Ball Point Ch. 4: more helpful!

While reading through chapter 4 of Ball Point, I was noticing that it was more helpful and more interesting than chapters 1&2. In this chapter I liked many of the things that were said, I can tell that while researching all semester I will be going back to this for a reference. I enjoyed how in the beginning they pointed out that they don't want us to do research that feels repetitive and boring but rather about something that catches our interest, and fascinates the student. I love the fact that we will get to choose because I have never had this option in the past, and I can finally work on a topic that interests me. I also thought it was interesting how the chapter pointed out how we do research daily, and the example that was used was helpful. One of the main things that I found interesting was the research/writing/wrap-up process was laid out. Most of the time in the past when I have done research, I was not given examples or helpful hints to help me along the way. They broke down how to collect research and the difference between paraphrasing, summarizing and quoting. Basically this chapter was really helpful, and I think it will be helping many of us out through the semester.