I found the process of writing the research argument paper much different than I had originally anticipated. I thought it would be very difficult to write eight pages and around 2000 words, but as I was nearing the end of my paper I began to look back on the process and to me, it did not seem that difficult to get to the required length of the paper. There was a time during the process that I thought I would need way more than 2000 words to properly close out my argument, but in the end that was not really the case.
Finding sources was the most difficult part of the process for me. When arguing a less educational topic, college athletics, it was difficult to find scholarly sources to directly fit in with my topic, and I found it difficult to think of other ways to tie in more scholarly topics into my argument.
Another part of the process I found helpful was how much we talked about the paper in class and in the library sessions. I was expecting it to be put in the background once it was introduced, which was the complete opposite of how class was actually run. We talked about something related to the paper almost every day, and the group presentations about the different parts of the paper were also very helpful. Everything in class over the last month was geared towards pushing us to be successful on this paper.
Overall I found the process to be pretty stress-free and not something that bogged down my workload week after week, like I was originally expecting it to. The process was long, but in the end I felt like it was a very well structured way of writing the argument.
Finding sources was the most difficult part of the process for me. When arguing a less educational topic, college athletics, it was difficult to find scholarly sources to directly fit in with my topic, and I found it difficult to think of other ways to tie in more scholarly topics into my argument.
Another part of the process I found helpful was how much we talked about the paper in class and in the library sessions. I was expecting it to be put in the background once it was introduced, which was the complete opposite of how class was actually run. We talked about something related to the paper almost every day, and the group presentations about the different parts of the paper were also very helpful. Everything in class over the last month was geared towards pushing us to be successful on this paper.
Overall I found the process to be pretty stress-free and not something that bogged down my workload week after week, like I was originally expecting it to. The process was long, but in the end I felt like it was a very well structured way of writing the argument.