Before I Read...

When I think about research papers, only two papers come to mind. Junior and senior year I had to write research papers, and I was not very fond of the idea. I did not like the idea of a research paper for the very same reason it got its name: research! I did not like doing very much research because I was lazy, but I knew these papers were not like the average papers that I could stumble my way through and still write a decent paper. With the research papers, a solid background in the topic was necessary and often hard to come by. For my papers, I was able to do some good research, and had a good variety of sources. The “before you read” question asks when I felt trapped by my sources, I can’t relate my feeling to being trapped. The sources, in my opinion, added strength to the paper, not hurt it. Once in college, I know better sources and knowledge is necessary to write a good paper.