For our second formal assignment, the class was asked to write a research essay based on a question we had that related to the movie Where To Invade Next. We used our three previous blog post, the Annotated Bibliography , Where to Invade Next? An Argument, and Summary and Rhetorical Analysis of Where to Invade Next, to help us before we actually began writing our essay. My essay was based on the question, should the United States change the sexual education curriculum to match French’s sexual curriculum? My essay, “Sex Ed, The U.S, and You” is currently in it’s second draft, and using the reflective writing (Reflective Writing) definitely helps the essay improve.
Who did you work with to compose your research paper? Was this a good approach? I didn’t work with anyone to compose the first draft of my research paper. We were allowed to partner up, but I decided not to take advantage of that opportunity. In a way, I wish I did because I most definitely wouldn't have been late submitting my paper if I did. However, I’m also glad that I didn’t decide to do that because it let me do the research more freely and express my own opinion rather than a shared one. Also, if i’m late with an assignment, I only have myself to blame, but if it was my partners fault that we were late handing in our essay, I would have been furious. I’ve never liked the idea of a collective grade, because you’re assigned work meant for two people, and if the other person doesn’t care about their grade, than you’re left doing twice the work yourself. I would be fearful about that when doing a research paper. My second draft was looked over by my professor. I really enjoyed having his feedback. I’m very prideful person, so it physically hurts me to have some critic my work (I’ve been really trying to work on that), but I know my paper needed real help and he gave amazing advice! What rhetorical mode and genre are you using? The rhetorical mode is Argumentation and the genre is MLA Research Paper. When did you write this project? Good approach? I wrote this project super late. It was horrible. I stressed so much about getting it done, so I just kept putting off until I literally could not put it off any longer. It was a horrible approach that definitely lowered my grade to a B. Where did you write this project? Good approach? I wrote this essay at a starbucks in the city. I actually really love doing this. I can’t write long papers in my house because my dog cries and whines that I won’t pick him up, and to write a paper, I need to really go in. As in I don’t take breaks. It’s weird, but I much rather knock out a rough copy in several consecutive hours of working, and then going back and revising, then to do an hour of writing a night. With me, when I write any paper, ideas and concepts come to me as i’m writing. So, if i stop writing after an hour, not only will I lose those ideas, but i’ll actually feel mentally blocked when I try to go back and finish it. Anyways, I like taking a trip to somewhere like a coffee house to do my writing because I get left alone, I can get my coffee and a snack, and the trip to get to the coffee house, actually allows me to get ready to write my paper. If I just open my eyes and try to write, I don’t give myself time to prepare and relax and get ready to write my paper. Why did you choose to write about your chosen topic? Good choice? I choose this topic for three reasons. One, I enjoy doing research on very little things. However, sex and education are two of the exceptions. I’m actually planning to major in education, so when I was taking my professional field experience class at Upper Darby ( I go to an actual school and student teach), we had to write a paper a day based on a education article my teacher would send us. Secondly, this topic was only touched on in the film very briefly, I felt as though it deserved to be explained and researched. Lastly, I honestly didn’t want to pick something that was on the list, or that everyone else was going to do. I felt like if I picked a too common research topic, I would just end up using someone else’s paper with that topic, to help write mine. Also, it’s boring enough to read such a large collective number of research papers, I at least wanted mine to be different even a little from the pack. How did it feel to write this argument ("during, after, and since")? Do you have any "if only" moments that can help you revise the draft? During, it sucked. To be blunt, I put it off as long as possible. I hate doing research papers because they take so much time and extra work with the citations and quotes. It makes me want to scream after a while. After, was great because it was done! It definitely needs work and revision, but the large chunk of it, the information and cations are all finished. Revising the research paper doesn’t bother me at all, it’s collecting all the information needed for the paper that kills me. Since I wrote the paper, i’ve been revising it here and there over the week. I’m sure it isn't perfect but I know it's definitely better than it was. If I could go back in time, I wouldn't have put off my paper so long that I was stressing and it was late, definitely not letting that happen again. How will you revise your argument? I wrote down all the suggestions my professor made for my about my paper, I plan to keep going back and correcting the things he suggested to me, as well as have him go through it again when the second draft is up, which it is now ! Go check it out .
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