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Khin Fabrizi

Assignment #1 p.80


 * "My case of the flu"**

Around mid-February I could tell I was coming down with the flu. First of all, I was feeling tired and weak. My muscles ached, and I was light-headed. I also had a slight fever. The weather didn't help either. It was a cold, dark, wintery spell in February. I was traveling to school and was exposed to the cold air when I was walking up the hill to my classes. Also, I was around others who were sick, like me. Second, I had a sore throat. It started as a slight allergy throat to a full sore throat in just a day. I stayed home and couldn't go to school. I was very tired and felt weak. I hardly got out of bed. Finally, my whole body ached. All I could do was to lay in bed. I missed from a couple of days of school to a whole week. It was miserable. I was coughing and sneezing a lot. I missed a lot of school because of the flu. My early symptoms made it clear that I was getting the flu. Being sick with the flu is no fun at all.

Assignment #3 p. 82


 * "Dealing With Stress"**

Stress in my life takes many forms, and is present everywhere. First of all, there is a lot of stress at school. Two years ago when I was a senior in high school, I had to do senior project, which was a graduation requirement. There were many steps to the project. I ended up falling behind on some of the steps. I also changed my topic twice. I struggled to get things done on time. Finding a mentor was also difficult. I had to make calls and emails, all on my own. Along with senior project, which was an added graduation requirement on top of everything else seniors had on their plates, I had to make up several credits which I needed in order to graduate. I was taking two math classes, and had to do tutoring for biology and freshman english so I could graduate. There was a lot that I needed to complete. Also, last spring at CCRI I got sick for a whole week and fell behind on work. There was already a lot of work I needed to catch up on, so I ended up taking incompletes for all my classes. Second, there is stress at home as well. Finding a mentor for my senior project was very hard. It had to be done at home, on my own time. I procrastinated a lot and needed help from my Mom. This put added stress on her, since she helped me to find a mentor and get me to and from my fieldwork site. I had to do fieldwork too, most of which was done at the last minute, along with my research paper, which was on me at that point. In addition to my senior project, there were also chores that needed to be done, and tons of homework. I had a lot on my plate. Finally, there is much stress at work. when I was a junior in high school, I had a summer job in the Cranston Highway Division. Long days, working the heat of July were exhausting. I also had a job in a music store in tenth grade. That was very demanding. I had to work in the stockroom, fix guitars and deal with customers. Stress is present everywhere - at school, at home, and at work, and is something I have had to deal with.