Unit I Reflection

I was surprised how my research evolved. My first question was just kind of blah, and it could have been answered in many different ways. But surprisingly, as I analyzed my case studies, four specific things came screaming out at me, answering my proposed question. I really struggled with how I should say, “Look, these are my opinions, and yours will probably (and most likely) be different.” I struggled with how to show my credibility without saying, “these are the final answers and nobody else’s opinions are correct.”
While researching, I learned how information just kind of falls in to your hands. Or more, my hands. I really struggled with writing though. I felt it important to introduce what I was talking about, like a speech, but Jason wasn’t so cool on that style of writing. So I really had to get creative with my wordings, but I think I pulled through.
The value of case study methodology is very important because it involves real life. All the blogs I analyzed were written by real people. None of the blogs were Cinderella fairy tales. I really appreciated and enjoyed the three case studies I looked at. They made me feel more comfortable about myself. Besides, who else puts their sh*t on blast?! Ha-ha.
If I had to start over with this project, I would have chosen my blogs more carefully. I had to do some revising because one of my blogs just wasn’t working for what I was asking. I switched from Opinionista to Dooce. But it really worked out in the end; Dooce had a lot to offer me concerning my methodology. I wish we would have worked on wordings instead of just introducing what we were supposed to talk about. Let me make this clear, I was confused on how to start paragraphs without blatantly stating what I was going to talk about. In some cases, I felt it necessary to state this, but in others, I understood why Jason didn’t want us writing like that.
For students next semester, I think an analysis focusing on music would be cool to do case studies with. Currently, my roommate is writing a paper on music and race, and I find it fascinating. I also think that they should do something like a blog, you know, something very up to date. It helps the “sheltered” people get out more! But I did enjoy this topic and I am glad our first paper was on it. I think I can speak for almost everyone in the class; the blogosphere is an entertaining and wild world!