The most important thing that I have learned from being a part of this entire research paper process is that anything can be manageable if you give yourself enough time. Doing a research paper step by step, specifically using milestones, made the whole thing easier to write as oppossed to when you try to write everything in one sitting. With that being said, my understanding of college-level research has changed in the sense that i won't always have the liberty to take my time with writing papers. ENG103 was great in the fact that we only focused on a paper, but in order classes it wont always be like that, especially if a research paper is involved.
The advice that I would give to future students is that you should do always do your milestones on time. These milestones are crucial especially if you're trying to get feedback on a class that only meets once a week. The Research Speed-Dial was extremely valuable for me in writing not only this paper, but also papers I had for other classes. I would take full advantage of this wonderful resource Professor Dragan has provided us and will with you.
If there is one thing that I would have done differently during the last milestone was that i wish i gave myself more time to read each document in greater detail as opposed to rushing it. Although i got the information that i had wanted, i feel that i could have elaborated more and made my paper stronger if I had a better understanding on what it is i read. It is not always that what you quote goes with what you are trying to say. But nevertheless, this class was great. I could not have found a more helpful class when it comes to writing essays than with this one. Professor Dragan is a fantastic teacher who takes you step by step through everything, pushing you to get to the finish line even when you may be behind with the rest of the class.
Thank you for a really good, thoughtful final post! --Prof. Dragan
ReplyDeleteThe milestones were the key for the completion of this paper. I am with you on that. Good post.
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