Shh!

            I have many questions in life. Here’s one. Why do people, in hopes of making a loud room of talkative individuals quiet, make a simple “Shh” noise? To our minds, or at least mine anyway, this would be a total oxymoron. It is like fighting fire with fire. As most people would understand, a fire plus a fire equals a bigger fire. However, this is not true in this case. When people hear this instinctive and distinctive utterance, they realize, through careful years of training, that they should cease talking.

You see, that is just it. We are trained to understand what people mean when the utter a simple “Shh.” If you do recall, as a child you were taught what this noise means. Since then, with every time you have heard this noise, it has been reinforced in your mind.

This same idea can be observed in a classroom. The children will be chatting with their friends about the weekend, but when they hear a bell or signal that releases them, without cessation, they will rush out the door. Why? It is because children are trained daily by the person operating the bell. Like the simple vocal oust I talked about earlier, the bell causes us to act according to what we have been trained to do. Hopefully, this blog has not made you feel a deep sense of paranoia (that I honestly might be feeling while writing this), but I hope I have brought this strange phenomenon to your attention.

Here's a clip illustrating what I'm talking about courtesy of YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlv7Bp-L2MM

PT For Me

            As this blog has been designated to talk about my research paper’s topic, it will. Since I am currently a high school student while writing this, I do not have a concrete career that I will definitely pursue. However, I have narrowed my choice to a few areas, one of them being physical therapy. For those who do not know, physical therapists help with the physical rehabilitation of patients after an injury or surgery.

            There are many reasons why I have chosen this career as a possibility. One of these is that around eleven years old, I had surgery to repair a herniated disc in my spine. As you can imagine, I had to get through quite a few sessions of physical therapy because of it. Like other children at this age, I was vulnerable to the world around me. During these sessions with educated and kind people, I found that physical therapy might be a great field of study to go into after high school. Also, besides my emotional ties to the career, I feel that the benefits and pay will be an excellent plus to my life.   

            My research paper will be exploring physical therapy as a career. In the paper, I will explain the odds and ends of my future career. For example, I will explain the work situations of the career such as the difference between working in a hospital environment and in an out-patient environment. Also, in my report, I plan to explain some facts of particular characteristics of the job while offering support from credible therapists. Lastly, I plan on discussing current discoveries and events relating to physical therapy.

            Through my report, I plan on sharing not only about the career itself, but reasons why it is right for me to look forward to.

Image Courtesy of http://professional-physical-therapy.com/treatment-services.php