I chose to write my research paper on a family story, and I think there were several pros and cons to doing so. The good thing about choosing a family-related topic is I could ask members of my family about their experiences. My grandpa also had binders full of newspaper articles, paperwork, and journal entries related to my topic. I had so much information to draw from for my essay. An abundance of information was a good thing as well as a bad thing because I did not have to spend much time searching for information, but I spent a huge amount of time sifting through and trying to organize information. The con of writing on a topic about my family story is I cared so much about every word and sentence because I wanted to turn in a paper that would make my family happy. I felt more worried writing about a family-related topic than I would have if it were a topic of less importance to me.
If I were to change one thing about my experience on this research paper, I would have started earlier and wrote for a longer period of time. As we started to work on this paper as a class, I found myself relaxed the first few weeks and then a sudden panic. I realized that sources I skimmed over were not actually useful to my topic. I did not study my sources as soon as I should have. I wish I had time to think more about how I wanted to use them. On the other hand, one thing I would not change about my experience is all of the things that I learned. Although I am far from being an expert, I feel like I am almost to the point of being a scholar on my subject. I feel like everything I read delivered similar information and I could talk about this topic for an hour or more.
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