Critique

Having my work critiqued is so vital to my becoming a better writer and for my paper to progress. I think the more readings and productive criticism my paper gets the better. I was very grateful to have a couple of different set of eyes to take a look at my draft and tell me their thoughts. At this point in my paper I am kind of stuck with making connections. So, I am revising what I have, adding more and now, trying to figure out to make connections between the information. I know everything is related – I suppose if I nail down my thesis that may help some. I still have not been able to do that and that has led to some kind of indecisive research and writing, not what I’m shooting for.

anxious

So, while sitting down to start the writing process this weekend I realized how unorganized I am at this stage in the process. I started looking for more articles and I am having a hard time finding current articles on women and higher education, which I feel there should be a plethora of current articles circulating about this topic. I keep finding a lot of articles in regards to this topic and other countries, but I am trying to focus more on the women in America and their history. I would like to visit the CECH library this week and try to speak with a librarian and get some help finding all of my material and then trying to organize it into what section I want it to go in. I also am having trouble making a concrete thesis statement and obviously that is a big problem since that is what the entire paper is focused around. I am just trying to narrow everything down and keep it focused.

Finally, a topic

So after MUCH thought I feel confident that I will be researching and writing about women and their role in education. After reading through all of my educational studies essays I found this topic to have the most dimension and not be totallyunexciting like “The Influence of Standards” – although I appreciate that topic I don’t think I could dedicate weeks’ worth of research and writing to it and still be a happy person at the end of the quarter. The research process seems like it may be tedious at times, but not overwhelming and will undoubtedly be interesting. I am excited to see what kind of articles pop on the library’s databases and to see where that information may take me.