Faisal Alhajri, Alhajri, Hazza Fahad H, Alhajri, Mubarak M, Almnasef, Ahmed A, Peterson, Victoria A,

Determine the research subject

Types of reading materials for the kind of reseach a student wants to do

• Articles, books, newspapers, journals, etc.

Finding reading materials online

• Interlibrary Loans

Determining the validity of the source.

• Researching the author(s) and his/her knowledge on the subject
• Make sure the published date will not affect the usefullness of the information

Keep track of the sources in order to create a bibliography

• APA, MLA, etc.

Book Questions

3.1. Why did you select the book you brought to class?

Because it is a big problem facing the world community.
3.2. How many authors does it have? Some books have none: they have an editor.

This book has one author.
3.3. What is the title?

Global warming.
3.4. Who printed the book? Re-printed? Distributed in the US?

The book was printed in United State at the University press Cambridge.

3.5. Which city was it printed in, and when?

Cambridge 3^rd edition 2004

Step 2:

The book that I chose "Global Warming". This book was interesting because the tittle was a big problem facing in the world. Also, This book explain how the global warming  start in the world such as black hole, and the ozone layer. This book has only one author by Houghton, John Theodore . Also, the book was printed in United State at the University press Cambridge, New York, USA. This book was published in 1997.

Research Tips and Tutorials

 

 

 

SCSU website offer for us a very helpful tool which is research tips and tutorials. It has four main contents, starting your research, finding recourses, evaluating information, and using the information you find . when I want to find a hot topic for example I can find it under starting my research, which gives me many good topics to pick. That tool would make me do a better research by looking for a topic, not like if I chose one from my mind. Also resources are important to write a research, under finding recourses you will be allow to locating scholarly articles, they have also mobiles app which it easier for students to access through their phones. Moreover you can evaluate information such as books, journals, web page, and websites. Finally you can use the information that you find in different ways.

Little Princess, Part 5 Summart
Justin Ruud, Abdullah Bugshan, Mubarak Alhajri,
Dated: 09/23/2013

A Summary of Conor and Liz in Little Princes

Conor Grennan frequently emailed Liz and they became good friends over the internet. Liz eventually agreed finally spend two days with Conor in Thamel. An exhausted Conor was finally able to be relieved by hearing Liz’s voice and hanging out with his friends. Conor was further relieved to introduce Liz to the twenty six children of the Dhaulagiri House. Since Conor’s last visit the living conditions in the house had improved and the children had begun studying. In fact, the children even spent there Saturday evenings studying. After Liz bonded with the female children for two days, Conor brought her to the airport so she could visit India. At this point it became apparent to Conor that he was falling in love with Liz. In fact, Conor even contemplated following Liz to India and meeting up with her for a few extra days. Instead Conor decided to invite Liz to eventually return to the Dhaulagiri House to visit the children.

Next, Conor decided to share with the Dhaulagiri House children memories from when he met their parents throughout remote areas in Nepal. Conor began by sharing a story with Jagrit about meeting his father in Jaira. Jagrit had always wondered why he was separated from his parents and was emotional upon learning that his father was tricked by traffickers and his mother did everything in her power to keep him. Furthermore, Jagrit was moved by a picture of his father where the guilt and anguish his father felt over losing him was apparent. This experience motivated Conor to share his experiences with the Dhaulagiri House from his trip to Godawari, where Conor met all of the children’s parents. The children showed excitement and joy as they got to view nearly two hundred pictures from Conor’s trip. Moreover, each child was thrilled to see recent pictures of their families. The reassurance that the families of the children were still alive and healthy was important to the Dhaulagiri House. However, Conor regrettably had to inform Raju and Priya that their parents had died.

Now, Liz returned to visit the Dhaulagiri House for a week. Conor and Liz had always connected deeply over there emails, but really didn’t convey emotions well the first time they met in person. However, this time they connected on a deeper level. For example, Christianity had always played an important role in Liz’s life. Conor and Liz were able to spend the Christian holiday of Christmas together bonding with the children over breakfast. Liz described the experience as doing what Jesus would want her to do which exemplified the emotional richness of Connor and Liz’s relationship. In fact, Conor even purchased a Bible to understand Liz’s background more thoroughly. Next, Conor and Liz were became even closer due to their connections with the children. The Dhaulagiri House consisted of twenty six children. Six of the seven initial children resided there. Conor’s friend Gyan found the seventh child, Bishnu, who had been sold as a slave. Conor and the mayor unsuccessfully attempted to persuade the businessman to release Bishnu. When all hope was lost to get Bishnu back into the Dhaulagiri House, Liz was the most supportive of Conor.

Finally, the relationship between Conor and Liz continued to grow as they continued to email before Liz’s third visit. Conor’s friends were skeptical of the status of his relationship with Liz. However, Conor and Liz were technically just friends until Liz’s last visit. When the feeling of love was mutual between Conor and Liz, Conor proposed. Liz agreed to the proposal and has been married to Conor ever since. Moreover, Conor has moved the fundraising operations of his charity to the United States and it still operates today.

 

                                  Analysis

 

At the beginning of Little Princes, Conor didn’t see himself as a global humanitarian, yet his visit to Nepal changed everything. What is it about him and others like him introduced in Little Princes that sets him apart from these who don’t volunteer or get involved? In first part of chapter three shows a story about how he returned from American, and he explained about the feeling when he saw his mother. He heard about the attacks in Nepal in the Radio. After his mother left to Florida, he sent a message to Viva by email telling her that he wants to come back to Nepal. He bought the ticket, and before he went to Nepal he went to Kathmandu.

In the second part of chapter three the author shows the events about when he arrived to Nepal it was one year from when he traveled. He found a job in Nepal and started working while the kids were at school. Conor promised to find the seven lost children, and give them a safe home. It seems impossible mission for Conor to find these children in country which is suffering from uprising and food shortage. Conor was lucky, because he wasn’t alone Viva, Jacky and Gyan in especial, as well as the other fellows of the Umbrella Foundation.

They were willing to help him to find these children. Liz also supported him to keep searching for these kids. Conor continued to search for the children, from seven children he found five of them. At the end, trios whole mission was not easy while he had to risk his life but he successfully returned the children with their families. While he was in his trip around the mountain there was a woman at Kathmandu who was waiting for him, she was hoping that he arrive before the

Book Review

The book titled “Little Princess” by Conor Grennan talks about slavery and one man’s quest to make an impact to children in Nepal. Grennan narrates the predicaments of children in Nepal during the civil war; the war began in the year 1996 and ended in 2006. The main theme of the story is slavery in the midst of war and poverty. Children are the most affected during the civil war. Parents find it hard to take of children, and they opt to sell them off to child traffickers. This leads to many children being left without parental care and become orphans.

The main character in the story is Conor Grennan. Grennan embarks on a tour around the world. Grennan decides to visit Nepal and help children who are victims of the war in Nepal. There are several children homes in the country, and Grennan opts to volunteer at Little Princess children Homes. The children’s center is packed, and there are children from different parts of the country. Grennan is compassionate to the children. Apparently, the children are not orphans. The civil war in Nepal and the high poverty levels made it difficult for parents to protect their children. Many parents sold their children to child traffickers hoping that the children would get an education and live safely.

The civil war led to a lot of suffering to the children in Nepal. The children sold to child traffickers ended up in the streets within the capital city, Kathmandu. Parents found it difficult to reconcile with their children due to conflicts within the city. After three months of volunteer work at Little Princess Children Home, Grennan travelled to other countries. It is while travelling to the other parts of the world that Grennan felt an urge to help children in Nepal. In United States, Grennan decided to start a non-governmental organization aimed at reuniting lost children in Nepal with their parents. The organization was known as Next Generation Nepal.

Under Next Generation Nepal, Grennan moved to Nepal and embarked on a task of reuniting seven children from Humla with their parents; the seven children had been found in 2006. In Nepal, Grennan collaborated with Umbrella Foundation, a non-governmental organization working in Nepal, to rent a house. The civil war in Nepal subsided, and Grennan embarked on the journey to reunite the seven children with their parents. Towards the end of 2006, some of the children who came from Godawari were reunited with their parents.

Impression about the Book:

The book cover is eye catching and evokes a sense of sympathy. In the cover, the neat portrait of the little girl is in contrast to the rugged door behind her. The book is inspiring and contains valuable lessons about the impact civil unrest on children. Additionally, the book’s subtitle enables the reader to relate to the events discussed in the book. Grennan visit to Nepal enables him to have firsthand experience of what the children in the war torn country were experiencing. Grennan collaborated with other non-governmental organization, such as Umbrella Foundation, to help in reuniting lost children to their parents.

Recommendation about the Book

I greatly recommend that people should spare some time and read the book. In the book, Grennan moved from being an ordinary tourist visiting different countries to making an impact to children in Nepal. The children who were reunited with their parents ended up achieving more in life than if they were alone. Unfortunately, there are many more children in Nepal who shall never experience parental care.

His Initial and later Reasons

       Conor’s life drastically changed after his encounter with the children at the Little Princes Children’s Home. The thought of spending his life with and for the children had never crossed his mind. The situation at the Little Princes Children’s Home, however, changed his entire life. Moving to the orphanage in Nepal, was but to facilitate Conor’s tour across the world. The warm welcome at the Little Princes Children’s Home which he received became the first bond that he had with the children and that later transformed his perception towards the children. The children were the sole warmth of Nepal to Conor. The love between Conor and the children grew fast and soon he was a father figure. Conor’s stay with Santosh at the hospital becomes his first realization that his life will never be complete without the children.

            Conor’s quest to help the children forced him back to Nepal in 2006. This was the time that Conor realized that the children had their families but were trafficked by Golkka. He had to help the children find their families. Consequently, Conor promised reunites the children with their families. The political situation in Nepal was quickly deteriorating the children needed help. 

            Conor, who at no time ever thought of associating with children found his life incomplete without the children. He had to protect the children from Golkka, clothe them and offer them other basic needs. It became evident that he had to counsel the children to live out of fear of Golkka such the Nuraj and Knish, who could not share with their mother.  Against the wish of his family and friends, Conor’s encounter with the Little Princes Children’s Home transformed his whole life. To protect the children, he became a child activist in the war tone Nepal.

Evaluation of Who am I

Faisal Alhajri- 10 points

Peterson Victoria- 10 points

Doege Brandon- 10 points


My spreadsheet

Who am I

           My name is Mubarak  Alhajri. I was born in Ohio , United States. But, I am originally from Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia. Seven years ago I graduated from high school, at first I wasn't planning to study abroad, I spent four years working in Saudi post office. For me It was a great opportunity and I was planning to keep working in it forever, I t’s hard to find a job these days specially after the finances crisis which affected Saudi Arabia as well as United States and most the world countries. Four years after working in the post office my father’s company transferred him to Netherlands,  he had to move there for three years with my whole family. My father asked me to quit my job and move with them their but I decided not to quit and stay in my job. Two months later I missed my family I felt homesick although I was in my country but my family was my country. I took vacation form my job and I went to Netherlands to see my family. After returning from my vacation my manager at work asked me to meet with him he said that he got good news for me, the news was that I got a scholarship from the post office to study English in the U.S for one year and six months. I was very happy to hear that news and I accepted it right away. Five weeks later I was in Saint Paul to start studying at ESL center, I've meet a lot of Saudi students some of them were at ELS and the others were at UST. I didn't want to get back after one and a half year with only a ELS certificate, I preferred to get my bachelor degree so I would get better position when I got back home. I talked with my manger about getting my bachelor degree, he was so excited and he encouraged me. Finally I hope to graduate soon from SCSU and go back home to get the better position that I was looking for.         

Help with citations and documentation.

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Alhajri, Mubarak M /Zhu, MinJie /Alrashed, Ali Abdulkhalq A

What is the Plagiarism

· It's not enough to know why plagiarism is taken so seriously in the academic world or to know how to recognize it. You also need to know how to avoid it.

· The simplest cases of plagiarism to avoid are the intentional ones: If you copy a paper from a classmate, buy a paper from the Internet, copy whole passages from a book, article, or Web site without citing the author, you are plagiarizing.

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Citations and documentation

APA: (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association

Social, biological, and earth sciences, psychology.

Documentation, which includes both in-text and bibliographic citations, provides credit for sources used in research writing.

APA citations are found in two places:

· In-text (parenthetical) citations.

· Citations on the References page.

Use of Authors' Names,if the author's name is not mentioned in the text, and if the author's name is not mentioned in the text.

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MLA Style :

Definition: Format your essay according to the correctguidelines for citation. According to the MLA style, the first line of each paragraph in the research paper is to be indented one-half inch from the left margin.

The MLAresearch paper format is the most popular style, as it is most widely used in all levels of study and by all academicdepartments.

MLA in –text citation:

·If the author’s name is mentioned in the text, only the page number is given in parentheses at the end of the citation.

·If the author’s name is not mentioned in the text, then both the last name of the author and the page number should be given in parentheses.

MLA works cited page:

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Use quotations:

·A direct quotation uses the exact words of an authority and must be identified in your paper with quotation marksand parenthetical documentation.

·An indirect quotation, or paraphrase, is a restatement of a thought expressed by someone else that is written in your own style that needs to be documented.