Exercise 5.6 (p 220)

Dave:
1. "Hey you, I think you can't really say that one opinion is better than another one. Don''t you agree?"
Me:
Hey Dave. I disagree with that. From my research, there were many people with many different views on Ocean Pollution and the ways to solve it. Many believed that getting involved in organizations and donating was enough to help, while others thought that actually taking action would be the best result to end ocean pollution. I believe their opinion is better and more beneficial.


Dave
2. "There's all this stuff in the book about research as a process of discovery. What did you discover?"
In this assignment in Curious Researcher, we had to recap our research process and answer Dave's questions. Overall, answering these questions really made me reflect and think back to my whole research process and how much I have learned. Writing a research paper may be a long process, but the exercises from Curious Researcher and feedback from other students was really helpful through the research process. To say the least, I am glad to be finished.

Me:
Well Dave, the book was right. Research is definitely a topic of discovery, and I was able to discover a whole lot. I discovered the percentage of ocean pollution world-wide. I was also able to discover the primary causes of ocean pollution and how it has negatively progressed. I also learned about many ways that we could stop the problem of ocean pollution. I learned about ocean pollution's cause and effects on God's creation, and was also able to discover a Biblical perspective on pollution.


Dave:
3. What do you figure was the most challenging problem you had to solve while working on this research project? How did you solve it?
Me:
The most challenging problem I had while writing my research paper was finding Christian or Biblical articles on ocean pollution. It was almost impossible to find an article that focused on a Christian view on just ocean pollution. The way I solved this problem was changing the words to what I was researching. For example, instead of researching 'Christian view on ocean pollution' or 'marine biology Christianity', I researched 'Creation Stewardship' and 'Creation Care'. I also took many articles that spoke solely on pollution and incorporated it into my paper.


Dave:
4. "After all this work, what do you take away from this experience? What have you learned that you can use?
Me:
Dave, after this work I have grown a great hatred for writing research papers. In all reality though, I've learned how to better search for scholarly sources. I have also learned how to be much more concise in my writing and different ways to search for topics. I have also learned to pick a topic of interest because a research paper requires much time investment, and I enjoyed investing my time into a topic that I had much interest on. Overall, I have learned how to manage my time and prepare for correctly for the process of writing a research paper. It may take longer than what I want, but ultimately the results are so much better than leaving a paper for last minute and having a hard time looking for scholarly sources.