Monday, November 17, 2008

Report vs. Argumentative

When writing my research paper,  I felt as though I had a bias when writing.  It's obvious that I do have a bias, but how to portray the fact without letting my opinion come out is a difficult task.  I felt that my research was more leaned in favor of missionaries.  I don't believe that I spent enough time working out what the opposition could be towards missionaries. Because of my already bias research paper, I believe that turning it into an argumentative paper will come with ease. 

In my argumentative paper I want to definitely spend some more time in research about stronger points for the opposition.  I would still like to use statistics from my report, but utilize new statistics from other sources that oppose the funding of missionaries.  

I also believe that I didn't have a clear focus in my research paper.  I would like to spend more time crafting a strong thesis before I continue with my argumentative paper.  

Overall, I believe that my knowledge of this subject has increased dramatically.  I thought that I knew this subject, but when I finished my first study, I realized that I had a lot to learn.  

1 comment:

Ms. Brown said...

Very insightful! I too think your report is on its way to becoming an argument, but an argument needs to consider the opposition just as carefully as in a report.