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analysis, for me, was very odd. It was not something that seemed to be hard at
first glance, and analysis a place in its own right is not a difficult task. It
was not until the lens was needing to be introduced and utilized that I found
my writing to be lacking. I consider myself to be a mediocre writer, and by all
accounts there are any number of my class peers whose writing is far superior,
however I had anticipated this assignment to be quick and trivial. My thoughts
were misguided and I found myself struggling with incorporating what was
required. My thoughts were never coherent enough to be placed on a page in one
sitting, and my mind was never on the same track after the fact; this lead to
hours, over several days, of struggling to find what to right about. Looking back
on the assignment from an outside point of view I find that if I had started my
observations with a lens in mind and using that same said lens to pull out
details, my paper would have been able to flow better as well as complete what
was being asked in a more satisfactory manner. One word that I find describing
what I wrote is disappointment. My first analysis was well thought through but
lacked direct connection to Mary Austin in both ideas as well as comments.
After which my second, third, and consequently 4, and final, drafts lacked the
proper ideas. The analysis, however detailed, was based in a faulty thought process.
One meant to see the person/s that were involved as well as the environment as
something that was alive, instead of seeing the natural side with all that was
there to offer.
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feel as though my analysis was subpar and lacking key features. And, with the
field I have thus far chosen to pursue, Nuclear Particle Physics, observations
as a whole are not always what is necessary at the time. To see the whole is a
good way to work, that is seeing the end game, but to observe and be able to
have a mind set in analytical terms one distinct topics and with an obvious
focus is key. As I have stated in the previous section the dissatisfactory work that I submitted, for
I could not think how to fix it more before I left for work, is displeasing to
me and calls to my attention the need for me to find the focus prior to
starting a project and then keeping that focus the entire way through. I plan to
. . . well plan in advance to further elevate my understanding of what is
called for as well hone my abilities to better myself.
One of the hardest and most time consuming things for me, as far as writing goes, is finding the right wording to transfer my thoughts to paper. I can sit there, and know exactly what I want to say. Putting the right words in the right order, though, is a completely different challenge. This is why, for me, the rough draft is so important. If gives me a chance to put down on paper everything that I want to say. Then I can go back and make my paper readable.
ReplyDeleteI think that one of the most important things, when writing a long paper such as this one, is to have good time management. If you start the paper early, then you will have plenty of time to go back and edit. Also, you may think of things that you want to include later on, or have second thoughts about things that you have already included. The more time you spend working on a paper, the better it will be. I find that if I start doing anything late, or last minute, I will not be satisfied with it in the end, and it is a terrible feeling submitting something that you are not completely happy with.
I also think that they key to success is practice. With every paper that you write, you will discover a new way of doing it that works for you. Keep at it, and I am sure you will dominate the next paper!