Joshua Carino
UWRT 1104
Throughout this entire semester, we have been tasked to write about a multitude of
varying topics. From the origins of language to the people we call family, the prompts assigned
have challenged us to think beyond the norm. Rhetorical knowledge, denoted as the knowing of
why something is true, has been abundant in the research I have been doing for the multi-modal
project. We are supposed to present the information wed gathered over a period of time to class,
and for that to work effectively, we would need to know that what we are reporting is in fact
accurate. Within the project itself, the exposition of our collective thoughts acts as the
explanation to why the truths that we are talking about are in fact correct.
From the selection of prompts assigned to us, a majority havent actually pushed me to
research things further; or rather, research in an explorative manner. However, on that note, there
have been some daily writings that have peaked my interest enough to expand. One such topic
was when we were presented with a photo of Vietnamese children in a plane. I was incredibly
curious as to why that many children, babies in fact, were stuffed onto a plane. Upon a quick
google search, I discovered a horrendous fact! The babies were in fact orphans taken during the
war to be adopted by American parents. There was a plethora of reasons for choosing the topic of
neonatal care for our project. One of the most defining was that my entire group had some form
of background on premature births; in fact, one of them was a prematurely born baby! Another
reason was that we are all nursing majors, so that in itself was a driving factor.
The most challenging part of the project though, is separating the good sources from the
great sources. Specifically, there was a scientific journal I came across that talked a lot about a
specific part of neonatal care; however, there was a small caveat. The article was held in a rather
untrustworthy database, and as such I struggled with deciding to use the information given. In
the end, I decided to forgo the article in exchange for another more reliable source. As such, my
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progress on the project is at a bit of a snails pace; despite that, if the tortoise and the hare are
anything to go by, I can relax knowing the finished product will be excellent.