Reyes, Dalila
Instr. Gross
English 103
May 20, 2011
Research Papers…
At the beginning of this course, we were asked what our experience was with writing and how well be adapted to assignments that are assigned. My response, if I could remember correctly was that I was very difficult for me to think and develop what I want to physically write. With this research paper, the felling is the same. I took me a very long time to decide which one of the prompts I wanted to do. I choose to go with The Great Gastby because I remembering reading it in high school, and from I can recall I didn’t hate the book. As I finished the book, the prompt kept ringing in my head. I kept thinking how was I going to relate this book to Reading Lolita. I became very overwhelmed with the prompt alone. I began researching topics using Google Scholar, yet one of my biggest frustrations is that many of the pages that I open up are very limited with information, as it requires to actually pay for a book in order to have access to it. Very frustrating. At times, some of the information sounds very interesting, yet the ticket price for a book is about thirty dollars. I unfortunately do not have that type of money to be spending with two kids. Therefore I thought about taking my research to the library. Yet I realize that there aren’t enough hours in the day for me to physically do that. In between shuttling my kids around, from basketball practice, girl scouts, track and art class, there is not time for me to stop and visit the library. Weekends are out of the question. I have thus continued my search through the internet, but I do realized I will have to make time to stop by and spend ample time in the library. One of my other frustrations is that I keep forgetting to write down the URL for all the sites that I am visiting. I becomes very frustrating as I then have to revisit everything again just to find the site I was previously in. Overall, I has been a bit frustrating, yet I keep reminding my self that I can do it. I haven’t failed yet.
Don’t we all wish we had more time in the day. I feel that there isn’t enough with all the extra things I have to do besides school. I had to push the paper aside so I could do other papers, work, and being with loved ones. It’s hard but the feeling we get when we finish it is relieving. I agree with you on taking a while to figure out what prompt to choose for the paper. I went from choosing Pride and Prejudice to The Great Gatsby. I wasn’t fortunate like you to have read it in high school but I’m glad I got the chance to. The whole writing portion of the paper was like you said frustrating. I was unsure about what to write and comparing The Great Gatsby to Reading Lolita. I mainly used the information in the book and backed it up with info from the internet. It has been a pain too look for the right information because of the limited access of information on certain sites. My English teacher in high school introduced us to a site called easybib and all you have to do is enter the URL and it will automatically create a works cited page once you’re done. It has been my favorite tool to use when typing my paper and one stress away to finishing faster!
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