Everett's English Blog

The most compelling issue was illegal immigration. It's very important in this project because it is the main focus on what our topic is talking about. Border control's job is to ration the immigrants trying to come in. There are many stories of people trying to come into the U.S., but may experience some issues either at the border, or way before they even make it to the border like in "Keep out!". Today we worked and collaborated in our group working on 2 papers. We had to pick the best 7 sources out of all of them, then we had to give some evidence and quote something from each source and put in on the paper. I enjoyed working in the group today because I got to hear more ideas, not just information I had to come up with on my own.

Working on the annotated bibliography has provided me with a lot of information that I wasn't aware about on border control and immigration. Getting to see and read all these different sources, coming from different people and their experiences or beliefs puts an impact on my opinion about the topic. The sources I chose make me feel more hatred towards border security and immigration policies.  Today we worked on our annotated bibliography in class. I got a good bit of progress done, and now that I know how to do each source, it should go by quicker and quicker.

Evaluation was the hardest because it really makes you dig deep on the author and how the source compares to others in the bibliography. I overcame that by honestly, just getting in a groove of doing it. Today we started working on our annotated bibliography on writable. I also had to finish my source document. I liked that we learned and got walked through how to write an annotated bibliography. It is very helpful to look over and see what I need to do in order to have a nice bibliography.

 Some perspectives between sources were mostly varying between the U.S. Government ideas, and news analysts. There weren't many views or opinions from immigrants and regular citizens about the topics. I'd like to hear what they have to say on border control and immigration in the U.S., but I wasn't given any of that through the searches. I wasn't here today due to a golf tournament.

It's different than searching for stuff in the past because of how easy it makes it to find exactly what you're looking for. You can "advanced search", you can select the types of source you want it to be (news, academic journal, etc). Using specific search strategies will get you proper information, and exactly what you need. Trusting sources as well.  Today we went on galileo to find some sources that matched our topic. It was a little frustrating using galileo to find some sources because there would be times where the search results would be nothing close to what I was looking for. But when that didn't happen, everything was moving smoothly.

Trump is using Israel and Iran to distract people while the elephant and ICE agent destroy society, government, and the economy in the U.S. It shows that the damage is happening at home while everyone is looking away. Today we went on writable to look at how to properly source documents. I learned and got better at skimming through readings.

Galileo has so many different steps, options, and search settings. While google only lets you search what u are hoping to find.  Galileo will GIVE you what you need. Using a search phrase will give more accurate results, and results that relate to what you're searching for that may be helpful. Today we did more research for our research project. I liked working with my group, sharing our ideas.

This topic is difficult to answer for me because I don't really have a complete thought or something to stand with because I don't know what's right or wrong. One perspective is the mixed status families. One day they could be living just fine, but the next day the mother could be taken away. Another viewpoint are the actual immigrants. They just want to live safely and peacefully. They moved for a reason whether it be because of a natural disaster, violence, or poverty. Today we took a common knowledge quiz. After that we got put into groups for our research project. We got assigned a prompt, and had to complete a few tasks on a worksheet. I'm looking forward to this research project. Should be interesting and I'll definitely be learning something.

Some issues I've had in the past research projects have been not finding reliable sources. Some sources have the wrong information, but I wouldn't know. I've overcome that by either asking classmates what source they used, or just diggning deeper in the google search until I find a trustworthy source. Today we did a commonlit. My reading comprehension skills improved.

My perfect spring break would be to rent a lake house in the mountains, playing at nice golf courses everyday. Then once I'm done golfing, go out on the lake and start fishing til it gets dark. Some nights we'd go out to eat at fancy restaurants, other nights we might just order a pizza and watch movies. I would go with 3 other friends, and have the time of our lives. Didn't have your class today.

Since Alex was in complete isolation, he had no one to help him when he needed it the most. You never know what you're getting into when you're in the wilderness, so it's always a great idea to go with another person. But he didn't want that. One similar experience I've had is that I wanted complete independence on a history project because my group members didn't want to help, and if they tried to do something, they would just mess it up. But I didn't realize what I got into. There was more work than I thought, and I realized I needed help to finish before the turn-in deadline hit. It ended up being late, and I felt bad and wrong for not even giving them a chance. Today we finished reading Into The Wild, AND we finished the movie version of it. Then we answered question 4 on a worksheet we got. I really liked the book and movie. At first I thought the book was a little weird because of how out of order it was. But then I realized there was a purpose for tha...