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Friday, November 21, 2003
The issue that I will be discussing is the validity of the existence of NDE. There are so many theories regarding NDE. Which theory is the most significant one. I strongly believe that the occurrence of NDE is due to the subconscious and intercommunicating of the body cell and the brain when a person is in their unconscious state. This theory was talked about a lot during my research.
Throughout the semester, my opinion of the topic has changed. I managed to gather more theories and read more proof regarding the occurrence of NDE. I always thought that the occurrence is due to our brain but there are some articles stating that there exists another dimension for the occurrence of NDE.
Well, mostly people will think that this topic is very vague and hard to proof its existence. The consistency of the occurrence is not constant. Some people might get it and some might not. Therefore, some people will believe it and some will not.
Thorughout my research, I wish to proof that the occurrence of NDE can happened to anyone. It is just a matter that when we are able to use this ability. There are still no concrete evidence that I can prove the existence of NDE yet.
The only thing that makes me an expert is that I have read a lot of articles about this topic and see that there are many similar proof that most people have given out about the existence of NDE. Moreover, there are many similar incident reported regarding NDE.
The issue that i am adressing is propaganda in the media against Islam and Muslims. I believe that the media has used irresponisble methods to gain the attention and support of the people in America. The reason why i have this belief is because whenever there is some kind of disaster in America everyones finger points to the Muslim community. I gave an example of this in my paper when i spoke on the Oaklahoma City bombing. My views have some what changed since i started writing these projects. Through research and other peoples opinions i have discovered that the media has realized the problem they were creating and has started programs where educating the masses on different religions is practiced. I was always against people using the word Jihad in a military context and i am still holding that opinion. The research that i conducted helped me learn more about Jihad and where it comes from, so i know that in this case i have the facts to stand by my statement. I would want the people to precieve my essay as an informative one. I hope for people to learn more about the recent events that have led to the stereotypes against Muslims. The most obvious thing that i would want to prove through this essay is that Islam and Muslims are not what the media makes them look to be. The other thing i want to prove is how the media is given so much power that it can use emotional ways to digrade one community and unite the other. The media has a lot of power to itself and when this power isnt used responsibly than things can go wrong. My opinion may not be right for every reader but i believe that my basic arguments are generally believable such as the power of the media. everyone knows how the media used propaganda to enhance war in vietnam and world war II propaganda for women to join the army. In my case the medias excess power has had many Muslims harrassed and a specific example of the two Sikh brothers who were killed. I definately am not an expert on this topic but i have read a lot of experts opinions, and i have spoken to a fairly credible source for his opinions on the topic. I also believe that if i am a Muslim in America i know when propaganda against Muslims is being used. Through this paper i would only want the people to have a different prespective on Islam and Muslims and find out the core meanings of the words in the Quran such as Jihad. I know this topic i have chosen is controversial.There are many counter arguments that people could have about my paper. an example of one would be that: "Like the minority Muslims fundamentalist attacked America, the minority American population and not all Americans are harrasing the people from the East." Discussions especially on religions dont go to well. this has been realized in history, so obviously people would have different opinions than i do on this subject. If someone did try to contradict my arguments i would not get agetated first off as the topic is intense. if someon contradicted myargument as shown above then i would probably reply, "yeah that is true but the Americans have made generealizations of Muslims through their media where as, they never showed the report regarding the murder of the two Sikh brothers." For ethos i have done a lot of research and read a book from a very credible writer and then had a conversation with a pretty credible person. So for ethos i have done the research and my facts are solid. For Pathos i have the examples of the people who got harrased and killed after the oaklahoma bombing as well as 9/11. Logos is what i have to work on in my paper i dont have much stats on this issue but i will find some.
My topic is about sports injuries; causes precausions and different kinds of injuries. I believe injuries can be completely healed if the right medication is used. It is very important to use different treatments for various kinds of injuries. My opinion about my topic has not changed during the semester, infact I started believing more in what I feel. This is because during the semester i did a lot of research about my topic. Many people believe that people who have illnesses like asthma should not play sports at all as they do not have the perfect fitness. By writing this paper i want to prove that asthmatic patients can also play hard sports like football, cricket, soccer. I have had asthma since 5 years now. i got asthma when i was really into sports and many people including doctors asked me to give up sports as they said i would not be fit enough and my asthma would get worse. Not listening to them I went on with playing and taking the correct medication. after five years now my asthma has not cured but it has surely calmed down. This is why I feel people should not stop playing sports just because they have asthma. Many people still believe that asthmatic patients should not do stressfull physical work Instead they should fight asthma by taking the correct precausions. If someone contradicted my idea i would go in detail to explain to him what I thought and would include more of pathos in my conversation.
For ethos I would say asthmatic people should not give up playing sports as I had asthma and played sports.
Pathos: I feel people should not give up something so enjoyable as sports just because of a trivial illness.
Logos: More than 75% of asthmatic patients are now a days asked to walk or jog daily as this helps their asthma cure.
The purpose of my paper would be to first explain to the reader that there is a problem in India. I would be using ethos,pathos and logos to put my point across. I have the evidence from five articles which explicitly state that AIDS is a problem in India and that something needs to be done. These articles use statistics (logos) which will definitely convince my reader. Furthermore three of these articles are reports from the World Health Organization, National AIDS Control Organization, Indian Committee of Youth Organization. The other two are reports written by experts from the Indian government or working for the news. Thus they have excellent standing and integrity.
Apart from that i have the credibility of a doctor with a double PhD and who has been working with children related with AIDS for the last seven years, with whom i had a heart to heart talk. He is my family doctor and resides in Hyderabad in India and has experience that will carry my research a long way. In the conversation he also claims that there is a problem and also gives a solution.
Last of all he also talks about the condition of the patients having AIDS and this will definitely arouse the emotions of the readers. He shares some of the first hand experiences that he has witnessed and i was immediately aroused.
All the articles that i have read, plus the interview with my family doctor has made me confident that i am heading on the right track. However, i still have doubts on where the problem is and as to what needs to be done. Thus i dont think that i'll be giving a convincing enough solution to my readers.
This is because all the articles that i have read, concentrate on the monetary aspect of the issue. They all claim that not enough money has been donated and that not enough hospitals are present. However, my family doctor had another view on the matter. He claimed that it was not just a one side issue and that even we, the people were responsible. He said that there is no immediate solution and that we just have to keep working at it together.
I do not have any statictics in my favour to say that something good has happened in the last couple of years. Moreover, i dont have the credibility to offer my own solution. Thus i think i am going to depend a lot on pathos to get me through this one.
I'm thinking of discussing wither the governments of all the countries should prohibit alcohol completely. I think that the government should not make consuming alcohol allowed in their territory. My opinion changed through the papers I wrote because by making alcohol illegal make the people more aggressive or make them make illegal actions to get it. I guess that most of the people are against the idea of making alcohol illegal. People may think that this action may cause the violation of human rights like freedom and privacy. I want to prove that Islam has the right to give any orders for its own people because they obey them. Islam has the right to forbid alcohol because it causes mental and physical illness. I think that Iˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢m kind of expert because Iˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢ve read and meet with some Muslims that have an experience with this subject. In this project I wish that I will be able to make a good presentation of ideas and argument that may convenes some people of my ideas. People may say that my paper may lack some democratic ideas. But like every religion that comes from god itˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢s not changeable. So I will get people by passion to religion. And medical statistics will give some proves of what alcohol may cause to the human health. And getting this information from a doctor with some statistics that may proof that alcohol is bad for the human mentally and physically.
My topic has been the Nuclear statues in North Korea, and the relationship related to North Korea. I, of course believe in that it is absolutly wrong thing that North Korea is doing now. While I do my projects, my thoughts has been more clear about this. Maybe not many people whould be against with my opinion. So, i also mentioned how we can solve the problem in North Korea. My topoc has been written and told by so many people who are experts, I could get many argument points of my topic. I would say it is more like telling people what North Korea has been doing wrong and how it should be changed. But at some point, there are something that other nations must help North Korea. Helping out and be a friend with North Korea could be the best way to solve the Nuclear problem. Since I am not a American, I am a South Korean. From that reason, i would have different prospective from what American does. For the last project, I am going to see all my previous projects and put them all togeather in one project, and i will use the ethos, logos, and pathos to make my paper convincing.
My research project is on the diversity on languages in India and its impact on the political and economical growth of the country. This topic is a highly debatable topic. Through this project I first analyze the situation and my sources and decide if it is a problem or not. Then I go on to finding a solution to the problem. At the beginning of the semester when I first started on this project, I was of the opinion that the diversity in languages favored the growth of the country. But, as I read more books and interviewed people I began to believe that this diverseness in languages has indeed been a threat to the growth of the countries for many centuries. While some feel that diversity is a must and that it help a country grow, others feel that it is a key factor which stunts its growth.
Through this project, I want to prove to people that the term diversity itself has no negative connotation to it and that if the problems of diversity were resolved it has tremendous potential to boost up the growth of a country. I have strong evidence from books and from people whom I have interviewed.
I guess,the fact that I have lived in India all my life and been a part of the Indian community, has qualified me to give my opinion of the topic.
I strongly feel that people outside of India misinterpret the diversity that exists in India. I would want to prove it to them, by describing the Indian scenario, supported by my proofs and arguments, that there is more than just diversity in India - 'A unity in diversity'.
My topic and my opinion can be easily challenged. I am sure that there are a lot of people who do not agree with me on this issue. Many people feel that diversity in India is a curse to the country. They could support their arguments with the happenings in the past in India. I would try to impress on them, my opinion of the topic, by giving them examples of diversity in countries like united states which has helped in its growth and some incidents which occurred in India which prove that diversity is fruitful.
If some one contradicted my opinion, I would accept the idea since no one person or opinion is right or wrong on this issue. But, I would still hold on to my opinion and try to convince the others of my opinion.
I will certainly have to use logos, ethos and pathos to convince my readers. I feel that I can appeal to logos with my examples,statistical data and reasoning. I am from India and been a part of the Indian community for a long time. I guess this gives me credibility to appeal to ethos. Though I would not appeal to pathos too frequently, I will try to make it a part of my arguments.
My topic revolves mainly around the existence or non existence of the Costa Rican army and the main repercutions that its abolishment has in the present. On this paper I am discussing whether or not Costa Rica would have been a lot more different than it is today if its army had never been abolished in the late 1940Ôø‡s. I am also trying to prove that this army has been completely exterminated and that there are no soldiers in Costa Rica. My opinion on this topic has always been that, considering some statistical information that indicate a great growth in sectors like health and education where the money used to support the army went, Costa Rica has changed greatly because of this action. Through the research of my paper I also found out that there are some who claim that there still exists an army of about 2500 soldiers which impacted me so I decided to explore a little more about this subject. Considering the possibility that there might be an army in Costa Rica I decided to imagine what it would be like. I started to question how an army would work in a country whoÔø‡s government is very corrupt. I also investigated whether or not citizens of country who have an army trust the people who are running it, find it dangerous to have one or consider it impossible to live without one. I would like to prove that indeed, Costa Rica is a peaceful and unarmed nation and that the rumors that say that there is an army in this country are just that: rumors. I have lived in that country for my entire life and never have I seen one Costa Rican soldier. The claims of these people are simple misunderstandings of the concept of our police, which is highly trained, not to conform an army but to extinguish drug trafficking and other delinquent acts. Considering the costs of having an army it is practically impossible to be able to support it and still keep up with the investment levels that we have on education and health. The main fact that supports this is that if the country were not investing as much in education or health to invest in an Ôø‡armyÔø‡, the statistics would show it, and we would not have one of the highest literacy rates in Latin America or one of the best health systems in the world. If someone tried to contradict me I would simply demonstrate my point with facts and based on my own personal experience acquired mostly from living in that country and from my latest research on the topic.
My topic is about the impact of September 11 to international students. It can be the difficulties that international students get after the 9/11 incidents or about the system and regulations that U.S. government use after the incidents. I haven’Äôt thought about the position that I’Äôm going to take on my topic because at first, I only want to find out more about my topic.
I think, for now, the only thing that could be argued about is the changes in the System after the 9/11 incident. After that incident, there have been a lot of changes in the system. One thing for sure, there has been a change from paper-based system to electronic database system. These changes bring to more severe consequences to whoever breaks the rules and regulations of the system. One of the consequences is that people who violate the regulations will have their legal stay be terminated. Is it the right changes? Are the changes useful?
Based on the article that was in the exponent on November 13, it can be said that the system was very vague and caused a lot of confusion because, from that article, it looked like everyone would have to pay $50 per semester for SEVIS system. This shows that the new regulations are still unclear and sometimes confusing. With the fact that many international students don’Äôt feel ’Äúwelcome’Äù in this country and the fact that numbers of international students in United States is dropping, it looks like many people oppose to the changes.
I feel that I have many things to argue about but I haven’Äôt figured out what they are. I hope that I could find it out soon and make a great final paper.
In Classical Argument paper, I will focus on pollution. I believe that pollution causes asthma especially industrial pollution. I will take the stand to rebut, to concede, or to qualify my claim in order to argue the claim that ’ÄúPollution doesn’Äôt cause asthma because people living in the countryside have asthma as well’Äù. After reading many articles about pollution and asthma, my opinion about asthma and pollution haven’Äôt change. One article said that indoor pollution actually many times higher than outdoor pollution; therefore, we can not blame asthma for high concentration of pollution from motor vehicles, notably oxides of nitrogen, particulate matter from diesel internal combustion engines, etc. I want to prove that air pollution cause asthma by using many fact, statistic, and study to defend my opinion ;for example, a new study of children in southern California reports that frequent, strenuous, outdoor exercise, combined with high level of ozone air pollution, can more than triple children’Äôs at risk of developing asthma. I will look for more information and studies about this topic. I believe that pollution causes asthma because if my son was born in Vietnam, he might not have asthma.
If I want to change people who have opinion that air pollution is not one of the causes of asthma. My topic is a controversial topic because people having benefit of fast evolving technology such as automobile, oil refinery, etc don’Äôt want to believe that pollution can harm people’Äôs health.
-Pathos argument: Air pollution put your children and your relative at risk for asthma’Ķ.
-Ethos: American Lung Association has a study show that air pollution definitely causes asthma’Ķ.
-Logos: Nitro dioxide is a potent bronchoconstrictor produced in explosives manufacturing, fertilizer, and cigarette smoking.
Thursday, November 20, 2003
My topic is about the political relationship between Taiwan and China, and I think it can be a good value issue to debate on. For example, the political circumstances the two countries and other international nations are in, or the different styles of governments could all be hot topics to talk about.
Through out my series of projects, I am trying to find the possibility of a war breaking out, which would be a terrible scene, and can be a topic to argue about. Being a Taiwanese, I have all the beliefs biased towards Taiwan, and there should be no doubt that I would root for Taiwan no matter what happens. That is patriotism to me regardless of what people say, and I believe those in China felt the same way as well. Once the politics are involved, and the patriotic actions take part, there can be to much possibilities to discuss about, but at the same time, much harder to evaluate the opinions.
From my prospective, I would like to point out the pros and cons of reunification of the two sides. Pros being mostly the elimination of a huge distration especially when China is developing. Cons can be the human rights, the policies, or the conflict of lifestyles. People having different backgrounds can easily have a lot of disagreements, and there could be no absolute answers at all.
For the particular war stuff I am bringing, I will say totally no wars allowed because war means lose of people and resourses. But politicians may agrue that war is just an effective way to achieve favorable outcome. I can not say the contradict points are wrong, but I simply think things can not be worse if anybody will die.
To sum up, I don't think this topic can make a good arguement, so I might only use these methods to analyze some information I obtainedm but not making my essay arguemental as a whole.
I think my paper can be to some an argument paper to some extent. I based this on some of the answers to questions posted on the 'writings' page that I've included in the following paragraphs.
My topic so far has been investigating the nature of the mindset of firefighters. As you know, many of them were lost on 9/11 and I was intrigued by the bravery with which they appeared to take their jobs, and wanted to know more about the nature of these people. I never really initially took any position on my topic, I entered it just wanting to know more. Perhaps the only belief or opinion that I had when I chose the paper was that firefighters had to be true heroes in that they do their job in incredibly dangerous conditions whether or not they recieve the adulation due to them. I guess I had this belief because it's commonsense that anybody who works in risky business and loves doing that job, and feels fulfillment must have something unique in terms of character.
Through the semester, my knowledge of the topic has improved tremendously through my research and the information I received from the interview. I feel that thanks to this information, I've been better able to take a position on the topic. I initially set out to understand the psychology of what it takes to be a firefighter, and I've decided that it does take some intial courage and strength of character, but when somebody actually becomes a firefighter, its the family-like relationship in the firehouse and other such factors that help keep up spirit.
I think that people could have plenty of different opinions on my topic. For instance, one person said that they're maybe have to be just a little crazy. I'm working on this topic not trying to take a stand, and thus not to prove anything, in this project I'm interested in making a final statement based upon the research I've conducted so far.
I think that my opinion on this topic is never certainly always the right one, I'm definitely no expert. I'm always open to oposing views. I feel my topic is not very controversial, it does not usually attract too much debate or argument. I don't currently know the counter arguments that may be posed by somebody to the topic. I am however trying to anticipate them, but I need to give more thought to the nature or path of the counterarguments and how I might respond to them. I feel I need more time to think about them and work on them.
I feel my final paper has a definite amout of 'argument' potential to it. I'm going to try as much as possible to include arguments and reasoning behind the points I put down. I think it should have positive effect on my topic because it will lend it a better credibility and help a reader to understand the arguments whether they like it or not. Mostly, I'm going to try and present my information as objectively as possible, and then take a side when I make my final observations or some comments in the paper.
Tuesday, November 18, 2003
I felt this project was the most interesting project so far. Initially, I was kind of worried that I would mess up the interview, but it actually went pretty well, and I had a great experience doing it. I've finished working on my report and I feel that I have everything I need in it so far. Writing the report was a nice experience, I didn't bring a tape-recorder to the interview, so all I had was my memory and my very meager notes, so it was good to know that I remembered everything from the interview. The only problem I had was that I did the interview about a day before the first draft was due, so it was tight trying to meet the deadline, but it was okay, because it worked out well in the end. I hope I've done a good paper.
Monday, November 17, 2003
What i liked about this project was that it had field work in it. It wasnt restrained to just writing. I also liked the fact that it went deeper into the subject.
What i did not like about this project was the useage of reported speech. It got me very confused and i needed a long time at the writing lab to clear all my doubts.
What went well about my project was that i conducted my interview on Yahoo chat. So i didnt not have to really bother about talking notes because it would all be there at the end, and i could just concentrate on my questions.
What did not go so well, was the fact that the person i interviewed drifted away from the topic very often. And the person is a double PhD and a very elderly man, and to be respectful i had to let him talk and talk. So the interview took me a very long time.
I think that my paper is ok, because i went to a conference and the writing lab. Also i followed all instructions from the project page and read the example provided and used words from project 4 page.
I think that my reported speech has definitely improved after this assignment. Also i think that my organization of ideas have improved. What i wish to have learned more is to have conducted a real interview with an expert, because i did interview a 'non expert'.
My interviews were very productive and yet easy to conduct. This is due in part to my close relationship with the interviewee. What I especially found intriguing were the answers to my main two questions. I did not like the answers in the sense that they were bad; however, I liked them in the sense that they were so complex and logical. It made me think of Saddam Hussein's extreme smartness; it also occurred to me that he was more fiendish than what people ever imagined.
Aside from my interview, my paper is not in very good shape right now. I am not yet done with it. I have completed my first draft, and for the first time I wrote down a very incoherent first draft that merely represents the flow of ideas I had in mind at the time of the writing. However, I am planning on modifying it and replenishing it to yield a better coherent piece of writing. I am quite confident that I will be able to do that, however, that will come at a cost, more effort.
I'm glad that I have a chance to learn how to do an interview report. This is an interesting project because it involves in communication skill that I should develope and it is necessary for me in the long run. I took a lot of time and effort to look for people I want to interview and then to make an appointment with them. I have to wait for Susie for almost an hour. I was kind of anxious because I don't know the interviewee and I didn't know if the interview would go well even I always cross my fingers for luck. Then I didn't know if I could get enough information out of my interview. If not I have to look for another interviewee, and to make another appointment. I had never interview anyone before I came to this class. Ask somebody their time for me, that idea freak me out but now I can do it. The interview with a pharmacist who is working at Purdue Pharmacy was going well but I don't satify very much with the information that I've got. Therefore, I have another interview with Dr. Scott Steven and this time the information is better. I came on time to see Dr. Steven and I wasn't very nervous because I have experience after I interviewed Susie Marshal, the pharmacist. This time I was very much know what I really want.
In the interview report I think that back-ground reading is very important because when I let my interviewee know that you know very much about the topic therefore the interviewee will be comfortable with information they want to deliver and not be afraid that the interviewer doesn't know much and then will hide the important details that required a lot of backgound reading.
I think I will write a good paper with the information but something about paper organization that it wasn't clear to me. I'm kind of getting used to the way I organize my paper in last projects. Now it is hard not to follow that road. But I will try to figure it out anyway.
I really liked this project because it gave me a new experience in many fields and some self-confident to ask people questions. I think this paper is better than the before because it was from my ideas and some others that gave me the words and I only had to rephrase them with my opinion and feed back. But the time was a bit short which made me make some last minute adjustment on every thing to make the work better.
this project has been very interesting. SInce it is the first time to Interview people, it was kind of hard. Finding who i was going to interview also takes me long time. because of my bad spoken language and pronounciation I had a tough time to interview people. When we did interview in the class, i was very nervous and worried in myself, but it went well than what i thoguht. In actually project, I really try to interview people in face to face, but I cound not do it because of some problems. So I just did the interview by E-mail. Interviewing people by E-mail was not so great idea. At least i got the information what i needed, but there were many disadvantages. For example, i could not give to my interviewee follow-up questions. So I could have gotten more information if my interview had been done by face to face.
But stiill, i got some good interesting facts from my interviewee. i focused my paper the relationship between US and North Korea based on his words from interview.
This project is my first time try, so it has come to me very fresh, but some complexity. As i give grade to my paper, I would give B average. I believe I gave effort on this interview paper.
This project has been the most interesting project. I strongly feel that this project has let us do real 'research work'. It was interesting to interview different people and learn about their points of view and their arguments. At first I had thought this to be the most difficult project. But after the interview session that we had in class, I had a boost of confidence. This project seemed simple because of the step by step procedure that we adopted to complete the project. Right from framing the questions to interviewing an expert, Ms Moussu has been very helpful.
As far as the questions are concerned, I had many open eneded questions and my list of questions increased as I interviewed more people. I learnt so many things that I had not thought of. At first I had no one to interview but then I ended up interviewing five people.
The interviews went on very well. All of them seemed to be interested in my topic. It was more of a informal discussion rather than a formal question and answer session. One problem I had was to listen to the person and take notes at the same time. However, I chose to listen to my speaker rather than take notes. I wrote a quick report right after the interview which helped me later.
I liked this project because it wanted me to talk to different people like experts and students and analyze what they had to say. Not having a word limit for this project was yet another reason for the same learned a lot from this project. I came to know that not all people share the same ideas and opinions. They have proof in support of their arguments and all of them seem right. One problem that I had in this project was to find out which idea/opinion was the best. I plan to do this in the next project. In my ext project,I plan to analyze all the sources that I have got so far and arrive at a practical solution to the problem.
I liked this interview project more than the summary of the articles project. I feel that this project gives us more freedom to write. From preparing of the questionaire, I mange to anticipate what I an going to write about my project. What kind of things that I wish to know more about my topic. Moreover, all the while I was confused that I thought all the project is related in some manner and I was worried that I might do something wrong along the way. After realizing that each project is indenpent in some way, i manage to give my best shot.
Throughout the interview, i found that I was talking too much of other things rather than making the interviewer answering my question. But getting socialize to the interviewer makes me more comfortable and more information were gathered. I have to do a lot of follow up question to make the interviewer explainned more about my topic. At the end I guess the interview was pretty succesfy.
I think I did a preety good job on this paper. I have interviewed 2 person in my project. I manage to find more answer to what I have to ask. By talking to others I realize that my knowledge was broaden about my topic. Other ideas that I don't see about my topc appeared after the interviews.
The things that I wish to learn more about this assignment would be knowing how to inteprete what people have to say instead of asking them to rephrase their answers. I find it kinda rude to ask people to repeat so i think I need to polish this up in future and really pay 100% attention to what people have to say.
The interview project to me is a kind of fresh taste, for that I had never done this before. It was very troublesome to have an satisfying interview done, from planning, preparing, actual interview, and finally summerizing. However, I learned a lot from the interview, either professional knowledge on my topic, or things like the techniques of interviewing. I guess I pretty much enjoyed the overall process.
Because I interviewed a close friend of mine with the background I was looking for, I didn't encounter many trouble because I didn't need to care about being mannered as much as others who had strangers to interview. Plus, my interviewee, perhaps because of our friendship, were indeed kind and wanted to help me, so even though the frist interview didn't go well, he then answered my follow-up questions more specifically, and help my paper a lot.
As I finished my paper, I think I have written a pretty smooth essay, I like it much much more than the previous project which I totally screwed. I am going to the writing lab tomorrow, so I hope my paper can become even better!
This is the first time for me interviewing people especially the one that I interviewed is an important person. I think I like it because it feels that Iˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢m a reporter. I also got more information from this interview. Although itˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢s hard to make an appointment with the interviewee, I was able to meet him for an hour. In the interview, everything went well like all the questions are answered; the interview was on time, etc. Itˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢s just that my tape recorder didnˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢t work. I have already checked it before the interview and it worked just fine. But when it came to the interview, it seemed like itˆ¢’Ǩ’Ñ¢s broken. Even my interviewee helped me to turn the tape recorder on. At the end, he said that I should buy a new one so I had to write down all the answers.
I think that my paper is quite good because somehow, as an international student, I experience the impact of September 11. By doing this assignment, I know about my topic better than before. However, I wish that I could know more about the policies for international students who study abroad.
I feel this project was the best project we have done so far. I enjoyed taking interviews from different people. I learnt many different strategies of taking an interviews. I took two interviews and both in different ways. I took my first interview by phone and the other by chat. Both my interviews gave me different information which I was not aware of before starting this project. Writing the project did not take me much time after I had organised my information. This project tought me how to take someones interview and also helped me learn more about my topic. I feel my project will be good as I have had three good interviews which have given me a lot of information. I have also writen a good report covering all the points.
Sunday, November 16, 2003
The interview report has been one of my favorate projects in this class. i enjoyed going out trying to find people to interview. even though it wasnt the easiest thing to do, it was still fun. I didnt get to interview my first choice but it all worked out in the end. I conducted my interview on msn so it made it a lot easier for me to gather information. After the interview writing the rest of the paper wasnt so hard. I think the paper i have written for this project is good because i got a lot of detailed information on subjects i didnt know that well. For example the historical aspects of my topic. I would say through this project i have learned more about my topic firstly, and secondly how to precieve different peoples opinions on a topic.
