This Friday, I had complicated feelings after I handed in my first research paper in my biology class. On one hand, I was so happy becuase I completed my paprer and could be free from the stress. On the other hand, I regreted not doing my best while preparing the paper and worried that I would get a bad grade. Although it took around a month for me to finish the paper, I did not spend enough time to find sources and information. I also could not visit the writing center in the library for lack of time.
After submitting the paper, I learned about choosing a research topic as the first step to start a research paper in composition class. Wikipedia is very familiar to me beacuse I already have used it to brinstorm and find useful information for my papers and presentations. I know that Wikipedia could be a good adviser or couselor, but I could not depend on everything in it. In addition, sometimes I am coufused by less coherent articles because of the fact that a number of users could revise it every minute. Evidently, there are the pros and cons of using Wikipedia.
Lately, I have been very interested in nutrition, so I looked for some ideas and information related to nutrition in Wikipedia. Nutrition is connected with my major; moreover, I want to deepen my backgroud knowledge about nutrition. When I read several articles about nutrition, some words such as "diabetes" and "sports nutirition" caught my eyes. At last, I narrowed down my topic and listed three research questions. I will think about the questions some more to select an appropriate one between them this weekend.
Hopefully, I will learn many things at this opportunity to write a research paper in composition class. I am eager to obtain basic skills how to prepare and complete a research paper. Furthermore, I want for my reserch paper to not only satisfy my academic hunger about the topic but also give my readers helpful information, advice, and influence.
Kachina, Kurt, Ryoko, and Michael
3 comments:
Good job sunny! you studied so hard so I believe that you will get A!
By the way, are you ok today? I am really worrying about your health.
I agree with Ryoko. I think you can get a good score in your paper because you study much harder than I do, even than many classmates. Unlike you, I'm still strugling my the quetions in my research paper.
I'm sure you did fine with your biology paper. I hope that after you are finished with ALP 701, you will feel that papers - while sometimes annoying and time-consuming - are manageable.
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