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        The microtheme paper is way different that any other paper I've written before. The structure involves wandering around and speculating about a question you have but not directly answering it, which is really difficult because I'm used to writing essays by picking a view and sticking with it. I redid my rough draft multiple times because I kept having to change the question or seemed biased towards a specific viewpoint. Critical thinking is an important part of developing this assignment but too much of it makes it difficult to stay focused on the question posed at the start of the paper.

        I eventually got a final rough draft in place after I reframed my question to be more neutral and took approaches from all sides of the question to develop my second paragraph. It was hard to fit all of these approaches into one page so I had to get rid of extra details that weren't having much effect. I have always been good at meeting minimum word counts in papers but getting under a maximum restriction is much more difficult.

        This assignment relates a lot to chapter 1 because it is focused on knowledge-making - the process of analyzing a problem and thinking about it in lots of different contexts. I use a similar mindset when freewriting and it is helpful when solving problems and developing opinions. The theme of this course is about developing your own viewpoint and I think this microtheme project does a good job of teaching how to consider all views before deciding yours.

        

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  1. Matthew JachimFebruary 3, 2023 at 4:44 PM

    Hi Matthew,
    I totally agree that this micro theme paper is a little bit different, its somewhat out of my comfort zone when it comes to writing. Dancing around the problem is a lot different then what we normally do by answering the questions or problems given to us. I liked how you tied it back into chapter one with analyzing a problem.

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  2. Tyler StantonFebruary 5, 2023 at 7:50 PM

    Hey Matthew,
    I feel the same way about the microtheme. Having to go against everything i've learned about writing is weirdly challenging but I feel there is less stress since there is no necessary "format". The free form nature of the writing I feel helps the creative process.

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