Research: Knowledge

      The research paper in my expert opinion is strenuous but helpful; every person at one point in their lives has to learn how to craft and research an argument that they are passionate about. Now in preparation for this paper I think it would of helped to have a few shorter papers due before the larger one. We as a class could've researched less sources over different topics in order to get a sense for how to craft a good argument, instead of just kind of going straight into the major paper. That way when it comes time to create the major research paper we as students could feel more confident in our arguments as we would have seen the mistakes we were already prone to make when writing a research paper. Also I would've liked more mandatory writing in class so that I could see what problems I was having, cause not until the first rough draft did I get any solid feedback on how to make my existing paper better. For me personally it's easiest to learn how to make something right by first doing it wrong and then making corrections, that's why I enjoyed the feedback written on the actual draft. Now in helping with the final draft I think having an earlier draft being due would be beneficial, that way feedback about the paper could be given earlier, which is the part of the writing process which I found the most useful. I think that resources like Strunk and White could have been introduced much earlier in the writing process, probably after the first draft that way the writing of the final draft could involve more fine tuning and less rewriting. Overall the research paper writing process was carried out fairly well and will be an important part of my education as a whole.