Monday, February 7, 2011

Extended Bibliography 2

Deisher, R.W., Hammar, S.L., Ramsey, Otis, Gode, Richard, and Seligman, Fred. "Physical, Intellectual, and Educational Characteristics of a Sample of Job Corps Trainees." Pediatrics. (Oct. 1967): Academic Search Premiere. EDSCO. Web. 4 Feb 2011.
This article is about the health of a group of young men before they entered the Job Corps program and during the program itself. It talked about how only 36% of the tested men had had regular dental care and only 14% were under the care of a private physician. It also states that only 24% of the group sought dental help for tooth extractions or other forms of help but no restorations.
By the way this article was written it sounds like it mostly talks about the care of the boys prior to them entering the Job Corps program. Most of the information was about their physical states before they entered the program and then a little part of it said the educational levels the young men were at before they entered the program.
I think this article focused too much on the state of the boys before they entered the program and not enough on how the young men improved or got worse during their time at Job Corps.
Some questions I have is how did each of the men improve or worsen while at Job Corps? What has Job Corps learned from this trial?

2 comments:

  1. Hi Wilson, I enjoyed reading your extended bibliography everything seemed to flow really well and it was extremely easy to follow. Your personal input on the article was very strong, I found myself thinking the same thing while reading, and was questioning why they wouldn’t write about the improvements that have been made since the young men entered the program. The only thing I can really even criticize on is the length of the summary. But I know that can be out of your hands, depending on the size of the article. You did a great job on the questions at the end! I think those are very important things that should have been included in the article. It was a Strong way to end.

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  2. Hey wilson,
    I really love the way you use language and write. its clear consice, but it always comes out as compasionate. I think if youb had included some quotes from the article it would have made it stronger. I have a hard time with that too.. I never know where to put them. lol. Anyweay I love your questions and how you phrased them, and the critic on what you didn't like about the article ( that it focused too much on their states before hand and not enough follow up) Thanks for posting!!!

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