Last night around 11pm, I decided to enter into my first phase my my immersion project.
Not that I have a super cool iPhone or Droid, but I had Facebook updates texted to my phone. Last night, I deactivated the texts to my mobile phone until further notice. It was my first taste of limiting my communication. After the past seven months receiving all my status comments, pokes, wall posts, and messages instantly to my phone, it's tempting not to get on the computer to see if anyone's talked to me.
The bad news is, this is nothing in the grand scheme of things. Next month is gonna suck... only seven more days until my life as I know it will be turned upside down.
Monday, February 21, 2011
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
RR #6- Self Made Man
To put it bluntly, the ending of Chapter 7 completely blew my mind; Norah ended up going to into a mental hospital!?
Ok. I'm ready to rewind. As a whole, I am not sure that I can take a clear stance on whether or not I liked the book overall. I think I am a huge fan of the idea of a woman dressing as a man for an entire year and then some to see the reactions of others, but I'm not sure the author completely won me over with this novel. One of the biggest cheats that I think the author used in her immersion was the fact that she did not go a complete year as a complete male. Often she ended up coming out to her comrades that she was actually a woman and went on with her relationships with them. Also, the fact that she is a lesbian I find a little biased. If any "average" woman immersed herself in a man's world, it is highly likely that she would not have quite the same experiences (particularly in chapters 3 and 4).
My biggest complaint about the book is how the author set up the chapters. Everything was so divided and I didn't ever get a sense of flow throughout the book. I would've preferred a monthly set up or some other clever way to mesh all of her experiences together. On the contrary, what I did like about the book was how raw some of the experiences Ned had. The chapter in the strip clubs, the author didn't hold back the promiscuity of the girls or the slimy characteristics in describing the men indulging themselves there. Or in the self chapter when she was sharing her experiences at the men's group as well as the other pure emotions of men.
Overall, I can't say I would never recommend this book to anyone or possibly read it again, but I will admit that it has its flaws.
Ok. I'm ready to rewind. As a whole, I am not sure that I can take a clear stance on whether or not I liked the book overall. I think I am a huge fan of the idea of a woman dressing as a man for an entire year and then some to see the reactions of others, but I'm not sure the author completely won me over with this novel. One of the biggest cheats that I think the author used in her immersion was the fact that she did not go a complete year as a complete male. Often she ended up coming out to her comrades that she was actually a woman and went on with her relationships with them. Also, the fact that she is a lesbian I find a little biased. If any "average" woman immersed herself in a man's world, it is highly likely that she would not have quite the same experiences (particularly in chapters 3 and 4).
My biggest complaint about the book is how the author set up the chapters. Everything was so divided and I didn't ever get a sense of flow throughout the book. I would've preferred a monthly set up or some other clever way to mesh all of her experiences together. On the contrary, what I did like about the book was how raw some of the experiences Ned had. The chapter in the strip clubs, the author didn't hold back the promiscuity of the girls or the slimy characteristics in describing the men indulging themselves there. Or in the self chapter when she was sharing her experiences at the men's group as well as the other pure emotions of men.
Overall, I can't say I would never recommend this book to anyone or possibly read it again, but I will admit that it has its flaws.
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
RR #5
Chapters six and seven from the Wadsworth reading focus primarily on identifying if research you are using is legit or not. Chapter six emphasized rhetorically reading and research over passively reading and researching. The authors point out website bias and to consider the context of the article or web page. They go into more detail on how to annotate resources and later be able to summarize and paraphrase without the possibilities of plagiarism. Chapter seven goes on to being able to track and evaluate data. To track the data, the authors require four steps: verify, copy, respond, and fill gaps. The authors go further on to explain how evaluate how valid the data is by looking into the internal structure of the information and then external comparison.
The information within these two chapters of the Wadsworth reading will make future research, especially for college, much easily handled. Last semester in psychology sifting through all of the online journal articles for a decent one that would actually be beneficial for my actual paper was not easy. However with the new techniques that the authors present will hopefully help for future effective researching.
The information within these two chapters of the Wadsworth reading will make future research, especially for college, much easily handled. Last semester in psychology sifting through all of the online journal articles for a decent one that would actually be beneficial for my actual paper was not easy. However with the new techniques that the authors present will hopefully help for future effective researching.
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