Exercise 2.2

For this exercise, we need to pick one of the steps given in our book and do what it says. I chose step number one and it says to try two different search engines for our topic.

I searched on bing.com first and found an article that is titled Journal For You! http://journalforyou.com/
This website gave insight on why someone should journal and it also is encouraging others to start journaling. Everything it said on this site showed that journaling can in fact be productive and have a positive outcome. I just recently started journaling and I can see a difference on how things are compared to when I use to just say everything out loud or keep everything locked inside. I liked how it showed too that you can look back and see what you have written in years past.

I searched on yahoo.com next and found an article that is titled Journaling Versus Blogging.  http://www.dragosroua.com/journaling-versus-blogging/
I wanted to look up the difference between blogging and journaling. They are very similar and they fit in the same category but they are in fact different. This article talks about not only the differences of the two but also the emotions appeal it has on someone who does either. That is what I want to focus my research paper on in general so this website helped! This article encourages a person to do either because it is very therapeutic. It also encourages someone to write at any age, this is not just directed to people still in school.

The last part place I searched was lycos.com and found an article that is titled Journal Writing Is Good Therapy. http://www.essortment.com/journal-writing-good-therapy-34460.html
I wanted to look up how journaling was therapeutic to a person because I know it has helped me lately. This article talks about how journaling helps a person write out their thoughts without having to talk to someone about them. It says in the article that this helps a person become less depressed as they write. It gives a list of things you can write about like what did you accomplish today? what did you want to accomplish? etc... I found this very helpful because it allowed me to understand a little bit more about journaling and how it helps everyone who does it. This article hit right on the nose of what I was looking for.

I found this exercise very helpful. It allowed me to view different articles that have helped my research project along in a positive way. Journaling is a hard topic to research but these websites gave me some hope about the research process because it was exactly what I was looking for for my research.

Exercise 1.5

For this assignment, it is a research proposal. This is to help us with our research paper as we come up with a topic and generate questions from it to help us research more on that particular topic.

1. Inquiry Question: what does journaling actually do for a person?

2. Primary Purpose:
    Explore:
      - Is journaling helpful?
      - Do you need a starting point when journaling?
      - Does journaling effect everyone in the same way?

    Argue: My theory is that journaling is good for people because it allows them to get their feelings out. Instead of telling everyone how you feel, you can be more open and honest by writing it down.

3. I have just started to journal, like really journal, and it has helped me in so many ways. I've been through a lot in the past few years and just to be able to write them out and not have everyone know about your life is a good feeling. When I first began developing knowledge on this topic, I was just thinking of it as just something some people do because they love writing. As I'm thinking about it now, I believe that journaling would be good for a lot of people to do. It would allow people to get thoughts out that they wouldn't normally say to people. I believe it allows people to sort out their emotions and just get everything down on paper.

Exercise 1.1

English Compotion at Lancaster Bible College
Step 1: Building an Interest Inventory

Places:
Paris
Thailand
the country in the fall
the woods
Hollywood

Jobs:
Eye Doctor
Child Actors
Event Planner
Pastor
Business Management

Habits:
biting your nails
twirling your hair
chewing with your mouth open
eating standing up
always checking the time

Hobbies:
Sports
Painting/drawing
Photography
Exercising
Journaling

Step 3:
- Is it helpful?
- What are the benefits from journaling?
- Are there different ways of journaling?
- Can journaling be for anyone?
- What can I journal about?
- Who is going to read my journal?
- How do you journal?
- Why do you journal?
- What is the point of journaling?
- Is journaling just for your thoughts?
- Should you journaling for a specific amount of time?

Exercise #1

Step 1:
You're writing mostly for the instructor.
I find this statement false. When writing, you want to write to whatever audience you feel led to write to. You get a topic you want to write about so you just go for it. When only writing for the instructor, I feel almost limited because some things may not pertain to him or her. By writing to a specific audience, you can elaborate more. They will feel more connected to what you are writing about because they can relate. Whereas the instructor will get some of it but might not necessarily relate. When I'm reading something that doesn't pertain to me, I get bored easily. As an instructor, you can try to relate to a piece of writing but nine times out of ten they are reading because they have to.

Step 2:
People are entitled to their own opinions, and no one opinion is better than another.
I find this statement true. An opinion is something that you think is right so no matter what people will always think theirs is better. When agreeing with someone who is arguing with someone else, you may think that but their opinion means just as much. An opinion is an opinion and no one is wrong.Everyone has different thoughts and everyone can think as they want. Everyone's brain thinks differently and it isn't fare to judge people by what they think.