What Is It We Do When We Write Articles Like This

     There are two courses that ask for me to do research which are English and Political Science. I imagine myself going online and gathering information from articles written by professionals.
     In Michael Kleine's article 'What Is It We Do When We Write Articles Like This-- and How Can We Get Students To Join Us?", he attempts to explain if researchers such as professors or teachers are actually discovering new evidence in the research or if they are copying or para-phrasing like the rest of high school students and college students seem to be doing.  He does so by interviewing his colleagues because as they themselves are scholars, it helps him gain more information about the experiement him and Steven Anderson and Barry Maid are doing. The project goes into how each person does the research and what ways are the proceeding to do so.
     I would say that I am the typical high school/college student when it comes to the writing. I see myself as going over what has been written and putting it into my own words with other comments that I may  have being included into this.
     The professionals sources play a significant role in the research. What they are researching grasps their personal interests so by looking more in depth to others work and findings, it helps them gain a better understand of what it is they are hoping to discover for themselves. Research has been helpful for me because I would need to have a lot of information to base my writing off of. The main difference between the research the scholars do compared to my work is that it is out of enjoyment for them where I am forced to do it.
     If I were to change my way of doing research as Kleine talks about, it would fall along the lines of actually taking into deep thought of how my research was going. I usually see what seems to fit within my writings, but I never make a discovery for myself or something that I found interesting enough to put into it. Research is not my strong point, so actually diving into the work would be a challenge in itself.
     I didn't particularly like this article. I understand that changing my research habits will result in better writing. It was just repetitive while reading it. Reading articles about things we do in our daily lives are more interesting and this didn't follow underneath my category.

Argument as Conversation

     In his article "Argument as Conversation", Stuart Greene attempts to explain to the general audience that without knowledge or reasoning, you cannot prove your opinion or help others see where you are directly coming from. He argues that the lack of history on a topic serves little use when trying to argue your point because when you lack proof, you lack reasoning which shows others that your opinion can be ruled as invalid.
     The way how I see an argument is multiple opinions being used in a discussion between others in a disagreeing manner.  Within everyday conversation, it goes between personal, political, and religious affairs.  In an academic setting, it flows with debate and politics such as current events in news, media, reflection, and books.  To me, the difference is with everyday conversation, it is more of a personal dispute between people and their beliefs that may or may not become heated where as in with academia, it is more of a professional way and more on current worldly events. The use of knowledge and background that they have taken over the topic come into play more than it would in personal arguments.
     Burke's quote was repeated in the article because Greene explained what it said into simple sentences. He brings forth what it was saying and explains it to the reader by showing how it is used in arguments. The metaphor is spot on to arguments in general. The way it is displayed explains the history of arguments where a theory appears and then continually branches off many ideas and bounces back and forth between different people with unique views.
     The basic concept of framing is the perspective of ones views and in the text, a camera lens  underlines it. It's important to him because his article shows how framing helps in ideas. He uses it for himself and it backs up his statements as well. Framing allows the reader to see what is there and create their own ideas with the help of others to build upon what their knowledge says.
     The article is a conversation between Greene and the reader. He not only gives us his opinion, but he also brings forth other writer's work to prove his own point. Greene does practice what he preaches by showing it in his article. After reading the four  He brings out all the small detailing within framing and puts it into his own writing.
     I enjoyed reading this because it applies to my everyday lifestyle. I argue and voice my opinions to others and I enjoy the heat of battle. To me, it made perfect sense and as I was reading it, I was actually engaging in an argument at that point in time so it helped me prove my point and I learned from first hand experience that it actually worked! It'd be helpful for just about anyone, but to me, I like when people understand why I think the way that I do, whether they agree or not is up to them, but so long as they understand the things I'm thinking, that's all that matters to me.

Test Run

Hello,

Having extreme difficulties with this. Was never a fan of blogging so hopefully it's been done right. I'll see everyone on Wednesday.

-Rae'ven