Exercise 1.5

As we continue to develop ideas and topics for our upcoming research paper, we have another exercise to try and help us do just that. When coming up with a topic you may find that you become so fixated on one topic your interested in you can miss other solid options. This exercise helps us to go deeper into our topic and really evaluate if it is usable or not. The topic I am interested in and will be evaluating is, Mangers in the Premier League

1. Inquiry Question - Why, in recent years, have managers in the premier league's careers been so short and have been fired so quickly?

2.

Explore

Primary Purpose - Come up with some questions that if answered could help you understand the question above.

1. Have salaries of the managers increased lately?
2. Does every owner of a club feel that his team should be best in the world?
3. Are there more managers on the market looking for jobs than before?
4. Are players more quick to dismiss or reject managers causing inter turmoil?

Argue

Tentative thesis - Managers in the premier league have been getting fired so easily lately because of two reasons, the club owners are impatient and want to see immediate improvement, and players these days are very self minded and don't have enough patience for their managers.

3. The reason I am interested in this topic is because I love soccer, especially the premier league. Over the last few seasons I've seen a whole lot of managers be fired. It interests me why this is, and I'd like to know more about what the reasons for it are. I can't think of any real biases I have on the topic, I don't really have a favorite manager or anything like that. Before picking this topic i was thinking about soccer, right now I'm still thinking about soccer, that's why this topic interests me so much.

Exercise 1.1

Our class is continuing on with finding a topic for our research paper. We've been assigned an activity to try and brainstorm and get some ideas into writing as we search for topics. Instead of just writing down topics randomly the exercise is designed to organize and come up with a topic in a neat way.

Step 1

We were given a list of general ideas and we are supposed to list topics under each idea. They are listed below.

Places 

Costa Rica

America

Heaven

Hell

Beach

Mountains

China

Japan

Texas

New York City

Tenesse 

Los Angeles

London

Germany

Jobs

Referee

Real Estate Agent

Teacher

Police officer

Musician

Athlete

Designer

Pastore

Gamer

Author

Carpenter

Councilor

Sports Manger

People

Cristiano Ronaldo

Barak Obama

Billy Graham

Albert Mohler

Kim Jong Il

Jesus Christ

Leonel Messi

Chase Utley

Michael Vick

Iker Casillas

Manuel Pellegrini

Adolf Hitler

Winston Churchill

Trends

Backwards hats

Yoga pants

Uggs

Neon colors

Camo pants

Baggy jeans

Social Madia

Fast food 

Step 2 

We are to look over the topics we wrote down and pick one that may be interesting. I chose..

Sports Manager

Step 3

We are now to develop a list questions about the topic we chose. They are listen below.

What does a normal day of a sports manager look like?

On average, how long does a manager hold their position in the Premier League?

What makes some managers so much more successful than others?

Do managers even coach, or do they simply manage?

How much does a manager in the premier league get paid per year?

If a team loses, should it be the managers fault, or the players?

Who is the most successful manager of all time?

What is a fair reason to fire a manager?

Does getting a new manager effect a team in a huge way?

Do managers in the premier league have personality issues due to the constant pressure to win?

Today I am starting an assignment for my english class. We are assigned to pick from a list of topics and take three minutes to write about why we think that topic is true or false and then give our opinion on why we believe it is true or false. The first group of topics to pick from are: You have to know your thesis before you start, You have to be objective, You can't use the pronoun I, You can use your own experiences and observations as evidence, You can us your own writing voice, You're writing mostly for the instructor, and You're supposed to use your own opinions.

Step 1: 

* You can't use the pronoun I. 


You absolutely can use the pronoun I in your writings. You are responding to an idea or an article and you are simply adding your opinions and adding to the conversation. You can’t use your own ideas without using the pronoun I. If you are going to give your view on something your going to say something like, “I believe…” You must use I in your writings if you are stating your views, which you should be.

Step 2:

 We now have to pick another topic and explain why you agree or disagree.

* People are entitled to their opinion and no opinion is better than another

I don’t agree with this statement. If someones opinion is obviously wrong, then their opinion is lesser than someone else’s opinion that is clearly right. Something that is incorrect can not hold the same value as something that is proven to be correct. Yes I believe people are entitled to their opinion, but if their opinion is wrong, then their opinion holds less value than the correct opinion.