I am interested in political science and I have read several books written by the political activist Noam Chomsky. Three years ago, I was eager to join the AP English lecture and How the World Works by Noam Chomsky was an optional assignment. I read How the World Works. At that time I was a sophomore in high school and It was the first book written in a scholarly style that I have read. The book introduced me to the academiz culture and norms. Writing style professional and abode certain rules. was really surprised and a little overwhelmed by the number of citations. Academic conversations in the book were also astonishing and hard to notice for me. His language was hard for me to comprehend at that time.
As I continued reading, I realized that the academic writing style was an encouraging factor for me to continue and fuel my interest in the academic platform. In my point of view; citations allow us to research deeper and allow the academic conversations form which contributes to the knowledge.
When I first came to ASTU class, I noticed that there are other ways of citing methods as well. There is a relevant explanation in Yale Center for Teaching and Learning. “Academic disciplines have varying expectations for how to list citation information. In some instances, even two journals in the same field will use different styles.” (http://ctl.yale.edu/writing/using-sources/why-are-there-different-citation-styles) As stated in the article. As I did not expect to learn so many different styles of scholarly writing. I was amazed by the vast opportunities that different styles of essays and citation methods can offer. I was really inspired by the fact that citations help scholars to communicate in dialogs in their academic writings.
Getting used to the academic processes is a journey. At the beginning, it can be hard to adapt but as you try it harder, its challenging nature actually encourages you to continue and thrive in the academia. We should also be aware of changes happening in genres according to the new situations and needs of the world. We should not just adapt, we should also contribute to the changes in the writing as well. ASTU class gives me the opportunity to build upon my previous experience of reading academic papers and prepare to write my own essays.