1. Are there certain questions on your intake form that distinguish your intake form from other psychotherapist forms? And why did you choose those questions?
2. Is it common for psychotherapists to have a statement of philosophy on their website, if yes/no, why did you include yours? And how/why did you include those sources (Dean Hepworth, Jo Ann Larsen)
3. Have you had help with your writing process/style for your webpage or other documents that you provide (Disclosure Statement, Intake Form, etc.) If so, on what part and why?
4. With all the different jobs that you've had so far, how was your writing style varied with each job?
5. Which types of writing do you like the most and least, and why?
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
Thesis statements draft
Here are a couple of thesis statements that I was thinking about:
1. Getting into writing is only essential for people who have majors or jobs that requires a lot of writing.
2. In the future the informal writing style is going to be much more interesting for many people than the formal writing style
3. How important is writing and how big are the effects on someone who is not good at writing
1. Getting into writing is only essential for people who have majors or jobs that requires a lot of writing.
2. In the future the informal writing style is going to be much more interesting for many people than the formal writing style
3. How important is writing and how big are the effects on someone who is not good at writing
Week 6 Readings Response
So this weeks reading was a lot more than usual, but they all were different interesting topics so I really liked that! Let me tell you what I thought of each reading:
- They Say, I Say Chapter 7
The main two questions what they are focusing on here is: So what? and Who Cares?. In the beginning I seriously didn't really understand what is was exactly about but how more I read how more sense it started making to me. This was a pretty interesting article because those questions are actually really great as soon as you write something, it really makes you getting in much more detail than you normally would and I feel like if you seriously follow this then you would do a great thing by leaving the readers without any hanging, confusing questions. I also liked the part where they said that even though the readers already know why it matters, that you should still keep on asking those questions to yourself until you reach that point where you can't continue anymore. I never thought of any of this and I think those questions are great to start implementing when writing anything.
- Everything's An Argument Chapter 16
This was a nice article to read about because obviously as a full-time student, I will have to deal a lot with Academic Arguments, and honestly, it's not really my favorite thing. I definitely agree with them when they talk about that the style of writing an academic argument is very stiff and there is a loooot of formality so the style of writing is not very 'alive'. Still, it was very helpful to read all the tips they are giving on how to develop an academic argument. Also, it reminded me again about how careful research is so important when writing an academic argument and really is the essence of it. So it was nice to kind of get a refreshment on this topic.
- Shitty First Drafts
What I liked about this article is that it was a personal article with mainly personal, but interesting advice. I liked the style of writing and it was not too hard for me to read and understand it. This is also something that I haven't really thought about too much because honestly I am really not a 'draft' person and don't do it too often. After reading this it did make me realize that it is something very important that you have to do and that out of so many simple, 'stupid' drafts, the best things come out of it. I think it is also something that you don't have to think about too much, and just let it go. I really want to try to start doing this as well but it might take me some time.
- Understanding Rhetoric Page 148 - 159
Ugh I was so happy to not having to deal with this style of writing for a little while, but there I found myself again reading it like 3 times over again, but I got there. :) This was an article also talking about arguments, and actually I love reading about arguments because I love them haha. I liked the sentence where they made up a definition that said: ''A statement is arguable if it represents a position with which a reasonable person could disagree''. It is important to remember that arguments are great, but it really depends on how you deal with the argument. So like when they are talking about that an argument needs grounds or evidence from which we develop a position. This was also a good refreshment for me because I realized that there are so many people having arguments, including myself, while many times there is not even evidence and it is just opinion based. Nothing wrong with that, but if you want to make a great argument obviously evidence is the key. So it was nice reading about all this and keeping in the essence of an argument in mind.
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Email request draft
Dear Mr/Ms,
My name is Angelica Askamp, I am a psychology student at Antioch University Santa Barbara. One of the classes that I am taking is called Academic Writing, for that class I am requiered to do a couple of assignments and I was wondering if you would be able to help me with one of them.
Basically what I am supposed to do, is to reach out to an individual working in a career or organization that I am interested in, and request 3-5 writing artifacts. The reason why I have reached out to you is because I am a pschychology major and therefore I believe it would be very interesting to receive those artifacts from an actual psychologyst. Now what I will be doing with those artifacts, is analyze them and see what the differences are in writing style with each artifact. So if you would be willing to send me those artifacts, it would be great to receive various written artifacts so I can ultimately analyze the differences.
I hope I have been able to provide you with sufficient and clear information considering my assignment and I would highly appreciate it if you would be able to help me. If there are any questions or uncertainties, please don't hestitate in contacting me.
Kind regards,
Angelica Askamp
My name is Angelica Askamp, I am a psychology student at Antioch University Santa Barbara. One of the classes that I am taking is called Academic Writing, for that class I am requiered to do a couple of assignments and I was wondering if you would be able to help me with one of them.
Basically what I am supposed to do, is to reach out to an individual working in a career or organization that I am interested in, and request 3-5 writing artifacts. The reason why I have reached out to you is because I am a pschychology major and therefore I believe it would be very interesting to receive those artifacts from an actual psychologyst. Now what I will be doing with those artifacts, is analyze them and see what the differences are in writing style with each artifact. So if you would be willing to send me those artifacts, it would be great to receive various written artifacts so I can ultimately analyze the differences.
I hope I have been able to provide you with sufficient and clear information considering my assignment and I would highly appreciate it if you would be able to help me. If there are any questions or uncertainties, please don't hestitate in contacting me.
Kind regards,
Angelica Askamp
Week 5 reading reaction
This weeks reading was pretty chill and clear, but besides that it was also really interesting and helpful and was able to find myself in many points of the readings so I was happy to read all about that.
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 9:
I liked this reading a lot and could really find myself into it. I feel like "academic writing" can be pretty struggling sometimes especially as an international student which doesn't have a great vocabulary compared to native americans. It is much easier for me to kind of write like I talk but obviously I do know that I also need to include "more difficult" words. It was nice to read that actually a combination of both is how it should be and that this is also a part of what makes a good writer. It was also very helpful for me to read the examples of other people who used the combination and this gave me a much better perspective on how to use the combination and how it should look like. After reading this I will really try to implement the best of both worlds and hopefully I'll get much better at it after each time!
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 11:
This reading was also really nice and also with this I could really find myself in it because as a full-time student, and especial at antioch, you deal with a lot of class discussions and I also happen to really like them and am a very active participater during class discussions. Now while I was reading this article I was really figuring that there is so much more that I can improve and I really was not aware of that even with just a simple class discussion there are basically rules you have to follow in order to make it a good interesting class discussion.
I really liked it when they stated that the point of a class discussion is that our own ideas become more cogent and powerful, the more responsive we are to others, I really didn't look at it that way so that was interesting to read about. Also the part of linking to what someone has said, especially in a clear way, was helpful for me cause even though I do sometimes link to what other people had said, I feel like I could've made it a lot more clear. Then last but not least, highlighting my key point is also something that I have to work on many times. I tend to be kind of unclear sometimes and that I'm not really getting to my key point, so it was great reading the example phrases in order to improve that.
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 9:
I liked this reading a lot and could really find myself into it. I feel like "academic writing" can be pretty struggling sometimes especially as an international student which doesn't have a great vocabulary compared to native americans. It is much easier for me to kind of write like I talk but obviously I do know that I also need to include "more difficult" words. It was nice to read that actually a combination of both is how it should be and that this is also a part of what makes a good writer. It was also very helpful for me to read the examples of other people who used the combination and this gave me a much better perspective on how to use the combination and how it should look like. After reading this I will really try to implement the best of both worlds and hopefully I'll get much better at it after each time!
- "They Say, I say" Chapter 11:
This reading was also really nice and also with this I could really find myself in it because as a full-time student, and especial at antioch, you deal with a lot of class discussions and I also happen to really like them and am a very active participater during class discussions. Now while I was reading this article I was really figuring that there is so much more that I can improve and I really was not aware of that even with just a simple class discussion there are basically rules you have to follow in order to make it a good interesting class discussion.
I really liked it when they stated that the point of a class discussion is that our own ideas become more cogent and powerful, the more responsive we are to others, I really didn't look at it that way so that was interesting to read about. Also the part of linking to what someone has said, especially in a clear way, was helpful for me cause even though I do sometimes link to what other people had said, I feel like I could've made it a lot more clear. Then last but not least, highlighting my key point is also something that I have to work on many times. I tend to be kind of unclear sometimes and that I'm not really getting to my key point, so it was great reading the example phrases in order to improve that.
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