical field. I found out about what she went through and found that she had a deffinite loss of innocence. I also researched things that she didn't answer. I found information on deep vein thrombosis, pulminary embolism, and the drug warfarin which is which is a blood thinner to stop blood clots.

Morgan Lightner: Today I looked through articles and websites for information that answers my questions. I answered almost all of them, and added on to my works cited page, but I haven't had the chance to interview my brother yet to answer questions to Journal 2. I researched reasons why parents divorce and how kids can cope with the change. I also found a lot of information on child abuse rates, the most common abuse types, and future outcomes of abused children.

Shannon Maguire: I finished answering the questions for the research then I interviewed Jenn about the questions I wanted to ask her.

__**Paige Lauer:**__ I have found several websites with statistics and general information teen dating abuse. The general information covers what dating abuse is, what types of abuse there are, how to prevent dating abuse, how to detect abuse among peers' relationships, why victims stay with their abuser, possible causes of dating abuse, and misconceptions of dating abuse. Along with that I have cited all my sources and organized all of my information. I have yet to interview my friend about her experience. We plan to discuss the topic soon.