Unit 1 Reflection Blog

The process of choosing an issue to write about for my research proposal was quite simple but also complicated at the same time. The original topic that I chose  had something to do with small businesses in the bay area and how they can sustain their business. I had no personal connection to this topic and only chose this because it made sense to me and seemed fairly easy at the time. However, as time went on and as the class went into more depth about the next four essays we will be writing I realized that this topic was actually going to be challenging. Because I didn't have a personal connection with the topic, I wasn't interested in doing this assignment and grew very bored of it.  I realized I wouldn't be able to write four essays on this issue alone. I finally decided to change my topic to something that actually sparked my interest, standardized testing in schools. One of the challenges I faced during this unit was trying to connect my issue to sustainability. I am still some what unclear on how we need to connect standardized testing to sustainability. However, I do know now that I will start researching how the increasing dependency on standardized testing in schools benefits or hurts the students. This connects to sustainability because I show how school will be able to sustain or sustain in the future if we keep depending on these tests. On my essay, the main feedback I would like is to know if my issue really does connect to sustainability and how well I stayed on topic. I have a tendency to stray off topic throughout my essays so I would like my feedback to mention if I do or do not stay on topic.