Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Blog 2
Yeah guys...sorry about the not commenting back totally. I know there's no excuse but I really don't have internet access readily available and it sucks. So what do I expect to get from this class? I basically just expect to feel more comforatble when it comes down to me writing papers. Every time I get assigned a paper, #1 I freak out, and #2 I wait until the last minute. I eventually end up just sitting in front of my computer (THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE INTERNET) and just writing it all at the same time. That's for sure one of the main things I hope I get better with in this class because I'm in my second year of college....I need to start writing rough drafts. Also, I would totally love love love it if this class would make me feel comfortable with the MLA. When I was in high school they said that all we would need to know in college was MLA. YEAH....every single paper i have written in the almost two years I've been at this school has been APA. I would just like to get comforatble with the actual documentation of the sources. I always freak out about citing online sources so I just end up doing all books, and I feel like I miss out on information I could have totally used to make my paper better. When we worked in class with our partners, and cited all of that stuff, weirdly enough, I felt comfortable. Maybe it was because I had a partner ( who was awesome by the way :) ) , but honestly, having that book (SF Writer) really made me feel better about it. I got it a little late, so I've been catching up on the reading, but I think I'm Good. All in all, I think this class is going to interest me and get me pumped about papers, because for the first time in LIFE we can write about what, who, when, and where we want. See you in class...
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I agree. Having the opportunity to write about what we want is going to be really interesting especially since we are surrounded by media all the time. Hopefully since we are writing about what we know and like we won't have to do a lot of research eithor!
I disagree about the research thing. I think we're going to be expected to do quite a bit of research when writing about our opinions to insure they are informed. I'm also a last minute paper writer.
I so agree with being nervous before the paper is due.
Don't you get tired of all the formats? Converting from MLA to APA; its a pain.
I'm glad that you feel better about using MLA format so far, and I hope that you become increasingly comfortable with it.
Truthfully, books are likely to be more reliable (although not as up-to-date) sources than the internet, so you haven't been missing too much.
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