Fourth Blog Post

I have learned a lot from these blogs. At first I really dreaded writing these blogs. I'm not a huge fan of blogs and I feel like writing them is so much more complicated then writing on a piece of paper. The huge plus side of the blog is that we all have access to everybody else's blogs so we can read them and think about other ideas that we may have not thought about before. I like bouncing my ideas off onto other people and reading their ideas to try and help inspire me as well. Every person is pretty much writing about a different topic and it is interesting to look at their research and see which way they are headed towards it and how they have been going about the research process.

Researching has never been my favorite but I have enjoyed this approach to begining many research papers. We have done it differently than I ever have before and it has made it more likeable and has made it less overwhelming. Researching can be so overwhelming and can really get on my nerves but but researching piece by piece has made it so much easier and manageable to conduct so that we can get really good information and good services. Also I have learned a little bit more about the writing process. Picking apart all of the work and spliting it up in sections made me realize what should go where and when different things should happen and fall into place. Keeping a blog throughout this process has also been beneficial towards learning the writing process as well. I am a better learner when I am physically doing something or seeing it happen so doing the writing process but not really realizing has made me realize what I am supposed to be doing for the future and the upcoming papers.

During the whole blogging and research process I have learned so much about my inquiry question. My question again involved stem cell research then it dug into the pros and cons of it. I have learned that most people do not approve of stem cell research because of the ethical aspect of it. However, some of the cells would still be eventually thrown away anyway, so why not just use them to help other people? That has become the next question on my mind during this process. I still can't really understand why people wouldn't want to help others, especially if the cells were just going to waste anyway. It completely blows my mind. I can look on both sides of the pro and con fence and understand why some people feel a certain way but in my opinion some things are just worth saving others too. Everybody needs to be "saved" from their sickness and if it could potentially be cured by stem cells, then go for it.

Before seeing the question about what I have learned about myself I wouldn't have thought that I have learned much. I know myself pretty well and I have such a strong opinion about so many things. After seeing the question it does make me realize that I am a more understanding person than I thought but there is still some times that I just can't see why people will not look past some things. Having stem cells as my research question it makes me wonder what people against it would think if they were the ones affected by a disease and only stem cells could help. Would they just die, or would they go against themselves and suddenly become pro stem cell research? With me, I will always be for stem cell research. The outcome of them are so much more greater than anything else and some researchers and doctors are completely for them because they know they will or can make a difference one day in the future.