My Final Project

As I write this paper, I reflect on my experience in Early American History and how my group’s final project went. Overall, the class was significantly more difficult than I first thought it would be. Going into the class I originally assumed this would be a pretty simple GEP with minimal effort required to get an A in the class. Those assumptions were dispelled fairly quickly when I arrived at the first class. The teacher was going over the syllabus for the class and explaining the weekly assignments we would have. We were required to cover certain sections of a chapter based on the topic we chose to cover throughout the entirety of the course. We were to complete this every week and discuss what we had discovered in class. We would also have to write two essays and complete several mandatory readings and podcasts. To top all of this off, we would have to complete a final project that includes another essay. But the one thing that turned out to be the hardest task of the class was not any of these assignments, but was the participation grade.

Along a murky riverbed, long devoid of life; a lone roach scuttles along. It is often said that their kind are the only thing that can survive an apocalypse, apart from the ever changing shell of this rock hurdling through space and time. This creature, as resilient as it is fowl, may ever toil in peace; for it has no sentience or desires, and merely seeks to fulfill the simplest tasks, passed down and hard-coded into it’s DNA. Without want, pride, or a sense of being, it simply locates and consumes sustenance; in an ongoing cycle intermingled with periods of compulsive reproduction. A duty which has been the sole, simple undertaking of every member of it’s species for countless millenia. All around this creature, the land expands outward

This semester one of the skills I continue to excel in is researching. I have always been a fan of doing tons of research for an assignment before

At SNHU, I have acquired a lot of skills that allowed me to complete my capstone project. I have learned many concepts that help me to successfully finish with my entire program. To prepare such a capstone project, it is indispensable to have some skills and knowledge. I received that knowledge from the course I had at SNHU. I got the project management skills. I now have knowledge of the healthcare informatics. My communication skills have been ameliorated. Since the project is about the healthcare system, I used my knowledge of healthcare studies to prepare my report. Those studies included, but not limited to: Health Policy and Financing; Leadership in Clinical Microsystems; Global Health and Diversity; and Health Policy, Law, Ethics and Regulations. In Addition to that knowledge, the marketing skills have been helpful for preparing the report. In sum; the courses I took at SNHU have considerably helped me to appropriately prepare the capstone project.

Since I was little, I have always loathed history. I never understood why there was a need to learn about events that already happened; only the future mattered. But when my history teacher from sophomore year described AP US History as the class where students learned to appreciate history, I doubted how one class could change my mindset and decided to take the challenge and enroll.

I am incredibly interested in ethnic studies or history in general. I am continually fascinated and left in awe on how a minor or other wise insignificant incident could change the face of the earth. For example, how the rhetoric of George W. Bush about Iraq and their supposed weapons of mass destruction would start the longest war in American history. Similarly, I am genuinely interested on how two college students would start on the biggest grassroots political organizations of its time, Huey Newton and Bobby Seale went from petty criminals to national heroes, who at their peak had over 10,000 members alongside

Throughout secondary school, instead of accepting the facts stated in my textbooks, I continued to ask questions. Disillusioned by how complex historical events were taught like equations with a simple cause and effect, senior year of high school I determined that I would become a teacher. As a teacher, I aspire to not be hindered by standardized requirements and teach history in a way that resonates with students and evokes passion.

Focusing on one subject for 8 months is a lot and I can understand why the topic has to be something I’m passionate about otherwise the project will be daunting. That being said my time here at Queens University, I have taken courses I loved and courses I didn’t love so much. Over the last two years I found myself looking for capstone ideas everywhere because I knew this day would come but there was nothing I seemed passionate enough about until last spring in Dr. Pupchek’s Autoethnography course.

For my summer reading assignment, I read, explored and analyzed the book, Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. I chose this book because psychology and economics have always interested me, and this book specifically looked at the psychological aspect of our economy. I thought it would be an interesting experience to read it. I decided to take AP World History because during my 8th grade year, social studies really started to interest me. My teacher, Mr. Mark Matthews, really made history come alive for me through his teaching, and all of the simulations he used. I found a sincere interest in history and did well. I have never been the best student in my class, but I always do well and find myself interested in the topics

With the semester being short, all the assignments we do in class kind of gave some stress in me. These feelings that changed over time took time and effort to make my emotions more confident and strong to handle the part I am doing in the group project as we turn in parts of the project. Having to change and be comfortable with my thoughts on this project made it worth it after doing all the hard work.

Hi, how are you doing? I am writing you because I've submitted my project 4 and when I view the preview it appears there is a few glitch in my assignment. I downloaded the document from BlackBoard to my Macintosh and it appeared to be fine as a word document, but I would like to make sure everything is good on your end before the deadline in case I have to make any

This semester involved many writings that challenged my process in ways big and small. The variety of prompts each had their own details that required me to change perspectives as well as research topics to test my abilities as a writer. The topic that I felt helped me grow as a writer the most was the Personal Narrative. This essays caused me to think in its own way and only after completion was I able to effectively use the methods it taught me in my other assignments.

This past two week were most dedicated to the final project, but we also had a guest speaker from the biomedical engineering. We get feedback for our design decision matrix and for our second project report.

This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I

My enrollment in the History course this semester was due to requirements for my bachelor’s degree in nursing. Rather than feeling that the course took valuable time away from the core curriculum, what I learned has made a lasting impact on how I feel about the world around me and who I am in that world. Those changes are going to impact the way in which I interact with my future patients and conduct myself as a healthcare professional. The format of the course facilitated a deeper understanding of social and cultural concepts and how those concepts can affect and even define a group of people or region to the rest of the world. Through the education I have received in this course, I now watch international news reports and more clearly