It's kinda strange to be writing a structured essay like this again. So far this year, the only papers I've written have been the rather abstract Personal Essay, and argumentative essays for the philosophy class I'm taking. Going back to this structured, research based form of writing feels different; which is kinda ironic considering it's what I've been doing for most of my scholastic career. So, I guess this past week has mostly been getting back into the swing of things. Truthfully, it's not hard; its like riding a bike, you don't forget how but sometimes you aren't as good as you used to be when you're first starting out again.
I've chosen Non-verbal communication and cues as my topic for this research essay; a fairly broad topic that I've always found interesting but never really looked into extensively until now. In fact, it's so broad that for the sake of this essay i'm going to have to somehow narrow my angle of focus significantly in order to actually make a point and develop a strong thesis. I'm considering using the study of haptics, communication through touch, as a way to narrow my focus research wise and help me pick a thesis. I've also tossed around the idea of comparing the level of aptitude at reading non-verbal cues between genders, and if there is a difference discussing what the reason for this difference might be.
I would have to agree that this paper seems different from those we have written in this class previously but also at the same time I feel that they are very similar because this paper is very different from any other research paper I have written. Although the research process has been very similar, I feel once I truly start to write the paper I will be able to add the personal element into it, that Dr. Ballenger has been discussing for the semester.
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