Blog 5- Midterm

In most of my blogs, the focus is usually blacks in America and how we function in contemporary society. My blogs reflect a cause and effect structure and offer solutions for certain issues that affect African Americans today. The blogs normally look at past events and how the results of those events are still current in today’s society. A recurring theme in my blogs happens to be African people and the retrieval of historical memory. Not coming from an educational background where black history and its importance are stressed, I feel the need to share things that I have learned while on campus with others. Half way through this semester I have come across some very educating conversations with scholars on this campus about issues that I’ve never thought to address. Being on this campus gives everyone a chance to think about issues from a global perspective and I felt the need to express everything that I have learned in each blog.
In high school I don’t remember doing too many research papers. The papers that we did were mainly impromptus, where we would write a paper on a given topic on a book that we recently read. This experience with research papers isn’t completely foreign but I believe that I could use practice. I feel that at times my paper is repetitive due to the vagueness of my thesis. Once I learn to develop a well written thesis then the paper would flow better and have a higher level of sophistication. Since being in this class I have learned the different types of strategies in writing research papers. In the past I get the impression that my papers had no order to them, so these different strategies will help structure my paper and make it more organized. What helps me to improve papers and organize my thoughts is feedback from teachers and others. To continue my success in the class and further improve, I need to utilize the writing center and speak with my professor more often.