{"id":127,"date":"2017-06-05T17:18:27","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/?p=127"},"modified":"2017-06-05T17:18:27","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T17:18:27","slug":"reflecting-on-it-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/2017\/06\/05\/reflecting-on-it-all\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflecting on it All"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This is How Far We&#8217;ve Come\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Finishing up the second section of Critical Thinking and Writing, I realized we&#8217;ve come very, very far in writing, reading, research, and English in general. Yet, the most impactful and interesting things I&#8217;ve learned has been related to research, specifically the methods and ways to conduct it efficiently. (Yes, I know we&#8217;ve gone over this a lot but it&#8217;s the last time. I promise!)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 402px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/Cs5Pu1IgrJsw8\/giphy.gif\" width=\"402\" height=\"216\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">pinky promise? pinky promise. (Source: Giphy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Inquiry-Based Research<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite concepts to rely on when it comes to researching is having a question and inquiry in mind when diving in. By doing this, it not only provides a good sense of direction but also what to look and not look for in terms of sources. For example, this method helped me significantly when I made trips to the Santa Clara University Archives, a place exploding with key material and valuable documents.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net\/adventuretimewithfinnandjake\/images\/7\/7d\/Tree_Trunks_Explode.gif\/revision\/latest?cb=20121208054643\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">boom! (Source: Adventure Time Wiki)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the archives, I found it extremely challenging to sort and arrange all the potential documents for my research papers. However, this inquiry-based mindset I acquired allowed me to have a clearer sense of what sources would be key to my argument as well as those that could be used as naysayers, taking my paper to the next level. I realized that this method was more useful for working with large databases and groups of material rather than a smaller set of information. Overall, I found this tool extremely useful and hope to use it again soon!<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is How Far We&#8217;ve Come\u00a0 Finishing up the second section of Critical Thinking and Writing, I realized we&#8217;ve come very, very far in writing, reading, research, and English in general. Yet, the most impactful and interesting things I&#8217;ve learned has been related to research, specifically the methods and ways to conduct it efficiently. (Yes, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/2017\/06\/05\/reflecting-on-it-all\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Reflecting on it All<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1775,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":0,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"cchen5","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/author\/cchen5\/"},"qubely_comment":0,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/cchen5\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"This is How Far We&#8217;ve Come\u00a0 Finishing up the second section of Critical Thinking and Writing, I realized we&#8217;ve come very, very far in writing, reading, research, and English in general. 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