Safwan Alhawsawi ENG 101 Mrs. Kerri Jordan 10/23/2019 My Beginning in America When I joined the American community for my university education, I faced a lot of changes that I partly anticipated but they came in way that in never expected. After commencing studies at the college, it was time to start getting familiar with my neighbors, lecturers, students that we were pursing the same course, and also students within the college pursuing other courses as well. One of the things that I learned was that I had communication challenges since by English accent being a foreigner was entirely different from that of Americans and people from other countries. After few weeks, I had met a few people from my country and the fact that we shared the same accent made it easy for me to interact with them. When I started my studies in college, I did not speak English very well, some people did not understand me because, I have different accent. The weather was so cold, I could not go anyplace, and I was at home all time. Sometimes I talked very well, and sometimes I did not. My cousin helped me the first week, and I had no American friends. After two months, I begin improving in my English language I got a lot of friends. we decided to start a small group with the overall intention being to play soccer, and volleyball with American students. I like my friends in my college, they helped in a lot of times such as my studies and in my English language. To support and encourage each other as well as make sure that we attained our goal, I like used a phrase which says “I have two rules in the life, first: l never give up, second: if I give up I return to the first rule.” This phrase means me a lot in my life, when I study or if I have a big challenge. Sometimes when I am close losing in soccer, or volleyball my friends told me you will lose, I was just telling them “I do not give up”. Also, when we want to buy something like a car, house, get a job, or something else, we never give up before we get something we want to. I want to be a big Electrical Engineer after getting better in English language, and I graduated from University I will never give up. That phrase means believing in yourself. It means willingness to accept “failure” so you can learn the critical skill of adaptation. It means not compromising on your most important values, and walking the walk, rather than just talking the talk. The good thing about this selected phrase is that it can be used in multiple ways by the group. To start with, apart from the phrase encouraging us to come together and face our common weakness, which is English language, it can also be used by the team to handle other situations and challenges that may arise. For instance, being in a foreign country comes with its challenges like financial challenges and social issues. The phrase can be used by members of the group to bring members together during crisis and support the affected person. When one receives support from p.

1. Safwan Alhawsawi
ENG 101
Mrs. Kerri Jordan
10/23/2019
My Beginning in America
When I joined the American community for my university
education, I faced a lot of changes that I partly anticipated but
they came in way that in never expected. After commencing
studies at the college, it was time to start getting familiar with
my neighbors, lecturers, students that we were pursing the same
course, and also students within the college pursuing other
courses as well. One of the things that I learned was that I had
communication challenges since by English accent being a
foreigner was entirely different from that of Americans and
people from other countries. After few weeks, I had met a few
people from my country and the fact that we shared the same
accent made it easy for me to interact with them.
When I started my studies in college, I did not speak English
very well, some people did not understand me because, I have
different accent. The weather was so cold, I could not go
anyplace, and I was at home all time. Sometimes I talked very
well, and sometimes I did not. My cousin helped me the first
week, and I had no American friends. After two months, I begin
improving in my English language I got a lot of friends. we
decided to start a small group with the overall intention being to
play soccer, and volleyball with American students. I like my
friends in my college, they helped in a lot of times such as my
studies and in my English language.
To support and encourage each other as well as make sure that
we attained our goal, I like used a phrase which says “I have
two rules in the life, first: l never give up, second: if I give up I
return to the first rule.” This phrase means me a lot in my life,
when I study or if I have a big challenge. Sometimes when I am
close losing in soccer, or volleyball my friends told me you will

2. lose, I was just telling them “I do not give up”. Also, when we
want to buy something like a car, house, get a job, or something
else, we never give up before we get something we want to. I
want to be a big Electrical Engineer after getting better in
English language, and I graduated from University I will never
give up. That phrase means believing in yourself. It means
willingness to accept “failure” so you can learn the critical skill
of adaptation. It means not compromising on your most
important values, and walking the walk, rather than just talking
the talk.
The good thing about this selected phrase is that it can be used
in multiple ways by the group. To start with, apart from the
phrase encouraging us to come together and face our common
weakness, which is English language, it can also be used by the
team to handle other situations and challenges that may arise.
For instance, being in a foreign country comes with its
challenges like financial challenges and social issues. The
phrase can be used by members of the group to bring members
together during crisis and support the affected person. When
one receives support from people that he/she can relate with, the
burden becomes much lighter. Also, the experienced members
could also from time to time divert from the main idea and offer
members advise on American lifestyle hence informing us of
things to do and those not to do on the basis of our culture and
tradition.
The selected phrase was commonly. The phrase was used to
encourage people to be supportive of each other and love and
teamwork had to be present in order to make the right impact to
the people. It is hence a highly valued phrase it has helped
people overcome a lot of challenges through embracing love and
togetherness.
References to Use!!!!
https://www.nlrb.gov/

3. https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/labor
https://open.lib.umn.edu/humanresourcemanagement/chapter/12-
2-collective-bargaining/
https://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/whats-
law/employers/bargaining-good-faith-employees-union-
representative-section
Instructions
Requirements include,
· Cover Page with Name, Date, and Title of Assignment
· Use headings to separate the sections of the paper (use the
Questions selected)
· Page numbers
· Double-spacing
· Times New Roman, size 12
· Use a minimum of two sources for each response. One must be
a classroom resource.
· In-text citations in APA style - All references must be cited
and all citations must be referenced.
· Reference page using APA style
Select any 6 of these 8 topics for your Final Written Assignment
and address each question comprehensively. Try to use your
own words but use the classroom resources to support your
definitions and explanations.
1. Who are the main parties involved in the collective
bargaining process and what are their roles?
2. What is a management rights clause? Do you agree with the
reserved rights theory? Support your answer.
3. The year 2009 was significant in the trends of union
membership in the United States. Explain.
4. Did the Great Depression have any impact on the U.S. labor

4. movement? If so, what?
5. What are profit-sharing plans and COLAs? What are the
advantages and disadvantages of each?
6. Which paid LOA (leaves of absence) are typically provided
by labor agreements?
7. Why is seniority often used in layoff and recall actions?
8. How does the NLRB review an unfair labor practice charge of
surface bargaining?
ENG 101: REVISION PORTFOLIO INFO
NOTE: You will need to upload TWO files OR to combine the
materials below into a single file. Either way is fine. You do
not have to re-submit your original essay; I still have that in
Moodle.
COVER LETTER:
You are welcome to be formal or informal in your cover letter;
assume you are writing directly to me. You are welcome to use
section headings or a traditional paragraph format. The main
thing is to be clear and specific in addressing the questions
below. You’ll need to draft everything except the project
reflection BEFORE you complete your revision. Wait to add the
reflection after you have revised. Here are the questions to
address:
1) What is your revision project’s genre? What is its purpose?
Who is its audience?
2) Describe TWO specific writing goals you would like to
accomplish with this project. Be clear and detailed in
articulating each goal. Make sure these goals are relevant to

5. your genre and meaningful to you.
3) Why do you want to compose this specific kind of revision
with these specific goals? (Your reasons might be
academic/writing skill-related or more personal.)
4) (AFTER YOU REVISE) What are you proud of? Describe the
strengths of your revision, and explain how the revision aligns
with / accomplishes your specific goals.
DEEP REVISION:
Your revision needs to be connected to an earlier
essay/assignment but also substantially changed. This is your
opportunity to carve out a text you would like to create and to
set your own goals for yourself as a writer. Successful revisions
in the past have involved:
· Keeping the original genre and purpose but revising for
stronger organization and development.
· Lifting out the topic/some content from the original and
transforming it into another genre and/or gearing it toward a
different audience. (For example, recrafting an identity
narrative for a reader who helped shape your identity; recrafting
the extended definition as a narrative profile essay or as an
insider’s guide to fitting in with a particular community;
recrafting the ad analysis as advice for consumers who might
“fall for” the ad.)
· Integrating visual or audio-visual components for a multi-
modal revision. (For example, revising your identity narrative
as a comic or spoken-word poem; revising your language
community analysis as a short video.)
· Zooming in on a key element of the original text and
developing an entire text around that element. (For example,
building a narrative essay around a single important experience,

6. if your identity narrative covered multiple brief stories;
rebuilding your ad analysis around the smartest, most relevant
points, if you tended to move through those quickly.)
· Expanding the original text to include content that didn’t fit
earlier. (For example, adding more stories as kinds of mini-
chapters to your identity narrative; integrating multiple ads
from a particular series to build an expanded ad analysis;
integrating viewer responses to your ad analysis; expanding the
vocabulary you address in your extended definition essay.)
· Shifting the main message/emphasis of a text. (For example,
maybe you see your identity in a new way, now. Or maybe
you’d like to tell an identity-related story without having to link
it back to the concept of identity. Or maybe you see a new
complexity in the argument your ad was making.)
· Combinations of the above can also work. For example, maybe
you zoom in on a particular experience and recast your identity
narrative as a brief screenplay or drama script. Or maybe you
add additional words and phrases from your language
community and craft them into a series of blog posts to teach
others about that community.
· You might think of something I haven’t even imagined! Please
pitch your creative, interesting idea to me. I bet we can make it
work!