Today was the first day that I actually sat down and started my paper. I had put very little thought into it before hand and the outline was pretty much the extent of my research. I had a chance to bounce a couple of my ideas off of Mr. Martino and he was able to see both sides of the idea and find information that contradicted my thesis. After that I was at a loss. I had no idea what I wanted to write about and my outline was pretty much useless seeing as all of my ideas were now accompanied by Mr. Martino’s research. That for me makes it impossible to get anything done. Ideas build very quickly in my mind and if given a topic I can quickly convince myself of any side and then argue it. Usually I am able to then shoot down and counter any opposing ideas. This all goes well until someone is able to insert opposing information in the way my brain registers, evaluates and formulates information. It’s rather hard to do which is what makes me a great debater (that and my ability to see both sides and find weaknesses in both arguments) but when it happens I fall apart. Mr. Martino has always been able to do this to me. I’m not sure if it’s because he thinks the same ways as me or for some other unknown reason.
So needless to say I changed my topic and then withheld said information so Mr. Martino couldn’t further sabotage my thinking. Sabotage is far too harsh a word but it fit the sentence quite nicely. It’s not sabotage. It’s what he calls “taffying” my thinking but this process does tend to make it very hard to pick a side.
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