In Michael Kleine’s article, ‘What is it We Do When We Write Articles Like This One- & How Can We Get Students to Join Us, his attempt is to learn how to teach students to research the way researchers do.  Also, he wants to figure out if some teachers (college level academics) are guilty of being part of the night library just like students.  His audience in this writing is mainly students cramming work, or anyone being part of the night library, and why people should better their skills on research of writing. 

                Michael Kleine finds himself going into the library to notice many high school and college students doing research papers.  He was surprised to find anyone at the library later at night.  He explains he could tell they are doing research papers, because they are laughing and talking, yet have all different text books lying in front of them on the tables.  He sees that the students are just copying words from the library.  Kleine makes it a point to notice there is no searching, analyzing, evaluating, synthesizing, selecting, or rejecting involved.  I believe Kleine uses the term, “night library,” because many students are known to rush facts into a paper the night before to complete the assignment. 

                Kleine uses an example of hunters and gatherers, stating, a hunter finds what he is looking for, while a gatherer discovers what might be useful.  He used this experiment to find that after it was over, his subjects still returned to him to add more to the research.  He noticed the eight cells that he had used could not capture the depth of their thoughts and writings.  It also occurred to him that nobody had ever come to him saying they read a reading, because they were forced, but because they were interested. 

                In the end, Kleine answers his own questions.  He states that if teachers can better understand what they do it might lead students away from the night library.  Kleine talks about downplaying the teacher role, and also becoming an audience.  The classroom could then become an area of research, and an area for common investigation.  He wants reading to be more promoted in the classrooms and research that does not just involve libraries.  His main focus comes to helping students who are already writing research papers to enrich their skills and to push themselves to their limit.  He then quotes his own friend stating, “Research is Writing.”

COMPARE SUMMARIES

     Kleine’s reading is similar to Stuart Greene’s article, “Argument as Conversation: The Role of Inquiry at Writing a Researched Argument.” 

     Stuart talks about coming up with your own ideas to writing a research paper, while Kleine talks about learning to better search and analyze for writing a paper.  They are both giving tips on how to do a better paper.  Greene talks about not becoming involved in a conversation unless the persons knows what it is about, and Kleine backs up this idea by speaking of how to evaluate, analyze, and select information before writing a paper. 

     Their writings are also different, because Greene speaks of argument, and Kleine has seen none of that from the night library, only talking and laughing.  

BEFORE YOU READ

     This semester contains two different classes that will require researched writing.  Anthropology will be based on researching the different cultures among the people of the world.  Chemistry will also require researched writing to help me better learn the terms and measurements I will be expected to know this semester to accomplish these projects I will need to have much time for the library and quiet study.  I will need to learn quick and productive ways to compare and learn important concepts in the classes I will be taking.

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION PG. 32

1)      Kleine’s article makes me think of many high school experiences I have had of my own.  I was in many different sports and activities, and caught myself as part of the night library at times.  The way he describes research and writing does not seem to be the issue I have with myself as much anymore.  It is something I could work on by using my own thoughts and experiences in writing more.

3)      The research of the professionals Kleine interviews were very important roles to the writing.  It helped to back his theory up that anyone can be found guilty of the night library.  They have played roles in my past research, because as I explained earlier I have been someone who has crammed work, and not searched, evaluated, or researched as much as I should have.  The difference to me is once you have made a transformation from high school to college papers.  It comes to attention of how much research writing is actually needed.

4)      If I started to do what Kleine talks about in his article I would probably make an improvement in my evaluation of my papers.  I would evaluate the work I put into my paper to make sure I fully understand my own way of writing so I could better explain and get my point across to my audience.

      This article was interesting to me, because of how Michael Kleine instantly could tell the students were doing research papers without even asking, and how he came about his experiment and own research to study the issue.  It is very helpful to myself, and will make me try much harder to put thoughts into my own words.  When I read an article that I am supposed to research on I will make sure only to compare the ideas between myself and the writer to include more of a conversation in my own writings.  The ideas compare to my own experiences, because the article has made me realize how little I have evaluated and pieced together my response to many writings I have researched on in the past.