blog assignment #10

A choice that I made for my rough draft was that I didn't include my previous work that I had done into my paper. I basically started from scratch and not included any of the past readings we had read. At the time I didn't think that it was going to be a big deal, but after the conferences I realized it would help a lot with my paper. After the face to face conferences I feel that it helped me realize what I need to do to make a good paper. We talked a lot about adding previous work into the paper and also using the books we read to help strengthen it. I was unsure on how to use previous work into my paper because I thought my topic had no comparision to my previous work. At the conferences, I got great advise on how to incorporate past work and make it flow into my paper. I liked the face to face conferences better than just commenting on peoples work online. I feel that we engage more and have more to say face to face which in the long run helps us. More advise is given and when you ask a question you get a response right away. One thing I got from the conferences is to ask the "why" question. Why do the Amish live the way they do? How do they live and what makes them live this way. Looking at other cultures and why they live the way they do and how it compares to our society today. Also adding in my own opinion and how I feel towards certain topics I am discussing.