Reflection 2

Reflection 2

        I face a lot of problems through the process of writing the annotations. After the second Teacher-Student Conferences with Emma, I think there is a big problem in my paper again. Writing a research paper must face pro and con, but usually I just point out the ideas that I use to support my paper, and seldom face the opposite questions directly. I may try to answer in a blurry way, or merely skip it. I should face the problem, and think the solution of it. A fine paper may contain different ideas from pro and con, I can’t skip those queries against me. Emma finds out this problem in my paper, and this is the important defect that I need to pay attention to and correct. Another question of my paper is that I am used to use “people” to support for me, but actually, sometimes it is just my own opinion. It’s an inappropriate way to write like this. Emma says that it will make the readers think that I don’t deal with the questions in a sincere attitude.

        Though the subject in my paper will be a little bit extreme, I am trying to discuss about the independence of unmarried women. The stigma adds to them (the terms of old maid and spinster), the query that men’s superiority to women (the mother question that why father is important than her who takes care of the child all the time), and the controversy that should unmarried women have the right to have their own babies (the problem of artificial insemination, and the invisible restriction for unmarried women who want to adopt children). Because women now can get the same education as men, they don’t need to be like women in the past who depend on men all the time. They should possess the right to decide their life.


        Peers’ comments point out the arguable problem in my paper. The paper may contain fully of my opinions, however, it would be too assertive. And peers’ comments also provide a different way for me to think. For example, Rachel brings out a question in my revised annotation 3, and her question really makes me face the difficulty. On the other hand, when receiving the comments that support my opinions, I would feel very happy. Although the disapproval comments of my paper make me feel frustrated, those comments help me a lot.