Post 3

Since health and nutrition related topics are not my specialty (not that I have a specialty!), understanding some of the terminology or charts was difficult at first. But after reading a few articles, I became better acquainted with the “language” and everything became much easier to read and understand. And again, since I’m not terribly familiar with these sorts of topics, I encountered another problem: I was unsure what sorts of information I should include in my paper or where I should look for further research ideas, but luckily my research librarian helped me find some other topics or areas of study related to mine and gave me some ideas on how to intertwine the ideas together. Something else I’ve been finding—much to my chagrin—is that some sources really stink and should not be considered as sources. Ok, perhaps that was irrelevant, but I’ve found some really terrible articles on my topic and their terribleness just made me laugh. I’ve enjoyed researching this topic mostly because I know (or knew) almost nothing about it, and even though I’m unsure how much practical good this paper will afford me or other people, it sounded better than writing another philosophy paper…and how much practical good are those? Eh, who knows? Too much for this blog entry.