Blog Prog 8
Prof. Miller
CMM 211
3/30/25
It’s Okay to go Home During Break
In the article, “It’s Okay to go Home During Break”, University of Michigan student Sarah Zhang discusses how most students would rather go out the country or to a warm beach rather than go home and spend time with their families. After thinking about it for a brief moment, Zhang brings up a valid point. Throughout her article she talks about how she enjoys spending time with her family, having a nice home cooked meal, and reconnecting with old friends instead of going on a trip and spending money.
Sarah had done some research and found out that around 1.5 million college students go on vacation during spring break instead of going home. Since many resorts know this the prices have raised more and more every year. Instead of spending she brings up many reasons why it is good to go home rather than go out.
For starters she brings up the fact that you can make money over break. Not many people realize that you can save up for a few months by working during break throughout that week. Just because you’re working doesn’t mean you can still go out. Another good fact that she brings up is being able to sleep in and be in your own bed. When you’re on vacation you wake up at six or seven every morning to start your day because you don’t want to waste your trip. Being at home allows you to be able to sleep in and catch up on your sleep.
American Kids Are Overmedicated
In the article, “American Kids Are Overmedicated” University of Michigan student Maisie Derlega talks about how more and more children are getting prescribed by doctors to be medicated to help them “focus” or “behave” more. Now these parents might have a lot of good in mind but might be blind in the fact that sometimes the medications prescribed could turn these kids into zombies.
Derlega talks about how focus pills are intended to address the attention deficit or hyperactivity disorder a child may struggle with. This was not always an issue, this problem rose in the early 2000’s when stimulant prescriptions began to rise all the way to 800%. The bg reason is the amount of kids that have been diagnosed with ADHD in the U.S. compared to children in other countries. One doctor in the article explains a lot of the problems these parents are discussing are problematic behaviors rather than ADHD matters.
The way that these parents change this is to really look into what ADHD really is. The doctor in the article also brings up the fact that these doctors are also only testing these children off of a checklist on a paper instead of doing real testing. From this kids as young as two years old are being diagnosed with ADHD.
