blog #7

To fulfill this assignment, you had to start off by rereading Nye's passages that the source is embedded in. You have to gain a feel for what he is trying to convey. Then you have to think about how he used his source, was he agreeing with it or was he not? Was he just using it as an example? There are many different reasons to use a source. Then you have to read the source itself. Instead of just reading it flat out like I normally would, I tried to read it through Nye's perspective. This way I feel I better understood what Nye was thinking when he used this source. Then I would reread the source in my own perspective and compare the two. I tried to be very unbiased so that my account was accurate. I think the main thing here is to be able to separate the different perspectives.
The online peer editing was great. I think the most useful comments are ones who just keep asking you question after question because then it helps your mind get on the same page as theirs. It also helps your flow of thought. It doesnt really help when someone says "oh i love your intro but you need to work on the body." Though its nice to hear the good things about your paper, I think the questions and even constructive criticsms are more important.
From the sources that Nye used that I had encountered I think he used them pretty fairly. But I do think that he mostly chose sources that also agreed with him. So I think that he may be kind of biased, but he didn't seem to manipulate the sources. I think it would have been interesting if he included sources that disagreed with him. I think that I may have the same problem as Nye, using sources that I agree with. Because its fun to read something and be like "wow, they are saying just what I am saying!" It kind of excites you and makes you want to read more and even gives you more thoughts of your own to expand on. Whereas when you are reading an opposing view, your bias comes into play and you just want to argue and sometimes thats not fun anymore.