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Whatever I want?!

Keria Video

So this is a video that I ran across while doing research on my subject (BPD). Keira the woman in the video is the author of the book “The Buddha and the Borderline” the book that started me on this journey. The only problem that I am running in to while researching this topic is that the more research that I do on the topic the more deeply personal it is getting, and the more I wish I didn’t choose the topic, but glad that I did. If that makes any sense. 

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Reactions to readings 

So, here is what I don’t get.. I know that this chapter shows us how we can use I in writing our final research paper, but I kinda feel like that is a co-out. I feel that a writer can speak in the tense of I with out using I. The only exception is if you are talking about a study that you did your self, and even then one can refer to themselves as one or the researcher.

While I realize the purpose of this reading is to enhance our knowledge of writing, and show us where we can grow. I feel like that statement might set me back. I feel like if I put an “I” in any other paper than one for this class I will get reprimanded for it.  

This chapter also talked about the 3 main ways to write, agreeing, disagreeing ,and a combination of the two. That is an interesting statement because as you think about it all writing fits into that. Which I didn’t think it would at first reading it. Even a work of fiction has to in a microscopic way agree or disagree. 

Service Announcement

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tb9nEZB-xCs

Borderline Personality Service Announcement

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!!Process update!!

Where am I? In a wonderland,no. In a carnival? Kinda. My daughters birthday was last weekend so it's safe to say I haven't done tooo much work on the Annotated bib. I do have all my sources for it, and I do have a few of them finished, but I don't have them to a level that I would want to turn them in at. It will definitely be ready before conferences.

Enjoy a fun video :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMrN3Rh55uM

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I am leaning towards the topic of Borderline Personality Disorder. I really like this topic, and depending on where I go to grad school I am going to need a backup topic to do research on. I cant do work on mental wellness in LGBT youth at St. Francis or a school like that. The only problem I am running into is there is not a ton of different resources out there. All the papers that are published and most of the Randomized Controlled Trials for treatment is all for the treatment option of Dialectal Behavior Theory. So I have no Idea what to write my paper on. 

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Questions Questions Questions

What questions do I have so far, well, My main question is how do I take this class and push myself and not fail. I am already stressing about the topics that I have chosen for my I-searches. I feel like they are all really interesting topics, but I feel like none of them will be easy to find information on. I have this thing where I like choose the most terrible topics to try and research and I really like them so I still stick with it and it screws me in the end.

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Video Response

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGCJ46vyR9o

Well my initial thought to this video is that it is very clever. It also seems to mirror my disdain for public education. I feel that giving students loads of books, and asking them to memorize facts and not really learn why we learn things is exactly why I became a montessori teacher. I think that learning in an organic home environment is the best for children. Also putting education in their hands and giving them the responsibility to meet their goals gives them a sense of accomplishment and allows them to feel good about their education.