Thursday, September 30, 2010

About Me

Who am I?

Hello, my name is Tabatha Mullins. I am eighteen years old and currently enrolled in a local community college in Ohio. I want to become a nurse. I chose this profession because I want to make something with my life. In addition, I am a huge animal lover; my reason for writing this blog. In America, people have become obsessed with factory farming. I want to look at the alternatives to this horrible choice. My picture is important to this blog because it shows just one of the innocent animals effected by factory farming.

What do I know?
  • I know some about the horrible conditions animals live in due to factory farming. 
  • A lot of animals have consequenses that they have to deal with for the rest of their life. For instance, the animals have such little room that they can not even stand up. Therefore, they lose function in their legs from not being able to move them.
  • In factory farms, animals are give chemicals and hormones that are horrible for their health and ours.
What do I not know?
  • I don't know about a lot of alternatives out there, or what we can do to stop factory farming.
  • I do not know about all of the conditions, or what each factory farm does to uphold certain standards.
  • When the animals are given the hormones and chemicals, I do not know exactly what they are for, or what they are called.
  • I do not know all of the different kinds of animals that are in factory farms. For example, a dairy cow.
What do I want to learn?
  • I want to learn about more alternatives to factory farming and what I can do to get what I think out there.
  • I want to learn more about what I can do help.
  • I want to see what other kinds of diets there are to stray away from eating factory farm meats.
  • I want to learn more about the chemicals and hormones the animals are given and the side effects of them.
  • I want to learn what other people think about factory farming and want to hear what they know.
What are interesting facts about me?
  • I love playing card games when I have nothing to do. In person or online, http://www.pogo.com/. Card games that are my favorite are euchre and phase ten.
  • I also love being outdoors. I like taking walks outside or taking a bike ride along with my dog.
  • I work part-time at a nursing home as a STNA, State Tested Nurse Aide, as well as being a full-time student. It will help me a lot in my nursing carrer as I get older. I get a lot of different experiences and meet a lot of interesting people.