This
blog post will discuss this past week’s work. I will talk what went right and
what went wrong. I will also discuss predictions on how the rest of the project
will go, and how I’m generally feeling about this project.
1. There
were one or two things that went well this past week. One, it was fairly easy
to edit my rough draft. I believe the time and effort that I put into the QRG
the week before made this week’s editing a bit easier. I only had to add a few
sentences and ideas in order to make my argument more complete. Another success
of this week’s process work was the research and inclusion of additional sources
into my QRG. Because the new SAT is such a controversial topic, there were
plenty of discussions and studies done on the topic. This made my search for specific
references (such as the statistics regarding the relation between income and
SAT score) quite easy.
2. With
all of the things that went right, there were certainly a few things that didn’t
go so well. As I was reviewing my QRG, I came across a few conflicts I had
never thought of before. One of these was the development and acknowledgement of
the counter-argument. My first rough draft lightly skimmed the idea of a
counter–argument. So, I set out to develop this section of my QRG in more
depth. Once I did that, I realized that I may have never specifically addressed
these counter arguments in my claims. I wasn’t quite sure if this was a
significant element for this project, so I attempted to incorporate the
counters as best I could. Another thing that went wrong was the incorporation
of pathos into my QRG. I seemed to have forgotten to include this vital element
in my rough draft. So, I attempted to include an analogy of someone suffering
from the new SAT. However, this was not an actual story, so there wasn’t any
real evidence to support this section.
3. I
think that next week may be a little tough. I seem to be confused on the
overarching requirements of this project. I am not sure how our arguments are “supposed”
to be constructed. I just introduced the idea, explained the counter, and then
developed my rebuttal/argument. If our project should be in a specific form, I may
have quite a bit of work to do next week. Next week might also be rough because
I don’t know how to include a vital part of an argument into my QRG: emotion. I
had difficulty finding ways to incorporate pathos into a subject based on
standardized testing.
4. I
am feeling decent about this project. There are a few reasons as to why I’m not
feeling great, and why I’m not feeling horrible. I’m not feeling great because I
think I’m still confused on the directions for this project. Most of my project
wasn’t constructed based on a rubric, so it may deviate from what is expected. I
don’t know how to create an argument while effectively following the conventions
of a QRG (or maybe I did fine). I don’t feel horrible about this project because
I feel like I have a decent base for my QRG. I think I followed the
conventions/tone of a QRG quite well, so it won’t be hard to edit the publication
in that respect. I also think that I understand my argument enough to where it
wouldn’t be too difficult to reconstruct my QRG to convey my ideas.
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