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Starting The Informational Field Report

This paper, more or less, is much like the research paper I did last year, towards the end of the term. It calls for some extensive research, organization, and free analysis. I do find, however, it has an even more liberal feeling in this assignment, not so much from the freedom to choose your sources/field, but from the seemingly absolute freedom of structure and pattern. It has always felt in high school that every paper had some kind of basic formula they wanted you to employ, and that every paper come out in some kind of cookie-cutter method. It is quite nice though, just being given an idea and a due date, and leaving the rest to us. I love the idea of being able to use some of my own creativity in this assignment.

I feel that I understand the assignment pretty well, though I may have a few questions. Would it be appropriate to e-mail professors in our field and ask them if they'd be willing to do an interview? If not, would it be okay if we maybe explored a field that has similar practices, but isn't our major? Lastly are we ever able to conference with you to make sure our papers are going in the right direction/making progress?

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