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Unit VII Journal
Instructions
Instructions
In this unit, we have taken a closer look at writing as a craft. We have revisited the writing process and methods for invention, we have examined informal logical fallacies, and we have discussed paragraph cohesion.
For this writing, think about your past experiences with writing (which may include the experiences you have had in this course). What advice about writing did you find most helpful? Why? Please explain the context that led to this advice. You may also tell more than one story about your writing experiences.
The objective of your reflection is to consider the advice of other writers and how we can always improve our writing by listening to others. Further, you are sharing that advice with your reader by reflecting upon the experience.
Remember, as always, that this writing should be a positive and constructive experience. The idea is that you reflect upon the process so that you understand it, understand yourself as a new student writer, and understand the challenges and successes you experience.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.
Unit VII Assignment
ATTACHED IS MY ESSAY WITH NOTES FROM THE PROFESSOR
Instructions
The Body Revision
Follow the directions below for the completion of the body paragraphs revision assignment for Unit VII. If you have questions, please email your professor for assistance.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to revise the body of your academic argumentative research paper, which you created a draft of in Unit VI.
Description: In this assignment, you will revise the three to four body paragraphs you wrote in Unit VI. The following requirements must be included in the assignment:
Body Paragraphs: You will revise the body section of your paper based on feedback received from your professor in Unit VI. Please review
here
the guidelines for the body section of your research paper: This section will include three to four paragraphs comprised of five to seven sentences each. Each paragraph should be between 150-200 words. At a minimum, this portion of the paper should be 450-600 words (for three to four paragraphs); a body section of this length will meet the minimum requirements of the assignment. Revisions must be substantive and should be made in accordance with the direction given by the professor’s feedback. The following components must be included in each body paragraph (in the following order).
Sentence 1: Point/reason sentence: This topic sentence will contain one of your reasons.
Sentence 2: Explanation: In this sentence, you will provide information that further develops or explains Sentence 1.
Sentence 3: Illustration: This sentence introduces evidence that supports the reason that is presented in Sentence 1.
Sentence 4: Explanation of the illustration: Because the evidence does not necessarily stand on its own, you need to provide explanation so that the reader will understand how you interpreted the evidence to come to your reason.
Sentences 5-6: Second illustration and explanation (optional): You may choose to include a second piece of evidence that is then followed by an explanation.
Last Sentence: Transition: In this sentence, you will signal to the reader that you will be moving on to another point in the next paragraph. You do this to ease the movement from one point to another.
Example: Click here to access an example paper with body paragraphs. This is a real student example. It is not a perfect example for all grammar, syntax, or APA, though it is in very good shape. The goal of viewing this example should be to see the overall structure and content.
You may also seek out the guidance of the Success Center; the specialists are always there to assist you with your writing and comprehension.
Unit VIII Journal
Instructions
Writing a research paper is a great undertaking, and now you are at the end of the process. No doubt, you feel emboldened by your accomplishment.
As we have done throughout this course, you will be asked to reflect one last time. What did you find to be the most challenging about the process of writing this research paper? What did you find to be the easiest? What did you learn about writing in general throughout this course? What did you learn about yourself as a writer? What would you like to share in the way of advice for other students who take this course after you? Discuss how the concepts in this course can be applied to real-world situations and increase your chances of career or life success.
Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.
Unit VIII Research Paper
WHEN DOING THIS USE THE REVISED VERSION OF THE ESSAY
Instructions
Conclusion and Abstract
Follow the directions below for the completion of the conclusion and abstract assignment for Unit VIII. If you have questions, please email your professor for assistance.
Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to complete your academic argumentative research paper.
Description: In this assignment, you will first write your conclusion; then, you will write your abstract. The following components are requirements of the assignment:
- Conclusion (150-200 words):
Revisit the controversy.
Emphasize the seriousness of the controversy.
Answer the “So what?” question.
Suggest a general solution (optional).
Call for awareness/action.
Leave the reader with a final thought. - Abstract (200 words or less): For this assignment, you may not exceed 200 words.
Restatement of the controversy (one to two sentences)
Your thesis (one sentence)
Reasons (three to four sentences)
Conclusion sentence (one sentence) - Add the conclusion and abstract to the rest of your paper so that you are turning in a complete research paper. The paper should include all of the following components (in order):
Title page
Abstract
Introduction
Literature review
Body paragraphs
Conclusion
References page
Example: Click here to access a full version of the partial paper shared in the assignment instructions in Units VI and VII. This is a real student example. It is not a perfect example for all grammar, syntax, or APA, though it is in very good shape. The goal of viewing this example should be to see the overall structure and content.
You may also seek out the guidance of the Success Center; the specialists are always there to assist you with your writing and comprehension.
RunningHead: FOREIGN ADOPTION
Foreign Adoption And Why It Should be Halted
Jovan Maires
Columbia Southern University
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Your title is clear but also a little awkward. Could you come up with something pithier?
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Introduction
To date, there are millions of children all over the world who have either been abandoned
or orphaned and hence put up for adoption. Without care and access to basic needs, many of
these children have found themselves bundled in orphanages, and for the less fortunate, they
have grown up as street kids. On the other hand, the lucky ones find foster parents in faraway
lands in developed countries such as the United States of America (USA) where they stand to
benefit from better living standards. However, many individuals in the developed world may be
duped that there is a world orphan crisis (Mignot, 2015).
That is, many believe that there are millions of children in the third world countries.
Indeed, while there are orphans and abandoned children in the developing third world countries
who are needy, sick, disabled as well as traumatized, there are not the ones who get adopted.
Statistics show that those who get adopted are often healthier and less needy than those who
deserve adoption. Thus, it can be asserted that foreign adoption is not achieving its course for
finding homes for needy children in the third world countries but instead, it is helping the
families in the western countries find children (Mignot,
2015).
This therefore begs the question where the foreign babies who are adopted by the western
homes come from. Literature shows that these babies are systematically bought such that their
birth families are coerced into giving them away. For this reason, foreign adoption is mostly
fulfilling the self-interests of Western homes that need children. This can also be deduced from
the fact that some countries which have historically been the top sources for international
adoption such as Ethiopia, have implemented a moratorium on foreign adoption to save the
domestic families from this systematic kidnapping (Graff, 2009).
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Can you be more exact? How many children around the world are orphans? How many are adopted by Americans each year?
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:16:56-07:00
Why do you say “lucky”?
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:17:16-07:00
Do you mean orphans, here, rather than children?
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:17:49-07:00
Why do these couples adopt and why do they adopt overseas?
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:18:17-07:00
This could be better explained. Do you mean that poor families have a financial incentive to sell children?
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Literature Review
In relative terms, the number of incidents of foreign adoption has nearly doubled since
the 1990s. For instance, the USA recorded about 22,000 foreign adoptions in 1995 while in
2006, there were about 40,000 international adoption incidences. The top sources for these
children have been developing countries such as Belarus, Brazil, Ethiopia, Honduras, Peru, as
well as Romania. It is reasonable to assume that the essence of adoption of whatever nature is to
facilitate needy children find homes where they can get love and their basic needs attended to.
While this is true, foreign adoption seems to have become a market that is being driven by the
customers rather than the neediness of the children (Gere, Wong & Hoshmand, 2006).
Statistics show that in the U.S, families seeking foreign toddlers for adoption commit
between $15,000 to $35,000 to international adoption agencies to get children who meet their
specifications. Most families seek for healthy children and preferably younger than 5 years old.
However, there are still children with special needs or even older children who are still adopted
but at a lower cost than the younger ones. This kind of disproportion has in turn led to cases of
corruption in the adoption process (Graff, 2009).
There are those who believe that it would be misleading to consider the international
adoption industry as an industry driven mainly by money. This is because there are only a few
isolated cases where corruption has driven the adoption process. That is, most of the international
adoptions are in good faith and hence foreign adoption should be allowed to continue (Mignot,
2015).
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Most if not all of this information isn’t “common knowledge” in the academic sense and so needs a source, cited correctly. You do not want to be accused of plagiarism.
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:19:06-07:00
The “for” isn’t needed.
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Proponents of International Adoption
Proponents of foreign adoption draw their course on the humanitarian foundation for
which it began about seven decades ago. The children adopted by USA homes were those
abandoned or orphaned as a result of war in countries such as Korea. Thus, such children were
able to find homes where despite their birth parents passing away, they could still get care and
love that they needed at that tender age. At the same time, families who do not have a chance to
bear their won children are given a chance to raise and love children who they can legally call
their own (Gere, Wong & Hoshmand, 2006).
Opponents of Foreign Adoption
Opponents of foreign adoption base their argument on the fact that this process takes
advantage on the dire physical needs and illiteracy of birth parents of infants and toddlers
especially in the developing third world countries. That is, foreign adoption is systemic
kidnapping and human trafficking. This is because, most of the orphans and abandoned children
in the source countries rarely meet the criteria put out by international adoption agencies. These
orphans and abandoned children are rarely healthy and live in crowded orphanages where they
often do not get all their basic needs met. Thus, most of them are left out by the Western homes
looking for healthy infants and toddlers to adopt. This effectively leaves the adoptable orphans
and abandoned children unadopted (Graff, 2009).
Moreover, opponents believe that the international adoption market is largely
unregulated. This implies that the international adoption agencies target source countries where
there are lax laws on adoption and less protection for the birth parents. Hence, the birth parents
because of their illiteracy, low wages and hence poverty, there are forced to give up their
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Do you mean that they contend that the adoptions are humanitarian? Can you explain why?
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:20:17-07:00
It should be, “take advantage of.”
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children with the hope that they will benefit from a better life abroad. Therefore, the benefit of
foreign adoption is skewed in favor of the western families as opposed to helping the needy
children and hence should be discouraged altogether (Graff, 2009).
Body of the Research Paper
Many people may find it hard to understand why some people give their children up for
adoption. Many reasons are present, and in most cases, what their parents wish is for their
children to be raised in a family where they receive all the basic needs (Neil, 2017). Some
women give up their children once their husbands die or if they are single and have a child. Most
of these women, once their husbands are deceased, they find it hard to provide for them and their
children. Lack of finances makes them give up their children for adoption so that they cannot
raise them in misery. Also, if the mother is deceased, the father may give up a child for adoption
because they might be incapable of raising them alone. A child is better raised in a family where
both parents exist because both of them play an essential role in raising them. Therefore, people
should not judge those who give their children up for adoption because several factors are put
into consideration.
Adoptive parents adopt children for many reasons. The adoption process is meant to help parents
that cannot have their biological children get kids that they can raise and love as their own. An
example of parents that cannot get their own children are the infertile ones. Research shows that
one in eight women has been determined to be infertile. Infertility may happen where either the
man or woman is infertile among the parents, therefore, causing problems in conception. Another
evidence is for the women that can conceive but are unable to carry the child to the required term
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Your goal should be a simple, direct style: “Many widows find it hard to provide for their children and poverty forces them to give up their children for adoption.”
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due to a condition that is present in the body. Such women may decide not to risk their lives and
that of the baby and consider adoption as an alternative option. Some other reasons occur, such
as cases of lesbian and gay marriages where they cannot have children of their own. A
controversy exists as to whether same-sex parents should adopt children (Tasker & Bellamy,
2019). Other single parents who wish not to get married adopt children to raise them while others
choose to adopt as a way of helping the children get into a home. Therefore, adoption is
considered as a way of providing homes for the children in foster facilities.
Before parents get full accreditation for adopting a child, a lot of obstacles are encountered along
the way. Several rules govern adoption, and also the parents have to ensure that they adopt a
child of their liking (Palacios et al., 2019). The first step before adopting a child is the home
study. The step is meant to establish whether the parents are ready to adopt a child and if the
environment is suitable for the better development of the child. Here, a survey can be conducted
whereby a social worker can survey the environment and interview the family members to
establish their readiness. Another challenge is choosing the right child for the set environment.
After passing the home study stage, parents have the responsibility to select a child or an
adolescent that they think will be suitable according to their liking. The social worker then has to
approve the procedure and ensure that the child is best for the set of parents. Some social
workers fail to approve LGBT adoptions because of negative attitude (Goldberg et al., 2019).
Therefore, the process of adoption can be challenging, and adoptive parents need to prepare
themselves before they start the process.
In conclusion, the adoption process may be tiring and may need a lot of patience from all the
parties that are involved. The biological parents need to have valid reasons that cause them to
give up their children for adoption. On the other hand, adoptive parents need to have sufficient
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James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:27:23-07:00
Here, too, you can be more concise: “The first step is the home study, conducted by a social worker, which is meant to establish whether the parents are ready to adopt a child and if the environment is suitable for the child.”
James Watkins @ 2020-05-04T05:28:47-07:00
I think your conclusions need work. If we stop adoption should we also do more to help alleviate poverty and so help these children more directly?
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surroundings that support a better environment for the development of the children. Also, rules
need to be followed, especially parents that adopt children internationally. Biological parents
should be sure of their actions to prevent cases where they come to reclaim their children for
adoptive parents.
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References
Gere, S, H., Wong, Y., & Hoshmand, T, L. (2006). International Adoption and the Case of
China: Implications of Policy, Theory, and Research for Psychoeducation and
Counselling. Asian Journal of Counselling, 13(1), p.10-29.
Graff, J, E. (2009). The Lie We Love. Foreign Policy. Retrieved from
https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/06/the-lie-we-love/.
Mignot, J, F. (2015). Why is Intercountry adoption declining worldwide?. Population &
Societies, 7(519), p. 20-37.
Neil, E. (2017). Helping birth parents in adoption. A literature review of birth parent support
services, including supporting post adoption contact. An expertise for the German
Research Center on Adoption (EFZA). München: Deutsches Jugendinstitut eV.
Tasker, F., & Bellamy, C. (2019). Adoption by same-sex couples–reaffirming evidence: could
more children be placed?. Family Law.
Palacios, J., Adroher, S., Brodzinsky, D. M., Grotevant, H. D., Johnson, D. E., Juffer, F., … &
Tarren-Sweeney, M. (2019). Adoption in the service of child protection: An international
interdisciplinary perspective. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 25(2), 57.
Goldberg, A. E., Frost, R. L., Miranda, L., & Kahn, E. (2019). LGBTQ individuals’ experiences
with delays and disruptions in the foster and adoption process. Children and Youth
Services Review, 106, 104466.
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This is correctly formatted.
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Comment Summary
Page 1
1. Your title is clear but also a little awkward. Could you come up with something pithier?
Page 2
2. Can you be more exact? How many children around the world are orphans? How many are adopted by
Americans each year?
3. Why do you say “lucky”?
4. Do you mean orphans, here, rather than children?
5. Why do these couples adopt and why do they adopt overseas?
6. This could be better explained. Do you mean that poor families have a financial incentive to sell children?
Page 3
7. Most if not all of this information isn’t “common knowledge” in the academic sense and so needs a source, cited
correctly. You do not want to be accused of plagiarism.
8. The “for” isn’t needed.
Page 4
9. Do you mean that they contend that the adoptions are humanitarian? Can you explain why?
10. It should be, “take advantage of.”
Page 5
11. Your goal should be a simple, direct style: “Many widows find it hard to provide for their children and poverty
forces them to give up their children for adoption.”
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12. Here, too, you can be more concise: “The first step is the home study, conducted by a social worker, which is
meant to establish whether the parents are ready to adopt a child and if the environment is suitable for the
child.”
13. I think your conclusions need work. If we stop adoption should we also do more to help alleviate poverty and so
help these children more directly?
Page 8
14. This is correctly formatted.