Amanda’s Journals

I’m thinking my research paper is going to be about the war in Iraq. This isn’t my final decision, but what I am leaning towards. If I don’t chose the war as my topic I will probably go with juvenile delinquency and expand on my profile paper. I am leaning towards the war because I feel like there are a lot of aspects I am not very informed of. I would also like to research this topic because it hits close to my heart and something I greatly care about because of the people who are being most effected by it. My three questions would be:

1. What are the soldiers’ feelings about being in Iraq? I could accomplish this answer by e-mailing friends or relatives who are at war right now.

2. What would the benefits be of allowing more money for Iraq?

3. What will the aftermath be like for U.S. soldiers?

I think my research paper will most be concerned with soldiers and their feelings about the war. I am not sure if this is too broad of a subject or not. I am going to try and narrow done the topic and find more specifics to concentrate on.

I think the Rogerian model is an interesting approach to writing and communicating. If people communicated with eachother in a way like the Rogerian model, a lot of people would be better off. I don’t understand if the Rogerian model is set in stone. Do I have to follow the model as it is set up in the essay? Does the opposition opinion always have to come first? Would the paper be thrown off if I reveresed the order? How do I know how to find middle ground or examples of it? I am thinking that I am going to have a harder time with finding the middle ground. If a person has a strong opinion about the subject they are writing about should they consider something different?