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<\/a><\/p>\nWho doesn’t write their school assignments to fulfill requirements? Who doesn’t do what they have to do to get an A?<\/p>\n
<\/a>No one.<\/p><\/div>\n
The author says the problem isn’t that Liw is lazy, but that no one has led him into the adventure of research, which is a task that takes time and certain amount of motivation.\u00a0 Their mission is to make students like Liw and me information-literate; however, they say one cannot accomplish this until he or she realizes research is fun.<\/p>\n
The author says that research is about discovery and problem-solving, not merely about meeting obligations; and also that students projects are their own, not presents to their professors. Grappling deeply with issues and open questions instead of fudging a professor\u2019s assignment is indeed fun.<\/p>\n This is where I have a problem.\u00a0 This article is just the authors opinion on research projects. \u00a0For example, I know if I was assigned a research project with a topic that I have zero<\/em> interest in, I would definitely not find it to be fun. \u00a0How could\u00a0that be fun for me<\/em>? \u00a0So, when the author describes\u00a0Liw’s research as\u00a0a disaster,\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>I can’t help but think he is being a complete drama queen. \u00a0Especially because in the article\u00a0the author is basically lining up a different type of \u201crequirement\u201d or \u201cguideline\u201d that a student will just aim to meet and call it a day, which I could then call his method a\u00a0disaster.<\/em><\/p>\n Despite my issue with the article, I really appreciated\u00a0that the author does not say that it is Liw\u2019s fault that he just meets his teachers requirement and calls it a day, but instead Liw has not been guided to understand the adventure of research to help him \u201cget it.\u201d \u00a0However, the intention and meaning behind the author saying Liw has not been led to comprehend the adventure of research to help him\u00a0“get it” could be take the wrong way by a reader. \u00a0Like is the author being passive aggressive and saying…<\/p>\n … but is it really though?<\/p><\/div>\n Personally, I do not think that was the authors intention when he said\u00a0Liw doesn’t “get it” yet. \u00a0But if that were the case, I\u00a0definitely would have an issue with it because the adventure of research is not<\/em> something you should just automatically\u00a0know (aka common knowledge)… And that\u00a0<\/em>is the entire reason as for why I am\u00a0currently\u00a0learning about the adventures of research in my English class. \u00a0Even though I have done research projects prior in high school, I am not by any means a research wizard<\/em>, but my research is also not a disaster<\/em>.<\/p>\n Last week, the article, \u201cThe Great Research Disaster,\u201d was discussed in my CTW class.\u00a0 The author presents a student, Liw, that who has written to requirement.\u00a0 When I read this, I thought\u2026 Who doesn’t write their school assignments to fulfill … Continue reading <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"