Micheal Kleine Response

In his article "What is it we do when we write articles like this one-and how can we get students to join us?" Michael Kleine is speaking to fellow teachers and professors about how they themselves go about research as well as their students. Michael wants and attempts to discover how exactly his fellow colleagues go about their research. He makes the argument that there are two types of research there is hunting and there is gathering. In this article he argues that hunters go out and find or get want they are looking for while the gatherers collect what they think is necessary for their work. Then through doing his own research on his colleagues and how they go about research Michael finds that there is no one way to distinguish research as gathered or hunted, that all research is a deep sophisticated process in which you will use both and that research always will come from your own work or perspective as well as it is often influenced by others. This article reminds me of the oft-quoted by Kenneth Burke in Stuart Greene's article. They both harped on the idea that one will always learn, gather and hunt for information and reasoning. That others and ideas around them will always influence these thoughts and arguments that they call their own. In both these articles you see that everyone and their thoughts and process of doing things is constantly influenced by others whether it’s a conversation or an article in a book. In this article I can deeply relate to what Kleine is expressing, I feel that through researching I have found myself always setting up and pre-writing before I begin to help gain and idea and understanding of what I want to compose. Also that in my research I discover and listen to what classmates do and say and it often influences my perspective on the paper whether it’s a debate or just a paper about a creature or object. I never really thought about how exactly I go about my research but through reading this article I see that there really is no one way that a person researches it just isn't possible. Research just like communication or culture never has a beginning or end and is constantly influenced by other thoughts or ideas. In this article sources are a very big or large role in the research process. The professionals that Michael interviews all talk on how or what they used to get there info and each member always says how their research was originally influenced by someone or something. The source of your research or the sources for your research are both big steps into how and why you do your research. How can you do research without a strong credible source, and why did you choose the topic? The topic or source for your research is what drove the professors to begin in the first place as they all stated it was out of interest not because they had to. I think that this is completely different then my past experiences because in grade school and high school we were always assigned a center subject or field to research we never got the chance to choose a source or something that really interested us and drove us to want to learn more. The difference is that the professors were given freedom and the opportunity to see, understand and learn all they wanted about something they cared about or were curious to learn about. While my peers and I were stuck examining and research the same rhetorical subjects over and over instead of pushing the limit and looking for something of interest. If I had to change how i did my research in the way that Kleine did his I think I would first write to gain knowledge and growth in my research and understanding because the research is done by you, this meaning it is your work and it should be done and influenced originally I only by your thoughts, ideas and feelings. The influence of others and things around you always will affect how you feel, think or go about research but it’s the idea of originality or coming directly from you that makes the research special or anew to others or past research. I think that this article was a little dry and dragged on, that it could have been shortened down a lot and focused directly on the main issues and the topic of focus. This article was slightly confusing for me to read and I had trouble understanding some words, sentences and metaphors but the overall point and message of the article was very resourceful and useful. I think that this article shows and makes a great point on the restrictions of research and how dull and boring students go about it when it could be something that actually interest you and changes you. Michael Kleine makes perfect sense talking about how you can't separate or distinguish research. Research is an in depth process that is to open and spontaneous, to point to one method or another is impossible because research is always being influenced and affected. This article although confusing, dull and at times hard to read was overall very useful and something that I agree with on all matters.