Finally Done!:)

I would have to say I am not at all upset about being done with my research paper. It was a very stressful task and even though I am done I wasn't all that happy with my ending results. I think I had a good paper and I really worked hard on it, I'm just not to sure if it came out as well written as I would have liked. I also and a little nervous about my intro because it was all my own thoughts and words and I'm not sure if that is exactly what it was supposed to be like. I guess it's just a big weight off my shoulders to have this handed in and now out of my control.. even though that is a little nerve racking. Out next project should be a bit more enjoyable than this one so I am looking forward to starting on that.

Research Paper

I finally got my interview set up. I am actually going to be doing two interviews. One will be with my step mom who just got her degree for special education. She gave me a lot of good articles to read and it has helped me a lot in deciding what to write about. I have decided to do not only why women choose teaching, but also why most choose K-12 and not higher level teaching or a higher position like administration of being a principle. After reading these articles I see that the male population and stereotypes of women have a lot to do with that. I also am interview my TE professor. She has never taught K-12, but instead has done some higher level teaching as well as at the university. She has done some things with education and technology and computers. I think interviewing her will be good because it will give me a perspective of a women who did go into some higher level teaching instead of the norm K-12. I think I have a pretty good start and I'm feeling pretty good about my paper at this point.

Research Paper

I have finally found a topic for my research paper!!:) I am going to do Women in Education as far as the question I would like to do..that is still up in the air. I have narrowed it down to a few and I have decided that I will do the interview and try to answer some of those questions because I feel that in a way these kind of tie in with each other. I have started to do some research and I have found some good articles. I hope I can find some more books in the library because I think with this specific topic they would be the most helpful. I am going home this weekend so I think I might go to my local library to find some things. Hopefully I can get a good start on everything in the next couple days so that when I get back from break I won't be so swamped with work. I am still extremely nervous for this paper. I hope to do well on it when it is all finished. I have also decided that I am going to take pictures throughout my process ( I'm sure there will be one of me pulling my hair out ha ha) and I am also going to do a mini diary to describe the pictures. I actually think that part of this project will be fun.:)

Research Paper

We have just been assigned our research papers. I am becoming more and more stressed about this paper because I am not really sure what I should write about. I know it has to do with our majors, well if we want it to, so I was thinking about doing something with education because I am an education major. I was thinking about talking about women teachers and what they have to go through and what their job is like. I am going to be this person one day so I thought it would be a good topic and also helpful to me to look into what it's like to be a female in the Education Department. I know we need to interview someone and I was thinking about interviewing my TE professor. She is an excellent instructor and I think she would be able to give me a lot of information in this field.

Another Blog on My Rhetorical Analysis

So once again I am having a problem finding one more source for my paper. I have my two credited sources, but the only other ones I can find are on the internet. I am having some problems figuring out what else to use. Most of my paper is written, but I just need to add a few more things. I am also becoming a little stressed about the whole plagiarism thing. I don't want to end up plagiarizing anything in my paper, but at the same time I don't want to fill my whole paper with just quotes. I'm pretty sure so far I've done good with citing my sources and not using someone;s words with out giving them credit. Hopefully I didn't miss anything though:/

Rhetorical Analysis after Peer Review

After peer review today I noticed a lot of things about my paper that not only the person who read my paper pointed out, but things I noticed after. I think I need to put my own opinion in my paper more. I know I have a lot of facts right now, but that's really all it is. Hopefully I'll be able to get enough information to write all 6 pages of this paper. I really do like my topic though I found out after some research that it's an even bigger issue than I realized. I never knew there was problems like harrassment going on during interviews. Women really do struggle a lot in this field of work.

Rough Draft

I have been working on my rough draft for my rhetorical analysis and I see that I have a good topic, I am just having some problems finding good sources. I can find plenty of internet articles about women in sports journalism, but finding books or journals on the library website are difficult. Those journals only talk about journalism as a whole, not the topic I am writing about. Hopefully I'll be able to find some articles though.