Research Strategies / HW 1

I’ve never been an amazing student, having falling out of love with reading and writing sometime around 6th grade. Interestingly enough, there have been occasions where I’ve submitted papers in 6 hours after I began them, and have gotten solid grades. Reading chapters 1 and 8 of Badke’s “Research Strategies” reminded of this; of times as a child in these places called “libraries”, an ancient lore. Surely I jest, as this class takes place and is labeled as a library class. As a member of “Generation Y”, the group which caused the technological boom of recent times, it’s interesting to see myself reading this book on my iPad and sharing my response digitally on a blog. It’s also interesting that I remember specific instances of me being a research glutton, as well as writing papers via a stack of notes, one main source, and as a quoter.  I question my academic future had I available a book like this one score ago, if I would even be at this school right now. I look to consider all of these techniques and create my own plan of attack, as my jack-of-all-trades personality allows, of not forces, me to do so