Angus’s English Blog

  Prompt Response:  Some challenges that my group faced was picking the best source to put into our project. There were many good options to chose from, which made the picking much more difficult. But in the end I think we made the right decision on which source to choose. Summary:  My group and I had to get through some adversities while we were researching. Reflection:  I'm glad that I went through this because I learned from my struggle.

  Prompt Response:  The most compelling issue connected to the War on Terrorism is that many people's civil liberties have been worse due to counter terrorism policies. I find this issue important because my civil liberties have been made less due to restrictions. Not just me though, in airports people have to wait in long lines in order to get through security. This is now a mandatory but annoying process in order to combat terrorism. Summary:  Many new policies have been put into place so that terrorism is much less likely to happen. Reflection:  I'm glad that we have the policies in order to protect us, because they are very important.

  Prompt Response:  Creating this annotated bibliography has clarified my understanding of the War on Terrorism by giving me lots of information to understand what is going on. My sources connect to one and other by all being linked to the same topic. This is really helpful because I can use all of these sources in my essay to support my topic I'm writing about. Summary:  I have learned lots through completing this assignment. I've learned that the more you read, the more information you can learn from. Reflection:  I hope to continue to learn new ideas and things that go on in our world about the War on Terrorism.  

  Prompt Response:  The most challenging part of the annotated bibliography was finding each document and summarizing it. All of the documents I found were quite long which made summarizing it much more difficult. Although this challenge was hard, it helped me grow as a researcher because I was able to read documents better and understand what it was talking about more efficiently. Summary:  I read different documents and had lots of challenges but some were harder than others. But through this, I was able to become a better researcher. Reflection:  I'm glad that I went through these hardships because it made me a better researcher.

  Prompt Response:  Some differences that I noticed were that some ideas and countermeasures were more radical than the others. One for instance was the capture of terrorists and the torture of them. Although it was good that the terrorists were stopped, it isn't good in any scenario to torture someone. But in the contrary, the US government has made some countermeasures by placing laws in that if they suspect you of terrorist actions, they can raid your living area. Summary:  There have been many things done in order to stop terrorists from harming people. Some of those things are better than others but all have been a decent deterrent of terrorists. Reflection:  I hope that everyone will be able to get along with each other eventually.

  Prompt Response:  In the past, I researched by just typing something into Google and clicking on the first source I saw. Now I use GALILEO to filter and find the best source possible.  Using GALILEO was a lot different than just typing something into a search engine and clicking the first thing I see. Usually, I just Google it but that mostly gives me surface-level info or random blogs. GALILEO made me actually think about how I was searching. Summary:  GALILEO is basically a massive digital library that lets you get into academic databases you can't find on regular Google. It gives you access to legit peer-reviewed journals, ebooks, and actual primary sources that are way more reliable than random websites. Reflection:  I will continue to use GALILEO because it is a great search engine with very good sources. Also I will read the source and the details in it before I use it as evidence.