Padlet Blog - Sahar Qurbani by Sahar Qurbani https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz ENGL 2000 - 008 en-us 2021-08-24 01:16:10 UTC 2025-07-31 17:01:59 UTC hello@padlet.com squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1692609199 Hello Everyone!

I'm Sahar, and I am a sophomore majoring in Psychology here at Stan State. My career goal is to become a Marriage and Family Therapist (MFT), being that I have always been a huge advocate in helping others, along with bringing awareness to mental health. I currently work as a receptionist and medical assistant at a local chiropractic office, as well as being an academic mentor for the Freshman Success Program here at Stan! Some of my favorite hobbies include traveling, working out, spending time with family, watching my favorite shows/movies, and reading. My top two favorite shows are Grey's Anatomy and The Office! 

Thinking about sustainability, it can allow us as a society to be in tact with our lives, and finding ways to improve our lives in general. Whether this be a small act of kindness, or helping one another, we all live sustainably in a way. Personally, I have given back and partnered with many organizations that give food and water to the homeless, as well as donating clothes to my local Good Will. We all benefit from sustainability as it helps us improve our lives and the lives of others.

Information literacy encourages creative and critical thinking. We use information literacy to learn and gain knowledge. It helps us use sources in our work, as well as using these sources to input in our everyday lives. There are many forms of information literacy, these can be books, articles, magazines, social media, etc.

Going into this course, I would love to learn and obtain knowledge in these topics. As well as being creative and use critical thinking skills in my writing. The effects these topics have on not only our writing but our thinking and decision making in general is all very interesting to me, and is something I would love to indulge in more!

Looking forward to a great semester with you all!:)]]> 2021-08-24 02:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1692609199 Topic Proposal squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1701764457 The general importance of mental health continues to rise. It is an ongoing pandemic that tends to effect students, specifically low-income students, as they grow into this society. Along with this, the background and upbringing of many can be a leading factor into this health crisis. 

For my topic proposal, I have chosen to bring awareness about how coming from a low-income/poverty family affects the mental health of students in the United States. This topic falls under the pillar of social sustainability. 

This sensitive topic has developed and changed over many years. It has evolved overtime, as more lower income students are being bullied about it, needing extra one-on-one attendance, attending school late, not completing assignments, failing, or not attending school at all. Over time, the education system has unfortunately failed our students who are battling mental health issues, and we are continuing to see students not get the help they deserve, not doing well in school, harming themselves,  even ending their life. 

This research is extremely important, as we can continue to bring awareness to mental health, as well as find resources for the lower income families to help get the support students need in order to achieve a better education and life in general. This can help create social sustainability by ending the ongoing and sad stigma around this subject. Being that my mother works with high school students one-on-one as a support system for matters like this, it is very important to me. Visiting her at work and talking to the students she works with makes me realize how serious this issue is. This research is crucial, as it can help one and maybe many.

As I continue my research, I am hopeful to learn and gain knowledge about effective and beneficial ways to help students just like us dealing with these issues, as they are not alone. Also finding ways I myself can help these students. We can encourage others to speak to someone, to create a healthy relationship and increase communication skills. In order to maintain social sustainability, and sustainability in general, we all must work together to create a safer and uplifting environment. ]]> 2021-08-28 06:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1701764457 Week 3 Blog Post squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1720458498 For our blog post this week, I have chosen to analyze the article, "Everyone Is Tired of Always Staying Silent" by Julia Lurie, published by Mother Jones. The authors purpose is to bring awareness to the poorly treated immigrant workers, as well as expressing how these hard-workers are hesitant to speak their truth about the industry they work in. This article is about the story of Veronica Perez, an essential worker for a nut-packing company, Primex Farms. After working as an essential worker for 25 years since coming to the U.S. from Mexico, she finally led a strike at Primex Farms. Not only was she fighting for her own rights and safety, but for her co-workers, and other essential workers in the agricultural industry as well. Throughout the article, we read how poorly the essential farm workers are being treated, especially during the life-threatening COVID-19 pandemic. The workers in these facilities were contracting the deadly virus, while still being told to come into work. While employees were mandating to wear masks and take safety precautions, the companies where telling them "No," and to keep quiet. While employees are testing positive for COVID, the facilities have constantly failed their hard-workers, making them come into work while it was unsafe, as well as putting them in danger and brining it home to their families, and not telling them who has been infected at their job. The rhetorical device that I immediately sensed while reading this article is pathos. Coming from a brown household with two immigrant parents, grandparents, and ancestors, this article definitely spoke to me. Lurie used effective communication through the stories of these hard-workers, expressing what they went through and the hardships they faced. "Barely 5 feet tall, with an often-furrowed brow and a quiet voice, Perez never imagined herself becoming a labor organizer. 'I’m not the loudest,' she admits, speaking through a translator. 'I believe the message can be better communicated with control and poise.'" Another quote would be, "'People are scared to say anything—or they take it like it’s a common cold, and they continue going to work,' says a 46-year-old I’ll call Esperanza, who works at a nursery near Oxnard. The nursery wouldn’t give out masks, and her co-workers came in sick, knowing they wouldn’t get paid if they stayed home." They are scared to tell their truth due to the detrimental obstacles they could face with being ignored, or even fired. These essential workers have been failed numerous times by their companies, with unfair pay, benefits, hours, etc. The fact that these workers were not being informed about close cases and being told to come into work infuriates me as the granddaughter of extremely hardworking immigrant essential workers. These stories majorly helped the author improve her argument because it can have a deep connection with her audience as it did with me. 

Using Information Literacy Framework, author Julia Lurie has authority by sharing these stories and the article as a whole bringing awareness to these workers and the way the are being treated. She gives multiple examples, images, and creates a connection with her audience, making us feel these stories. The value of the given information is extremely touching, and can help inspire someone going through the same situation to speak their truth and express their emotions. This can create an ongoing conversation by bringing more and more awareness to these essential workers and other essential workers working in different fields. This article is helpful, as it an be used for further research on this situation as well as how the pandemic has affected so many people including these workers. ]]> 2021-09-07 02:01:03 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1720458498 Rhetorical Analysis Rough Draft squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1761426102 2021-09-23 00:24:29 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1761426102 Week 7 - Potential Research Question and Audiences squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1795346312 Topic: How poverty/coming from a low-income family effects the mental health of children and adolescents in the U.S.
Purpose: To inform, encourage, bring awareness to, and further educate into the effects poverty has on students (children and adolescents)
Potential audiences who can impact change: Parents, teachers, mental health specialists
Research Question: What are the factors that effect the ability of children and adolescents in poverty/low-income households to have a balanced mental well-being?
What my audience knows about this topic: My audience is aware of the dangers poverty has on the mental well being of students, as well as knowing the stigma society puts on students that come from a low-income home
What questions I have: Without thinking about your home/financial situation, have mental health obstacles effected you personally? If so, in what ways did they affect you? (ex: became more anxious, stressed, lack of confidence, did poorly in school, etc.) ]]> 2021-10-06 04:31:25 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1795346312 Week 9 - Library Research squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1829109722 What Your Research Question Is: What are the factors that affect the ability of children and adolescents in poverty/low-income households to have a balanced mental well-being in California?
What Key Words You Used To Search: "poverty," "mental health," "effects"
What Filters You Used In Your Search: language, put subject to mental health and poverty, year of publication 2017-2021
How Did You Select The Sources You Decided To Read: I selected the sources by first reading the abstract, making sure it would benefit my letter. Also making sure it has the correct information correlating to my topic of research
What Questions Do You Still Have About Searching: About how far back can we take our research? Does it have to be from a specific year?
]]> 2021-10-20 02:35:10 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1829109722 Week 9 - Library Reading squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1829167010 Share Your Strategy For Reading: I would first pre read and skip the source. I would pay attention to the titles to make sure it is correlated with my topic, then read it aloud to make sure I can fully understand what I am reading
What Was Difficult About The Reading Process: I personally did not find as difficult as I thought it would be. I did have some difficulties understanding the vocabulary and how the sentences were framed, but I overall enjoyed reading the information and found it to be really beneficial.
What Helped: Definitely having to re-read it a few times and reading it out loud helped me better understand what I was reading
What Questions Do You Still Have About The Reading: None at the moment]]> 2021-10-20 02:58:35 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1829167010 Week 11 - Conformation Bias squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1860186257 Narrative About My Topic: According to the narrative surrounding my issue, I have found in research that in California, children in low income/poverty household situations are more likely to struggle with an unbalanced mental well being, affecting mental health and their future. The antithesis about this tough issue is research has shown that families are not familiar where to find resources to help their children and their mental health, who are also unaware of help, with statistics showing the hard facing numbers of factors that are rising because of children with mental illnesses in low income households.
The Counter Narrative: My counter argument is that insurance companies, counties, and school districts should establish special programs, resources, and curriculums that provide young students with opportunities to succeed and improve their education and well being.
How This Counter-Narrative Can Help Solve The Problem: My counter narrative can help solve the issue I am spreading awareness about by this being something students should not have to worry about, rather it be a given. Having special programs, classes, and interventions for struggling students is key, along with them having direct access to a school psychologist every week, every other week, or monthly if needed, will help slow this ongoing situation and bring ease to children facing mental difficulties, making sure they know they are not alone and they will get the help they need and deserve.]]> 2021-11-02 01:02:39 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1860186257 Essay #2 Rough Draft squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1876917367 2021-11-09 02:09:20 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1876917367 Week 14 - Murder Rhetorically Speaking squrbani1 https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1919461485 The genre I chose to write about this week is a coroners report. The audience for this genre is usually the public/appropriative interests.

The subjects name is Karen Zandarski. She is a caucasian female, is in her early thirties, about five feet, five inches tall and 150 pounds; she has brown eyes and shoulder-length red hair. She has dimples on both sides of her cheeks, and a 1.5 inch scar on her left bicep.

After post-mortem evaluation, it can be seen that Miss Karen Zandarski was fatally murdered by electrocution near her laptop, on Thursday, October 2, 2017 at 1:55 P.M. at an undisclosed location in Modesto, California. The electrocution caused shock to her body, creating and damaging nerves in her brain and body. The shock had spiked from her anterior lumbo-sacral area, then spreading directly to her brain. The fatal blow appeared to be caused by a bursted water pipe, causing electrocution in the wall outlets when charging her laptop.  ]]> 2021-11-30 03:08:28 UTC https://padlet.com/squrbani1/ezza0dcd5kjozpnz/wish/1919461485