Blog Reflection

Going through this course was a very interesting experience. Learning about all of the different ways that authors can look at food showed me the scope that authors can use. I think it's interesting that the videos and essays that I remember most were the ones that were the most shocking like watching Food, Inc. It was almost disturbing to hear about all of the different ways that we are eating unhealthily. I think that this also shows one of the most important things to remember about research. That as scientific or objective as the data and research might be, any good author can spin a story. In this class we mostly read about how certain things are bad for you. We never really read or saw anything that detailed how healthy meat can be or how slaughterhouses might reduce the risk of bacterial infection. Most of the research followed the same basic principle. This shows how you really have to be careful with how you research a subject because anyone can take research and use it to their own ends. It's up to the reader to distinguish between fact and opinion. This is one lesson that I will definitely take with me from this writing course. From now on I will make take the time to make sure that I fully understand both the data and the intent of the analysis of the data while researching a subject.