Blog #2 Final Paper

Okay, so I thought this was going to be an easy paper to write, but I am so wrong. There's a lot more research that must be done besides reading the book itself - although, Slade's book does have a great deal of information alone. The process of my final paper goes like this: 1. skim over the book and pick parts that are related to the paper 2. research online for information on where the e-waste ends up, solution to the extensive amount of e-waste etc 3. make an outline and follow it! 4. I found it easier to compose a research paper when I write it on paper first so I did that. So far, I've gotten 5 pages done and I have 5 more hours to go till it is due. I find myself ranting on and on about the topic using the knowledge that I have already gained so I have a lot of revising work to do.

Blog #1 Final paper

I've had a really terrible and busy week trying to cram every little detailed information to my puny brain, so it's Thursday at 1:31 PM - a day before this is due - and I can finally start my final paper. Yesterday, my friend got a new cell phone and I asked him how long the other one lasted.. he said, "7 months and then it broke down." In my head, I knew that it didn't really break down and even if it did he could've gotten it fixed... plus! the average cell phone user replaces their phones every 14 to 18 months, when cell phones are designed to last for 5 years... This conversation led me to think of Mr. Slade and his disgust in our society's rate of wasting away perfectly normal electronics. And it's the holidays and the season of giving so I'm guessing a lot of consumers out there are buying new gadgets for their loved ones... so I'm thinking, where would their perfectly usable gadgets go when they are replaced with better and more updated versions? Well, I'm about to do my research on just that. I have chosen the second topic of this research paper and before diving into the paper, I'm going to write an outline. I've found this awesome website called planetgreen.discovery.com which has a lot of information on where e-wastes go after they are recycled such as being exported to China and how to go green! It also leads me to think that our society's movement of "going green" is all just a propaganda but I won't talk about that in my paper since it's not an opinion-based paper.