Sean Demme
5.29.12
Eng 1510
QDJ
#1. Kleine talks about research,
and how it is done in many different ways, and is not a “concrete” process. I
am really bad at research and to hear that most people have trouble with it and
forming the way they do their research is relief to me. It does sound like he
is describing the way I do my research, I have never done a paper the same way,
I am always trying something new and it seems I always find a way to fudge it
all up.
#3. Kleine uses well educated
people to take his data from. This is good because I, as an inexperienced writer,
can see that even at a higher level, you can still have a problem with how you
collect and use your data. In past, my sources have always been off of the
internet, the way that Kleine uses real people to show his evidence gives me a
sense of reality. In the past I’ve never really had the chance to have such
relevant information to me. The difference between Kleine’s sources and my own is
the way that he is researching something he is interested in and has the time
to collect good, quality sources. Whereas when I do a research paper, my
sources are Wikipedia and Google sources because I am not so passionate about
the topic.
#4. What would I change? I am not
quite sure 100% what I’d change but I do know what I would change WHAT I am
researching about. I feel that when you have something you’re passionate about,
like Kleine did, I would want to search for better sources, like professionals
in the field, and see what they have to say. Kleine’s article was helpful in
that sense - that I need to be more passionate about my research, not just for
the teachers’ briefcase, but for my own advancement.
Sean,
ReplyDeleteWe are going to explore some more credible databases. Hopefully that will help you with the research process. It is much easier to do research on a topic one is interested in;however, even chosen topics can lead to hard research. Wikipedia is not currently recognized as an acceptable source, largely due to the fact that anyone can edit it. This is not to say it is not a good place to look for research, simply find a more reliable source, oftentimes linked at the bottom of the article. I actually had to cite Wikipedia once and I spoke to my instructor about and we agreed it was not ideal but would be accepted. Of course, the paper had several pages of works cited and the information from the Wikipedia page was not crucial (When Sylvester the cat says/spits "Suffering Succotash" he is alluding to a euphemism for "Suffering Savior." Wikipedia was the only place I could, after a week, find this.