Research

I still remember the first time I had to write a research paper in elementary school. I cannot remember exactly what grade it was, but I hated writing at that point, and the idea of having to research something I did not like and then write about it sounded even worse than the evil in my life that were book reports. The topic was on Native American tribes, we had to pick one and complete the project. The method we used to organize ideas was a folder with different pockets in it, so you would write on a note card and stick it in the corresponding pocket based on what type of information it covered. Oh how far I have come since then. With every project since then it has become a more complex topic and therefore better research and methods of research have been used. I can not remember the last time I used a children's encyclopedia as a source, and that definitely used to be a thing. These chapters cover a lot about proper formatting which is basically review at this point but it is always good to be completely familiar with the individual class requirements. I miss the days of simply having to hit a page requirement without the worry of points taken off for small errors in structure, but I appreciate the knowledge I have gained in English classes and the skill in writing it has given me.