Fogginess

Steven and Heather wrote about sometimes being in the clouds or in a fog - that what we are researching can be unclear at times. I absolutely, positively agree. Sometimes I think I have it, and then it slips through my grasp. And I also agree with Steven, that part of pursuing a PhD. is the fact that you are going to be walking through foggy spots, where everything looks fuzzy. I'll agree to that. But I don't always have to like it.

On the other hand, sometimes it seems that I'm reading the same article over and over again. Sometimes I feel like I'm reading the same article, different author. Doesn't it seem like authors in the field of education just steal each other's stuff, change the title and put their name on it? Or other times, it seems like I'm reading stuff that just seems like common sense to me - not necessarily worthy of a journal article where they're supposed to be researching "new stuph". But then again, I wonder, if this stuff seems ike common sense to me or seems like the same old stuff written by a new author, am I missing something?

Who knows. Cognitive dissonance is setting in.