Can a Thesis be Too Personal?

Letter Forty: Can a Thesis be Too Personal?

But one only has to ask the experience of two opposing sports teams on a championship game about what 3-7 score means to know that numbers, facts, carry stories and meanings.

And that who the person reporting on the score is matters because there are many stories to be told about 3-7. I mean I can think of at least four off the top of my head - a story of a underdog, a story of a reigning champion, a story of both teams not making the most of the game, a story of a coach’s final season. Same 3-7 score.

To finally get directly to your thesis question: a thesis is already personal. It’s always personal. Whether people acknowledge it or not.