Curious Researcher: Assignment Analysis

526 Words2 Pages

Reading “Pages 1-19” in The Curious Researcher was a homework assignment I was just going to read and get it done with. Page by page I read through and rolled my eyes when the author talked about writing a real research paper, a better research paper. I’ve written and read many papers before guys, what else could this guy have to teach me? Then it was on page 12 that I started to read through “Theories of Intelligence” written by the author of the book. This might have been the first time a book had caught my full attention in years; for once my phone could buzz all it wanted but it was going to have to wait. I don’t know why but it seemed like everything Mr. Ballenger talked about was so relatable. I’ve been very close to someone who had a …show more content…

After 2 years he left after easily being accepted into UGA. I thought he was going to be successful no matter what happened to him. It turns out later even I was sad to hear he tried to kill himself. Now I try not to judge anyone by their behaviors and intelligence because sometimes there are people that are too smart for their own good. I don’t know what he saw in the world but I hope he can find happiness. Lastly and one of the most relatable theory of intelligence that Mr. Ballenger talked about was that there are different kinds of intelligence. I’m not very book smart, my memory is awful (don’t be made when I forgot your name), and I can’t spell to save my life. At the same time algebra and physics come very naturally to me, so there are different kinds of intelligence. I think most of my intelligence sides on the “street smart” style of intelligence. Mr. Ballenger did a great job on writing his research and sold me the idea that there is more behind a research paper than claim, evidence, and interpretation. He was able to make the essay very personal and connect to the audience while he was still discussing his theories of

Show More
Related

  • How To Read Literature Like A Professor by Thomas C. Foster

    1173 Words  | 3 Pages

    In conclusion, the brilliant novel “How To Read Literature Like A Professor” by Thomas C. Foster is a fantastic novel that helps grasp the basic ideas and structure that makes up a work of literature. Foster’s laid-back attitude made a major contribution to the great tone of the novel, and made it easier to understand. Many connections were included in the novel, along with some great quotes. After reading this novel, I have a better idea of what to look for when reading a novel.

    Read More

  • The Rhetorical Analysis Of 'Hidden Intellectualism'

    1283 Words  | 3 Pages

    Intellectuality needs to be redefined; what does the word intellectual mean? Typically one would describe someone as either “street-smart” or “book-smart,” in other words someone who knows how to live in the real world versus someone who has knowledge about academics. But is one more “intellectual” than the other? In the article “Hidden Intellectualism,” Gerald Graff addresses this issue and brings to the audience’s—the audience being experts about the subject along with himself—attention that schools are missing the opportunity to fuse together street-smarts and book-smarts to increase overall academic performance. Graff definitively presents his opinion on this topic by manipulating ethos, pathos, and logos. Through ethos his credibility

    Read More

  • Gerald Graff Hidden Intellectualism Summary

    468 Words  | 1 Pages

    Gerald Graff’s article, “Hidden Intellectualism,” strongly asserts that people make false assumptions about what it means to be intelligent. He believes we claim intelligence with inherently dry or narrow topics such as Plato, and nuclear fission while subjects such as cars, sports, and fashion are put aside as simple-minded matters. He goes on to refute this argument by saying there has never been any direct connection between a certain topic and the corresponding discussion or insight it may bring. Therefore, if students are first given

    Read More

  • An Analysis Of Dwight Macdonald's Reading And Thought

    736 Words  | 2 Pages

    In “Reading and Thought” editor Dwight MacDonald emphasizes that everything we read on a daily basis is worthless. MacDonald defines functional curiosity as a habit of reading rather than giving valuable information. MacDonald also alternates that people read too much material in a limited time frame; which results in hollow reading and thinking. Although, MacDonald encourages us to read more to become brilliant, I partially disagree with MacDonald’s argument because we waste time reading unimportant material, do not have time to reread and understand the material and we can now read our books electronically.

    Read More

  • Internet Research Experience to Write an Essay

    537 Words  | 2 Pages

    Yekovich, Frank R. (1994). Current Issues in Research on Intelligence [on-line].      http://www.ed.gov/database/ERIC_Digests/ed385605.html. Accessed 4          November 2001. .

    Read More

  • Literary Devices Utilized in Thomas Foster's Book "How to Read Literature Like a Professor" Put to Use in "Pulp Fiction"

    1048 Words  | 3 Pages

    Foster, Thomas C. How to Read Literature like a Professor: a Lively and Entertaining Guide to

    Read More

  • High School Confidential Book Report

    577 Words  | 2 Pages

    He made friends with the popular crowd to gain more insight and met different types of people. He found out what teachers are really like and how they interact with their students. In one case, he found a teacher that hated the school system and that only taught his way. Oppositely, he meet the teacher that wanted to be every ones friend (well everyone that is popular) more than teach the class. Students gossiped and cursed in class and the teachers would just join in the conversation. The school system never followed the state procedures until the state did 6 year checkups, requiring a cram of the state procedures. Students bullied other students, including special education kids and got away with it. High school was rough and he was witnessing it head

    Read More

  • Deafness In The Book Seeing Voices, By Oliver Sacks

    1043 Words  | 3 Pages

    ...ninteresting to me, probably because of all the footnotes. Another problem I had with this book was all of the big, scientific words Oliver used. It seemed like jargon to me. Perhaps I don’t have an abundance of scientific vocabulary. Another thing that annoyed me with this book was how hard it was to find. It was only in public libraries, no book stores, and all the copies in Contra Costa County were already checked out. Eventually we found a copy of the book at the Menlo Park public library. Thank goodness by aunt lives near there and was able to get it for me.

    Read More

  • Boiling Point by Chef Jose Andres

    980 Words  | 2 Pages

    Curiosity is a trait found in various individuals throughout history and present time. Curiosity constantly keeps your mind active instead of passive, helps your mind become observing of new ideas, opens up the doors to new possibilities that were hidden behind the shadow of normal life, and may overall change your character. Individuals such as Albert Einstein, Thomas Jefferson, Stephen Hawking, and Leonardo Da Vinci, were just a few of many people that not only benefited from curiosity, but set an irremovable mark in history. The narrator of “Boiling Point”, Jose Andres, illustrates the ideal image of a character filled with curiosity.

    Read More

  • Explanatory Essay

    723 Words  | 2 Pages

    To begin, when one has a good mind, one must also have ambitions and goals to go with it, if one wishes to be successful. Those who are intelligent are capable of doing great things, but without ambitions and goals, there is no reason to actually go out and accomplish anything. I myself know a man who never set goals for himself in life, even though he was brilliant. This man simply laid back and coasted on his laurels during his educational career because he was so smart. However, in high school, the work began to catch up to him, and soon enough he was failing most of his classes. Still, he was without ambition and had no intent of studying or trying to raise his grades. Today, he lives at home with his mother at the age of 25. This man perfectly illustrates the point that even though one might have a good mind, they must put it to use.

    Read More

  • The Achievement of Desire, by Richard Rodriguez

    1222 Words  | 3 Pages

    Therefore, we can conclude Richard Rodriguez reads with the grain. It seems as if he is so caught up in attempting to display the façade of being educated and intelligent. He forgets intelligence isn’t just the measure of how many facts you can quote, nor is it how many books you have read. However true intelligence is having one’s own thoughts which can be backed up and proven, not just reiterating others thoughts they have already come up with themselves.

    Read More

  • Something for Everybody: Brooks’ Reasoning for Monsterism in Frankenstein

    1281 Words  | 3 Pages

    ...ttempts to relate many fields to his paper so that even if the reader didn’t know some of the scholars that were cited, the reader could glean the basic idea and then truly understand a section that interested you if you knew about the sources he was using.

    Read More

  • Motivation Analysis

    1208 Words  | 3 Pages

    In today 's society, people are compelled to enhance performance by having a voice in their work. The book Drive by Daniel H. Pink states that there is a third drive called motivation 3.0. Motivation 3.0 is a drive that values intrinsic rewards rather than external rewards. Autonomy, mastery, and purpose are three important branches that allow motivation 3.0 to flourish to its maximum potential. The first branch is autonomy and it is the notion that states humans are self-directed. Secondly, mastery consists of individuals being able to excel in one’s own practices. Lastly, purpose is the notion that allows individuals to feel value in themselves or in their doings. People who work in the business environment should use motivation 3.0 because

    Read More

  • Criticism In Francis Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

    1329 Words  | 3 Pages

    Researchers at UC Davis are discovering how curiosity helps humans learn. “Curiosity may put the brain in a state that allows it to learn and retain any kind of information, like a vortex that sucks in what you are motivated to learn, and also everything around it ” (Mathiass Gruber). Most stories like, The Great Gatsby, left readers questioning detail after detail. Since, the theme is so widely debated and is widely recognized as iconic. One is to believe this was done on purpose, with scientific proof. Every bend and twist of plot keeps readers very curious and in a state of captivity. Usually, a good interesting book will be read and re-read, leaving readers wanting more. The Great Gatsby had no sequel, yet left readers inferring between the

    Read More

  • Research Philosophy

    745 Words  | 2 Pages

    Research philosophy, refers to the development of knowledge adopted by the researchers in their research (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009). In other words, it is the theory that used to direct the researcher for conducting the procedure of research design, research strategy, questionnaire design and sampling (Malhotra, 2009). It is very important to have a clear understanding of the research philosophy so that we could examine the assumptions about the way we view the world, which are contained in the research philosophy we choose, knowing that whether they are appropriate or not (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009). According to Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill (2009), three major ways of thinking about research philosophy are examined: ontology, epistemology and axiology. Each of them carries significant differences which will have an impact on the way we consider the research procedures. Ontology, “is concerned with nature of reality”, while epistemology “concerns what constitutes acceptable knowledge in a field of study and axiology “studies judgements about value” (Saunders, Lewis and Thornhill, 2009, p110, p112, p116). This study is intent on creating some “facts” from objective evaluations which are made by the subjects. Therefore, epistemology will be chosen for this study as the way of thinking about the research philosophy.

    Read More

More about Curious Researcher: Assignment Analysis

Open Document