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Tariq Alzahrani

Assignment 13

Reflective

Immigration to developed countries is an old concept now. Many people from developing and under-developed countries are carrying out mass immigration to developed nations as United Kingdom and United states in search of better economic and employment opportunities (Simon, 7). Immigration has a number of social and cultural impacts on an economy; while greatly it sis considered to be a very influential factor in evaluating the health of economy of a developed country (Nicholas, 32). Legal immigrants specially skilled immigrant face several problems such as Green Card problems for high skilled immigrant to the US, the disadvantages caused by illegal immigrants has to faced by legal skilled immigrant. I have developed a paper on U.S immigration system and policy recommendations to policy makers. In this part of the paper I am going to reflect on how the paper was written and what the learning from the paper I wrote was. This reflective essay is based on my writing experiences and the enhancement of skills in writing the paper. Also it is related to the identification, development and achievement of my learning goals during the period. In this reflective account, I will identify elements that were most relevant to my learning as well as emphasize on my achievements and discuss how it helped to improve my skills.

Immigration is a difficult topic, with different arguments lending its way to varying perspectives as far as its economic benefits are concerned. Although, there exists many harsh realities, still the economists and analysts in U.S believe, to a larger extent, that immigration results into great many economic benefits that stabilizes the struggling economy and increase its immunity against fiscal pressures. However, U.S States is not able to properly take care of the needs of the skilled immigrants. This is why, I felt the need for extensive immigration reforms within the US have become mandatory since the existing national immigration system is completed destroyed, it is undermining the core national values and jeopardizing our economy and security. This is the controlling purpose in my Research Essay. Initially, when I was constructing the structure and outline of this Essay, I had different thoughts in my mind but eventually when I started to research the data I was able to know more about the topic and I was able to focus on the main issue. After analyzing the main issue, I looked what should be done to deal with the problem, and eventually again after searching and readers good material I was able to constructed controlling purpose of this Essay.

Initially I faced problems while accessing the information of the topic and studying the effects of immigration on the economy of U.S. But these challenges and problems enhanced my capability to manage and searching skills. It also helped me in thinking in a diversified manner. Thus, the challenges and problems turned out to be beneficial for my personal development. Having to explain an idea in written words concisely and clearly in a manner that a reader could understand and follow my thoughts has always been a struggle for me. I have never been that good when it came to my writing skills and capabilities; it was not even good to look at my writing. This essay has brought me up to a level higher than I thought it could have.

I made the design of this structure in this way because this is the simplest design that a reader can understand, I in the start of the essay has stated the purpose of the research, after that the problems related to the issue are identified and defined. After this I have given relevant background about the existing and previously stated policies so that readers could make a connection between the problem faced today and what government and policy makers has been doing since then. After related the essay issue with previous policies and research I have identified similarities between previous and current policy. In the end of the paper I have given recommendations that should be followed to have a proper and effective system. The essay also contain concluding remarks which has given the essay a clear and proper ending, in this way I feel I have increased the clarity about the topic for the readers.

I utilize examples in writing and use of good reliable sources. I made a plan for collecting data on the subject: see where the data is and how to get them (books, interviews, using technology or not, in order to locate the data and the ability to capture). I have taken all the relevant data from past research, the research is entirely based on secondary data. I have taken all recent resources, I have taken published articles, those resources were eliminated that were not authentic, resources of social sites or blogs are not included and eliminated from the essay. When the topic is not of my preference and more information is needed on it, I used to search it on Google, type the words I was looking for and get anything that came out in results. Most of the times I used information obtained from .com websites and when I attempted to present it in my writing, I did not have anything to support it. Now I have adopted a new way of searching which includes searching databases for information. The sources are reliable when searching in a database and are useful in writing as well. In making my writing more effective, I used to insert examples considering less if they can suit or not. By taking the responsibility of this essay, I learned that it is only supportive to use examples if they prove the point I m trying to contend.

With the help of this essay I have developed by research and writing skills. The biggest improvement which I have noticed throughout this time is the capability to write a strong argumentative essay with an appealing catch to it, with a good purpose of the essay. When I was assigned with the first assignment I just did not know from where to start. I felt there are too many topics to pick from that I have come across all through my life and it was difficult to specify the choices I felt like I was able to write on. I was not sure about the topic that I selected would be strong enough to write a controlling purpose statement, and to proceed that into an essay worth writing for the class. Though, my lecturer told me that answering all the ideas is not necessary. Then I realized that I need to select a particular audience whom I could answer to. This helped me in developing my ideas through the contention which I decided upon.

In writing, other strengths include my capability to arrange ideas and link with the reader. I try to connect the reader with the topic while writing an essay. To do this, I ask queries in my essay. For instance, when writing one of my essays, after giving them examples, I asked them a query “some people says that it can only happen once and it can never happen again or can it?” when a question is asked from the reader, they take time to respond to it. After responding, they are keen to hear my opinion so till the end of an essay they become more involved in reading. I have many thoughts in my mind while writing an essay, if I include every thought in the essay that came to my mind it would be like a stack of random words. I arrange my writing by making an outline to ensure that does not happen. An outline helps me in arranging my thoughts and concentrating on one section of the essay at once. The phased learning helps in letting the student understand each concept in detail. I was able to complete my tasks within allotted time and completed necessary tasks, which were essential to the completion of assignment within allotted time.

In conclusion, I can say that I began this essay with limited skills of professional writing but after completing and taking all the lessons throughout the course now I am confident for any future writing attempt I might face whether in studies or in my career. This essay has helped me a lot in becoming a genuine writer.

Works Cited

Fulwiler, T. College writing. (2011). Pp. 9

Shields, M. Essay Writing: A Student's Guide. Sage Publications. (2010). Pp. 2

Yang, Y. F. Students’ reflection on online self-correction and peer review to improve writing. Computers & Education, 55(3), (2010), Pp1202-1210.

Nicholas, Cedric. “Immigration: Debating the issues,” Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books (2007). Pp. 32

Simon, J. “Immigration: The Demographic and Economic Facts”, Washington, DC: The Cato Institute and the National Immigration Forum. (2001), Pp. 7