Research Notes Sources should be found based on NEED and PURPOSE 1) Need – based on where you cannot fill in the ideas yourself 2) Purpose – Understanding what type of source will best fit my explanation Types of Sources: Usually based on fact or opinion What level of source do I need? -Primary Source: Something first-hand created DURING the time/study Ex. Live video/recordings, specific documents (or exact copies), autobiographies/diaries/memoirs, direct/unedited speeches, newspapers, journal articles, artifacts, photographs, art -Secondary Source: Reviewing or Commenting on a first-hand experience AFTER the fact, using HINDSIGHT, INTERPRETATION (commentary and discussion) of others (ideas, data, etc) Ex. Textbooks (depending on author), biographies, analyses, magazine/newspaper articles, dictionaries/encyclopedias -Tertiary Sources: compiled ideas of primary and secondary sources, COLLECTIONS -Ex. Almanacs, textbooks, fact books, chronologies, biographies Example of P/S/T: Primary would be autobiography (writing it yourself), becomes secondary when someone else writes about you and you work with them, becomes tertiary when the writer has to compile info because you’re either gone or unwilling to work with the author “Finding the Giggling Baby” – Diversifying our sources in terms of how much “control” we need to have in their explanation. The further away from “obvious” we get, the more explanation we need! 1) “Obvious” – We use sources that are difficult to own because we feel they are self-explanatory. Even though it’s tough to explain, we MUST make it refer back to our thesis Ex. 2) “Reach” – We have a source that is not clear (or maybe vaguely clear) to the audience, but with time and explanation makes perfect sense to them 3) “Finding the Giggling Baby” aka “Stretch” – Makes little to no sense on its own, but with clear, detailed explanation it creates a serious bond between you and audience (we end up seeing things the same way!) Assignment: Health Insurance and Quality Imagine that you are the clinic manager of an urgent care center. Recently, your center has seen an increase in complaints regarding long wait times, inadequate or incomplete information from staff during visits, and the relatively small number of insurance types accepted at the facility. · Write a 3-4-page paper in which you: 1. Examine at least three (3) examples of quality initiatives that could increase patient satisfaction and potentially reduce healthcare cost. Support your response with examples of the successful application your chosen quality initiatives. 2. Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or Medicaid as potential pay sources for your urgent care center. Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate your position. 3. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. · Assignment must follow these formatting requirements: · · Be typed, double s.

1. Research Notes
Sources should be found based on NEED and PURPOSE
1) Need – based on where you cannot fill in the ideas yourself
2) Purpose – Understanding what type of source will best fit my
explanation
Types of Sources: Usually based on fact or opinion
What level of source do I need?
-Primary Source: Something first-hand created DURING
the time/study
Ex. Live video/recordings, specific documents (or exact copies),
autobiographies/diaries/memoirs, direct/unedited speeches,
newspapers, journal articles, artifacts, photographs, art
-Secondary Source: Reviewing or Commenting on a first-hand
experience AFTER the fact, using HINDSIGHT,
INTERPRETATION (commentary and discussion) of others
(ideas, data, etc)
Ex. Textbooks (depending on author), biographies, analyses,
magazine/newspaper articles, dictionaries/encyclopedias
-Tertiary Sources: compiled ideas of primary and
secondary sources, COLLECTIONS
-Ex. Almanacs, textbooks, fact books, chronologies, biographies
Example of P/S/T: Primary would be autobiography (writing it
yourself), becomes secondary when someone else writes about
you and you work with them, becomes tertiary when the writer
has to compile info because you’re either gone or unwilling to
work with the author
“Finding the Giggling Baby” – Diversifying our sources in
terms of how much “control” we need to have in their
explanation. The further away from “obvious” we get, the more
explanation we need!

2. 1) “Obvious” – We use sources that are difficult to own because
we feel they are self-explanatory. Even though it’s tough to
explain, we MUST make it refer back to our thesis Ex.
2) “Reach” – We have a source that is not clear (or maybe
vaguely clear) to the audience, but with time and explanation
makes perfect sense to them
3) “Finding the Giggling Baby” aka “Stretch” – Makes little to
no sense on its own, but with clear, detailed explanation it
creates a serious bond between you and audience (we end up
seeing things the same way!)
Assignment: Health Insurance and Quality
Imagine that you are the clinic manager of an urgent care
center. Recently, your center has seen an increase in complaints
regarding long wait times, inadequate or incomplete information
from staff during visits, and the relatively small number of
insurance types accepted at the facility.
· Write a 3-4-page paper in which you:
1. Examine at least three (3) examples of quality initiatives that
could increase patient satisfaction and potentially reduce
healthcare cost. Support your response with examples of the
successful application your chosen quality initiatives.
2. Defend your position on the decision to accept Medicare or
Medicaid as potential pay sources for your urgent care center.
Provide support with at least two (2) examples that illustrate
your position.
3. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and
other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
· Assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
·
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size
12), with one-inch margins on all sides, citations.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment,

3. and a reference page. The cover page and the reference page are
not included in the required assignment page length.
· The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
·
· Analyze the impact of healthcare financing and health
insurance on healthcare access, quality, and cost.
· Determine the factors that affect healthcare quality in
healthcare organizations.
·
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in
healthcare policy, law, and ethics.
· Write clearly and concisely about healthcare policy and law
using proper writing mechanics and no plagiarism.
Surname 2
Grace M. Roman
Thomas Schaefer
ENL 102-06
October 30, 2018
“To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure” Caroline Paul
Issue & background information
The speech delivered by Caroline Paul centered the theme of
discussion on bravely. She opened her speech by narrating her
own story in order to address the audience about the attributes
of being brave. According to her sentiments, bravely calls upon
resilience, getting out of the comfort zone and then finding
personal confidence. With such attributes, then indeed one will
be able to achieve her set goals and objectives. In addressing

4. the issue of bravery in the girl-child, he uses her story
experience as a firefighter in order to show the perspective of
the world towards the girl-child. The female gender has been
defined to lack bravery and is termed as timid and hopeless.
According to her speech, we learn that the girl-child is always
fragile and needs to be warned about some physical incidences.
Discussion
A brave woman always surprises the world as seen from the
incidence of firefighting. The concept of parents warning girls
from taking risks has instilled fear in them hence growing with
a perspective of being timid and hopeless within the society.
For the girls to grow as brave individuals in the society,
Caroline asserts that they need to be encouraged on having
adventures and taking risks as boys do. According to her
speech, bravery is learned and should be practiced. It is the
mandate of the parents to encourage girls to be brave. They
should stop cautioning them about some of the risks that instill
fear in them. Instead, they should encourage them to be brave in
order to face the future with bravery.
Furthering the conversation
Based on the speech, it is clear that bravely requires courage.
The sentiments of the author can be supported in that bravery
can be learned through practice. Practice instills courage and
takes away fear. It is through risky behaviors that we get to be
courageous to face some of the difficult situations in life. Some
of the jobs are very challenging, and it is through them that we
can achieve some of the life goals due to the experience that we
gain. Caroline has practiced many adventures, and it is through
them that she has learned how to be healthy and brave in life.
The world today has posed challenges that requires bravery.
However, not only girls should be considered under this
situation of bravery but also the boy child. Exclusion of one
gender creates biases. Gender equality is always encouraged and
to achieve that, the author should consider engaging the boy
child within the speech. Here, we find that there are difficulties
that a boy child goes through and are similar to the ones the girl

5. child.
Neglecting one gender in this speech is discouraging, and the
author should have engaged both genders within the
conversation. The question for the speech could be, how will
the boy child be encouraged when faced with demeaning
situations? To answer that, precise observation of the behavior
of the boy child is required in order to address the challenges.
Therefore, it can be elucidated that the bravery of a child can be
improved by exposing the child to various adventures, guidance,
and activities that would strengthen the will of the child. This
concept meant to instill resilience and confidence in the child.
Discussing about the essence of being bravery, it is worth
noting that not only bravery is the root cause for women who
rise to be recognized within the society but also other traits that
defined the behavioral characters of the person. Girls need to be
taught other values besides being bravery. The concepts of self-
respect and self-esteem have an adverse impact on the way
people will be able to interact with other and associate well
with them. The girl-child should be willing to go through
hardships that strengthens her confidence. The corporate world
today has based more focus on mentoring the girl child only.
Sooner or later, it will be evident that the boy child needs also
to be counsel on matters discipline. Without discipline, it will
be difficult for everyone to associate well. Additionally, as
Caroline’s put it across, parents should exercise being brave in
order to motivate their children to always exercise bravery. The
fact that we are morally upright encourages the children’s to
emulate their parents. Therefore, there is a need of ensuring that
we do not only focus on how to ensure girls are taught how to
be brave, but also ensure they are taught on how to behave. To
sum up, it can be alluded that there are various ways that can be
employed in order to ensure girls grow up as brave children.
The aspect of being mimicked and considered as weak being

6. should be dealt with since bravely calls upon resilience and
getting out of the comfort zone as well as finding personal
confidence. The society needs to recognize the girl child and
that will ensure that they grow up being brave.
Reference
Graziano, Anthony M., et al. "Self-control instruction for
children's fear-reduction." Journal of Behavior Therapy and
Experimental Psychiatry 10.3 (1979): 221-227.
ENL 102
Taking a Look at Content
ESSAY # 2
One of our biggest concerns with research, media, etc. isn’t just
where we receive the content from, but should we listen! Even
though these ideas are strong and even compelling, are they
worth our time? Quite often, because we are so strapped for
time, we take things at face value and never ask tough
questions. Our surface-level thinking may work for a small
period of time, but eventually we will need to be critical
thinkers who are responsible for others! Because of this, we
must learn to assess a situation, evaluate what is truly
happening, and decide on how to respond.
The Essay: In this essay, you will watch one of the five videos
from your list, summarize the idea of the content (for yourself),
and respond to the message by entering and continuing the
conversation! Here are the steps:
• Define the issue. Provide background information on your

7. subject for your readers through clear, brief summary and
establishment of fact.
• Take a clear position on your topic based on qualitative
information. What has the author said to engage in you into the
conversation, where do you wish to go with it, and how do you
plan on furthering the conversation?
• Support your argument with logical, authoritative, and
carefully chosen emotional appeals. Your points must have
depth! Your sources must have credibility and legitimacy in a
variety of forms and formats.
• Acknowledge an opposing view and refute it. Attempt to
branch the conversation rather than walk linearly.
• You need to also maintain an appropriate tone throughout your
essay. Gaining your readers’ confidence and respect is the best
way to convert them to your viewpoint.
Hints: Make sure that your stance isn’t too broad. Specificity
with what they say leads to an ability to understand what you
say and why you’re saying it
Have a thesis statement. You need a sentence, potentially more,
that gives us a direction with your attempt to enter and further
the conversation. What do you think of what they’re trying to
say? Why? Where can you realistically take that?
I’m interested in your writing and have no partiality towards
your stance or viewpoint, but remember that things like
audience awareness and appropriate conversation skills are
needed. Research isn’t meant to simply end an idea once and for
all! It is meant to further discovery and allow growth of a
concept! Truth and facts are two different things!
Some ideas:
1) Watch your video multiple times and take notes, just as you
would with any reading
2) Don’t create an opinion on the subject matter until you’ve
listened and watched a number of times
3) Find quotes or ideas that prove/disprove your opinions.
These are sometimes difficult to get if we “fall in love” with the
idea!

8. 4) Be willing to criticize no matter how well put together
something/someone seems.
Questions to ask yourself:
• Who is my audience?
• What is the issue really?
• What does my audience know about the issue?
• What is my position really?
• What is the purpose of my essay?
• How should I write my introduction to engage my readers’
attention?
• How should I arrange my arguments? From weakest to
strongest? From least to most obvious?
• What counterarguments should I mention? Where should I
include them?
Guidelines:
Proper length for this paper is 3-6 pages. Your paper must be
typed in 12-pt Times New Roman and printed out on regular
8.5x11” paper. Use 1” margins on all sides and proper MLA
formatting (includes heading, page numbers, double-spaced,
etc).
There are 4-6 outside sources necessary for this essay. These
are sources that go beyond the initial video source I have given
you! These sources should be varied and unexpected!
Consider:
1) No more than 1 “.com” type of Internet source
2) Using social media in some capacity
3) Something “digital”, meaning another video recording,
something sound related, and/or a podcast
4) Art. Either an image, something “fine”, or even a film.
5) Something “quantitative” with substantive data from a
primary source
6) A piece of government data/information
Due Dates:
Tuesday, October 9th: Outline due

9. Tuesday, October 16th: Rough Draft due
Tuesday, October 23rd: Intermediate Draft #1 due
Tuesday, October 30th: Intermediate Draft #2 due
Thursday, November 13th: Final Draft due
Initial Video choices:
1) “Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable” Luvvie Ajayi
2) “The Surprising Science of Happiness” Dan Gilbert
3) “To Raise Brave Girls, Encourage Adventure” Caroline Paul
4) “Why People Believe Weird Things” Michael Shermer
5) “How to Make Stress Your Friend” Kelly McGonigal
Some recommended steps:
Watch them all
Summarize “briefly” and identify a succinct, fair thesis
Form an opinion after watching and taking notes multiple times
Remember that direct response is helpful to enter a
conversation, but to continue we must deviate the intention!