Today... whew.

I have been finalizing my ARP in the span of the last few days. After hours of teeth-grinding, eye gauging fingernail scraping, countless restless nights, grinding days, and fatal massive headaches... I finally got it done. This has been the most extensive research project that I've ever done, and by far the one that I could say I learned the most out of. Thanks for another semester of braingrinding Kev. Hope everyone has a great summer.

4/23/2009

I sent Kev my MGRW # 3 on this date. I expressed my beliefs and perspectives about the origins of life without any restrictions. Kevin recommended that I further develop this piece in the future and read it again years later so I can self-experience how my beliefs have changed and developed. This was a great idea, I intend to do just that.

4/15/2009

The research symposium took place from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM. I had class until 2:55 PM, so I made it for at least 30-45 minutes. I presented my project to a research observer as well as Dr. Ed Ajhar. Dr. Ajhar and I engaged in a conversation about creationism, evolution, the universe, the big bang, and the catholic church. I believe that the symposium was a success. The late-night stay-up to complete the board was worth it 100%.

4/13 - 4/14/2009

Most of my posterboard for the research symposium was put together during these two days. At about 4:00 AM on April 15th I finally finished with the cutting/glue/organizing process. Thankfully I had it ready to go for the next day, since the symposium was held on the 15th and not the 16th as we were all convinced to believe.

4/2/2009

Completed my second Multigenre Research Writing on this day. My writing consisted of a rap between a creationist and evolutionist. I'm not a big fan of rap music, but I thought that it would result in a unique piece of writing. It took some work, but in the end, I thought that it was worth the struggle.

3/31/09

Finished my Interview, Survey, and Observation results on this date. Between the interview and the survey, a large amount of information was gathered toward my research project. Doing the result section for my ARP was a lot easier having this information at hand.

The Faith of Scientists (Introduction)

Professor Bryan Froehle sent me an email which recommended a book titled The Faith of Scientists. I'm hoping that if time permits, I'll be able to locate this book and use it as one of my research sources. It deals with the different religious views and beliefs of twenty of the most famous scientists that have ever existed, such as Galileo, Johannes Kepler, Charles Darwin, Einstein, Newton, and Hawking. I believe that researching the beliefs of these brilliant minds and comparing their viewes will strengthen my entire research foundation.