GEN499: General Education Capstone (GEN499)

JOURNAL ENTRY WEEK 4

The top three issues that the writing specialist said that I needed to focus on in my rough draft were: Development – The writing specialist said that for most of my rough draft, my paragraph development was of excellent quality. There are area couple of paragraphs that were underdeveloped, and some of my points were not explained thoroughly enough. Next, he said to have a topic sentence that supports or explains the paragraph. He said to then give Fact/Detail/Reason/Quote/Statistics that...

History vividly paints religious conflict and violence; it begs the question of whether the conflict and violence stemmed from religion, or was religion used as a weapon for economic purposes or political gain? For some individuals or religious groups, their beliefs are what they use to justify their horrible behaviors and actions, which they, in turn, use this immoral ammunition to carry out their violence. However, many people feel that their faith and beliefs make them feel safe, and they hav...

When first starting at Ashford University, there were many foreign aspects that I had never done before; in high school, I can’t remember even once having to cite my information and provide scholarly/peer-reviewed sources. I still get hung up from time to time when citing sources; today, I needed to cite a source within a source, so I went to google and the writing center to refresh my memory on how to properly APA cite a source within a source. When conducting research, I usually have a prett...

The history of religious conflict and violence had painted a vivid picture of the past, leaving us to wonder if the conflict and violence were really due to religion or did religion get blamed when it was really for economic purposes or political gain. There are individuals and religious groups that use their faith to justify their immoral actions. However, for most, their religions are a safe haven where they are surrounded by like-minded individuals who love and support one another. Further re...

History vividly paints religious conflict and violence; it begs the question of whether the conflict and violence stemmed from religion, or was religion used as a weapon for economic purposes or political gain? For some individuals or religious groups, their beliefs are what they use to justify their horrible behaviors and actions, which they, in turn, use this immoral ammunition to carry out their violence. However, many people feel that their faith and beliefs make them feel safe, and they hav...

According to numerous previously read articles, to be a global citizen basically means to respect and nurture our fellow man while having respect for ourselves regardless of where in the world you reside. Having global citizenship is important because it encourages every individual to think more in-depth and critically about what they considered equitable and just; it also means thinking about and acting on what everyone can do to help minimize harm to the planet. Exploring global citizenship al...

Example of an Annotated Bibliography as a guide to help those that need it.