STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Imagine that you are a professor. What would you think if a student turned in an academic paper on a note card? Same writing requirements, correct font, everything was correct, except one thing. It's not on printer paper. If this would be surprising to you, then you have fallen victim to socialization. The "problem" that arises is that an academic paper is on a note card; writing requirements are met, but still, the medium that you are turning in your paper is not what we as a culture are accustomed to. "Standard" printer paper for academic assignments are what we have been socialized to think that that is what academic papers should go on. Printer paper is used for a variety of things such as: academic papers, memos, classroom worksheets, and notifications. Note cards are usually used for reminders, short sentences, flash cards, and study aids. By flipping the use of printer paper with a note card, this creates the problem that we are trying to solve. Why are people so socialized into thinking printer paper is the "correct" type of paper to turn in an academic paper
You end your learning blog with where you should start it: By answering the quesiton why you think people are socialized into thinking printer paper is the "correct" type of paper? Yet, in the context of academic papers, this printer paper means so much more--it also allows language to be structured a very specific way, which is perhaps the more important point here. I am curious as I read this: How has creating a research project been? How did you go about deciding this genre and writing the proposa? Where do you see your learning taking place?
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