Friday, April 23, 2010
FRESH PRINCE!
My favorite paper that I am working on for my portfolio is definitely the research paper. I relate to the issues that I address in this paper so much that I could write the paper about myself if I really wanted to! Also, the 8-10 pages lets me stretch out more instead of being condensed and cutting out some things. The essay that is probably my least favorite has got to be the McCandless opinion essay. I think this is because I'm not writing about myself compared to the other two papers where I can personally relate to. The main issue I'm having is the usage of my sources. For some reason this has always been a major issue for me to cite sources correctly and thoroughly through out my papers. Either way I'm going to have to get used to it because this is only the beginning!
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I agree, it's much easier writing about yourself than anything else. Mainly because you don't have to worry about all the citing and research as much. But yeah I feel for you, the citing is tough but it has to be done. I've wrote so many papers, it's amazing that I still mess up on the citing format so easily. Don't worry about the McCandless essay though we'll make sure you get everything right in workshop.
ReplyDeleteYour Fresh Prince paper had a great start though, I can't wait to read it! Both our papers have pretty similar ideas with the stereotyping and everything. Well, good luck on the papers. See you Tuesday!
Writing about yourself is definitely easier and I feel like it can also be more fun than writing about things that you are forced to write about or just don's care about. I'm with you on the whole sources thing too. Citing correctly and even finding the sources that you want to use can be a real pain. You're right about this just being the beginning too. We've got a long road ahead of us before graduation.
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