At the beginning of this assignment, I was very unsure about where my research would lead. I wasn’t expecting to find much to support my thesis, but I ended up scraping together some solid evidence. My subject is very controversial in the psychology field, especially because of all of the fakers and the absurdity of the disorder in the first place. Tackling this subject meant searching for evidence that might not even exist yet. As I worked through this assignment, I started to realise how tough of a subject this was, but also how much evidence there was that actually supported my thesis. By my last blog post, I had learned a lot of new things about dissociative identity disorder and became more sure of my research. Doing the research and immersing myself in the subject had a huge part in changing my thoughts on my subject. My thesis stayed the same throughout this assignment, and I was very determined to prove my theory.
I really enjoyed making these blogs. I tried not to rush my posts, even though they were extremely overdue. The blog aspect of this assignment was very fun and gave me the opportunity to explore a new media. It even inspired me to create my own personal blog, which I made over winter break to document my mental health.
If this assignment was a paper instead, I would cry. I cannot craft a thesis for the life of me. With a paper, my writing would have to be formal and organized. With this blog, I was able to be more informal and relaxed with how I presented my findings. I think other assignments would be more fun and easy if they were in blog form, but it would quickly become boring and hard to keep track of everything. Blogs are fun and all, but being able to create a well written paper is more beneficial to our education. For our 6-10 page paper, I feel a blog better suits the assignment compared to a paper. Making blogs about unsolved crimes or conspiracy theories is perfect.
My procrastination was my downfall. That would be the main thing I’d change if I had to do this assignment again. The other things I’d change have to do with my blog’s homepage: better organization, clearer pictures, page music, and a different layout/theme. Other than that, I think I did pretty well. I (eventually) met the required amount of blog posts, with each one being in-depth and thorough, and had little to no grammatical or spelling errors. My sources are also hyperlinked. I’d like to think my final reflection is well written too. Overall, I would give myself an A+ based on the rubric’s criteria. Taking into consideration the teeny tiny fact that this is about a month late, my actual grade is most definitely lower. But, according to just the rubric, I’d get an A+ because late point deductions aren’t mentioned.