The Globalization Project
Globalization Reflection
The best way to sum up this project, is research. This project was super research heavy. We started it off by learning about a different subject of globalization everyday. One day we learned about sweatshops, and one day we learned about copyrights, etc. That was the first two or three weeks of the project. Then we went into work time for our opinion editorials on one of the subjects, the ones we spent weeks on, that we chose to write about. I did genetically modified organisms and their impacts on humans. We researched about our chosen topics and went through multiple drafts. Also, in the middle of writing our Op-Eds, we started our political cartoons. I went through three drafts on mine. Once everything was critiqued and finished, we put them on our digital portfolios.
After this project, and during it, I gained the understanding that globalization isn’t a bad thing, but it’s not good. It does move the capitalistic world along, but it takes advantage of the less developed worlds that need more money. Globalization is supposed to be this great thing that will take us into the future, but at what cost?
The writing for this project was very different. In the past we had done TEA paragraphs, where we had a topic sentence, evidence, and our own analysis for each paragraph. And usually there were four or five paragraphs in an essay. But this time it was different. Our essay, or opinion editorial, as it was for this project, was made up of small paragraphs, sometimes one sentence in length. I didn’t like it much, I felt like there wasn’t a lot of substance in it. Although the main reason I didn’t like the paper was my fault. I had been sick, fallen behind, and never really caught up. I didn’t get any critiques on my drafts, so I just turned in my first draft because that’s all I had when everything was due. I admit, I messed up on this project and that’s why I didn’t like it.
I’ve tried doing political cartoons in the past, but this time, I felt I knew what I was doing. It really worked for my topic, which was GMO's and their effects on humans. Usually I can’t think of an idea, and I go with something I’m not happy with, but this time, I found an idea pretty quickly and I liked it. The only problem I have now is my art, but that’s something I will always have a problem with. The political cartoons really helped enforce my point in my Op-Ed.
After this project, and during it, I gained the understanding that globalization isn’t a bad thing, but it’s not good. It does move the capitalistic world along, but it takes advantage of the less developed worlds that need more money. Globalization is supposed to be this great thing that will take us into the future, but at what cost?
The writing for this project was very different. In the past we had done TEA paragraphs, where we had a topic sentence, evidence, and our own analysis for each paragraph. And usually there were four or five paragraphs in an essay. But this time it was different. Our essay, or opinion editorial, as it was for this project, was made up of small paragraphs, sometimes one sentence in length. I didn’t like it much, I felt like there wasn’t a lot of substance in it. Although the main reason I didn’t like the paper was my fault. I had been sick, fallen behind, and never really caught up. I didn’t get any critiques on my drafts, so I just turned in my first draft because that’s all I had when everything was due. I admit, I messed up on this project and that’s why I didn’t like it.
I’ve tried doing political cartoons in the past, but this time, I felt I knew what I was doing. It really worked for my topic, which was GMO's and their effects on humans. Usually I can’t think of an idea, and I go with something I’m not happy with, but this time, I found an idea pretty quickly and I liked it. The only problem I have now is my art, but that’s something I will always have a problem with. The political cartoons really helped enforce my point in my Op-Ed.