Unit 2 Final Bloggg

Final Blog for Unit 2

In the beginning of this unit, I was unsure what to expect. As it appeared, we would be
challenging writing and language constraints. But how? That was my question, and this
question was soon answered. The idea of changing the way society has been conditioned to
think was something that interested me greatly. Doing research in an English class was
something that I had never done before. I was used to writing papers, practicing grammar,
studying vocabulary, etc., but the thought of doing a research project was a creative
approach to discovering our culture’s socialization. Our culture is so guided by constraints, that anything that strays away from those constraints is deemed incorrect, or wrong. For example, we are accustomed into thinking that academic papers MUST go on 8x11 printer paper, but why is it not accepted by teachers, peers, and society as being correct if given on a 3x5 note card? All of the writing content is good and all the other requirements are met, but why is this such a problem? Because of those constraints. The unspoken, unwritten constraints. This example is what my group was trying to discover. I think that our results will show how accustomed our society is and we want to attempt to get a better understanding of why? What rule says all academic papers must be on 8x11 paper? No rule states this, but the purpose of Unit 2, is to figure out how accustomed we’ve become to a particular genre- that when something is not how we think it “should” be, then we freak out, we think it’s bad writing, and we do not accept it. I liked Unit 2 because we got to work in groups, which I like doing, especially when the group members all are involved in the project. My group works well together and everyone is contributing to our project.