PartI
- Younger Sister Dana Laundry & Brother Lyle Laundry because she needs to do it every second, Lyle because he is annoying Just Do it before mom yells, Lyle she just yells at him.
- Older Adolescent Brother Lyle Sister Dana & Everything Dana tells on me, everything He takes Ritilin.
- Parent Mom 7/4/96 & 12/8/06-07 adams heart transplants Possible death you do what you gotta do.
- Teacher Going To Classes & Getting all the work done for all the classes Takes up time when i would could be doing something else Mannage Time wisely. use agenda & Makes to do list.
The Personal Stress Chart pinpoints where i have major sress the two top choices are Living up to teachers expectations & Having too much to do. the reason i chose those two is because before the Second heart transplant i was smart in the scientific field biology was easy and i began having interest in Physics (Quote: Blog on Science at http://adamhopf13.blogspot.com/ i was the second smartest student and got 75, 88, 95 &100s on my tests & quizes, the following year (Sophomore year) i was placed in Earth Science Mr. Hill we had the lake majesty lab i use a technique from Bio to using starch to check for the presence of Iodine in the water he never seen a technique or ever seen one used before weeks later after the compleation of the lab i was immitted into childrens hospital months later on 12/8/06 i had my second heart transplant i was on in the ICU and placed on ecmo (Extra Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) for the second time in my life 1 our of 3 people put on Ecmo can be taken off and live being on Ecmo can cause brain damage im now back in lunenburg as a Junior and can see the damaging effects of Ecmo at first hand i have a hard time remembering things even material in class im again in Mrs. Gearins class but not as smart as before in Bio so its harder living up to her expectations with the memory loss she occasionally says i can do better but i dont think she understands that i lost my ability to remember material from years ago and im trying my hardest. this brings me to the second stressor Having too much to do i get very, very stressed when i have multiple homework assignments due the same day just the other day i had Horticulture homework & horticulture test, math & math makeup, History & History test makeup, english vocab & notecards, also including my brother has basketball from 3:30-8:30pm, the kitchen needs to be clean & my computer is slow i hate my computer i hate it and im afraid that ill forget an assignment with the memory loss.
PartII
Stressors Journal
- Date 2/6/08, last period history. I have had enough with the way the history teachers are teaching the class the material presented to us this semester is beyond our understanding so i have decided to take charge, gather my friends and stage a Coup. i get headaches, i plan to stage a coup tomarrow 2/7/08 and hope a resolution is met. Eustress, Positive stress because it is making me become a leader and help no only myself but others in my class.
- Date 2/7/08, first thing in the morning. i got off the bus still frusterated about history i gather my friends that had the hardest time understanding the material and the 4 of us headed to the history room. i was the voice of the Coup i explained the problem and a resolution was met and the current material will be dropped. Hot Flashes, i went ahead with my Coup and explained in a calm assertive way. A Coup to help me and my classmates. Eustress because it help me explain the problems with the material thus resulting in it neing dropped.
- Date 2/10/08, at home. I hate my computer it's like a dinosaur it belongs extinct i hate i it cause so much stress when im on it because its so slow and FREEZES up 90% of the time. headaches, sadness, Swear at the computer spend less time on the computer or open less aplications to minimize how many times its freezes. Distress because i can never get my work done half the time my family blames me fore it being slow because i uploaded two programs to eliminate spyware & virus's.
