Final Blog

One of the most valuable parts of the blogging process was always having the directions and layout of each assignment posted up for us at all times, and also having a calender of future assignments with the due dates on it. The blog was helpful in that we could view attached links to websites and several useful articles that helped us with our research and other assignments.

Using a blog helped me learn in this class this semester because it helped me to better organize my information on essays and assignments, and also the links attached to them allowed me to later refer back to them. The blogging process also allowed us to comment on other blogs as well as receive comments from our teacher and other classmates.

The blog that I am most proud of that I had written this year is my adoption introduction blog because it helped me to start off my midterm essay. My other blogs on adoption were also very helpful in writing my essay because they already summed up the articles that I was using for my essay and also had their websites attached to them.

Blogs like this can be used more effectively in a learning environment by allowing students to reach their teacher and other classmates more effectively than by using email, telephone, etc. For example, if a student is absent and needs to make up the work, he or she could easily get the missed notes or assignments from the blog by leaving a brief message.

Introduction to Adoption Essay

Although, “a national survey showed that four in 10 Americans have considered adoption,” according to the National Adoption Day, with adoption laws becoming more and more strict, it is beginning to get very difficult for prospective parents to adopt new children into their family. Adoption is a very time consuming and complex process to complete. With all of the strict requirements that adoptive parents need to surpass now a day, finding the right adoption agency is very important and a major decision to make when deciding to adopt a child. In order to find the most suitable adoption agency for each adoptive couple or parent, comparing several different agencies to each other, and choosing the best form of adoption is crucial to ensure a happy and successful adoption.

I chose to start my essay with a fact in order to make the introduction more interesting so that the reader would want to continue and read on.

A question that I would like to ask about my introduction is whether or not the opening sentence works well for my essay topic and if some of the sentences in the introduction are too repetitive?

Process of Adoption

The process of adoption is very long and could even take over two years to complete it, but in different situations it can vary. Once the prospective parents have decided to adopt a child, the first step that needs to be taken is finding a suitable adoption agency. From there the potential adopters can meet and talk with a social worker from the agency in which they hope to adopt from.

If the adopters are accepted by the agency, they then will proceed with the application and began a home study assessment. This means that an assigned social worker will make several visits to the adopters’ home, and ask them about their family background, own childhood, and present condition of their everyday lives. The social worker will also talk any children or any other members of the family. The home study assessment alone can take several months to complete and is often very demanding.

The prospective adopters are required to have a medical examination, and then give the adoption a full report with their own and family’s health history. This allows the agency’s medical advisor to determine if there are any know health issues that would make the prospective parents unable to care for an adopted child.

Once the home study report is completed it then gets evaluated by an adoption panel and the agency’s decision maker. The adoption panel is a group of people who help decide whether or not the prospective parents are approved to adopt, and if so which particular child would be right for the adoptive parents. The panel’s recommendation is later reviewed by the agency’s decision maker for the final decision to be made.