Thoughts on Essay

In order to fulfill the objective for completing the essay on the sources that Nye used, there were several things that one had to do in order to achieve it. Well, when I say use different things, I mean each individual since we all have different ways of completing tasks. When I had to do this, what I did was read the sources, which I decided to use. One of them was a short packet of papers, while the other was quite the opposite, being a book. But for the book, I decided to read a chapter that dealt closely with the topic in which I wanted to write about. So after reading that chapter and the article I drew up some notes and main ideas that they both brought out and then tried to tie them in with what I wanted to use with Nye. Also, the chapters that I wanted to use in Nye’s book, Technology Matters, I wanted to be able to relate the article and chapter with them. So I had to be careful on what I wanted to talk about, and choose the chapter(s) carefully so that I knew that I would not be using sources and materials that did not necessarily go together.

I found that the peer editing this time seemed to be a lot more broad, but yet helpful. When the peers who edited my paper commented, they also gave questions, which they should have done. The questions though seemed to be more of opinion. What I mean is that they gave me a question, but it wasn’t were I was supposed to add more information, but of my own opinion. They wanted to know what I felt about the topic that I was talking about. I feel that outside of having the actual facts and quotes that your own opinion is crucial to add because it helps support your argument, that is, if you are trying to make one. Sometimes the best papers are not the ones filled with facts, but those, which have both, fact and opinion.

I feel that Nye along with other writers use their research to make their statements much stronger and easier to back up with. It is easier to break down someone’s argument when they have no back up information, than it is to break someone who has information that can back up what they are trying to say. I feel that Nye used his sources fair and well to make us understand. I think that researchers have a difficult time putting research into their own work because you have to make sure that it goes along well with what you are trying to say. You do not want to have research that makes your essay, book, article sway all over the place. If that happens it makes it hard to the reader to understand and comprehend what you are trying to say. When I add my research, I think comparing it to Nye; I want to add my own opinion. I feel that Nye doesn’t do this; he just gives it how it is. Then he will simply add examples. He is good with what he does, but sometimes the opinion helps out a lot more than some might think.