Welcome to the Oravetz, Johnson, and Meah lab!

Today's sessions were very productive! Everyone introduced themselves with the game "Two truths and a lie." The lab certainly had fun with that. From there, we began discussing the topic. More specifically, we discussed the nature of a just government, a just government's obligations to its people, and why health care is integral to those obligations. In the middle of this discussion, Mr. Sykes took us to get our ID cards. Upon returning, we explored the different positions offered by the multiple definitions of the word provide. Does provide, mean that the government is directly giving medications to people or does it subsidize markets to make healthcare available that wouldn't otherwise be? Eventually, we finished our preliminary talk on the topic and did some note taking drills. Gary and Josh read cases at increasing speed and Ms. Oravetz read playing cards. We collected the papers to analyze the notes to see if everyone was jotting down what they should. Thereafter, the lab went over effective note taking strategies such as strategic shorthand and appropriate organization. At the end of lab, everyone was pumped! The lab was excited to begin researching. The introductory lab sessions were a great success! It was apparent that everyone left with great ideas and we all look forward to our next discussion.