Blog Reflection

I have enjoyed our blogging experiences so far. It has been interesting to delve deeper into popular issues and search for both sides of stories that are often featured on the news or in the classroom.

The purpose of these blog articles was to find articles to use for both an argumentative paper and, later, a research paper. I was successful in doing this. I was able to find pertinent articles that I will be able to use for both essays.

The first article I blogged about was on stem cell research. It was extremely biased, but it still stated lots of great facts and showed me that there is a lot of information out there on stem cell research. Because of these reasons, I think I am going to use stem cell research as my research paper topic. I will be able to further explore the pros and cons of stem cell research, and there will be plenty to write about. I can research the different diseases stem cell research might help cure, how it is being conducted, the progress it is making, and its future. I can also mention the debates that have surrounded it from the beginning.

The second article I used was on wind energy. I am going to use this topic for my argumentative essay because I feel very strongly about it and would like to see some things changed. Using this article and others, I will be able to morph my individual source paper into an essay supported with solid facts. This is a great topic to use because it personally affects me and there is a lot of information available that back up my views.

I blogged about four other articles concerning gun laws, freedom of religion, undergraduate acceptance into colleges, and misleading labels. I feel like any of these would be a good topic for other people to consider. The gun laws and freedom of religion could be combined in a research paper on American freedoms, and there is a lot of information on acceptance requirements and considerations in colleges. Misleading labels would also be good because it is very easy to find the loopholes and draw on them. I would highly recommend any of these topics to people looking for solid topics to use.

Blogging really helped me find a good topic by forcing me to research more than one topic. Otherwise, I might not have realized that some issues have more information available than others.