80's style

It’s 8:30 in the morning and I just woke up to the high pitch sound of my alarm clock that is on the opposite side of my room. I realize that’s is Tuesday morning and that if I don’t get up I’ll miss my English class, so I quickly get up and throw on some neon leggings and a cut off sweatshirt. I fix my hair in a side pony, and make myself a bowl of cereal. I then walk outside my dorm room, and put on my walkman, and grab my bike to ride to class. When I got to class, we pulled out our paper and pens and began to take notes on the VHS that my teacher was showing us on how to properly write an argumentative essay. After class was finished, I got back on my bike and headed back to my dorm room. On the land line, I called my best friends and asked them to come over as soon as possible because we had to pick out what to wear for the Madonna concert that was being held at Germain arena on Saturday. We all were so excited, so when they came over I put the Madonna tape into my boom box and we all raided my closet trying to find something to wear. That night, I pulled out my type writer and began to write my essay that was due for English class. I seemed to be getting distracted though because a new episode of The Twilight Zone was airing and I was more focused on that then writing my essay. So instead, I climbed into my futon and watched television until I fell asleep.

Blog Seven: The Skunk Ape Tutorial

I found this tutorial to be very informational, and helpful if you have never heard this information before. If you have already been informed of how to write a research paper, then this tutorial may seem somewhat repetitive. What I liked the most out of this tutorial was the video that showed the different kinds of sources and described which ones are more reliable. I liked this part the best because usually, this is what my research papers usually lack in. In Composition One, I was lucky enough to have a lady from the library come in and teach me how to use the library’s databases which is usually the trickiest part of writing the paper because as freshmen in college this is something that we are new to. I definitely think that this tutorial should be given in Composition One because it would help with other classes that require you to write research papers, or even to teach you how to use different search engines. I felt like as if module 4 spent too much time talking about plagiarism. We get it...if you cheat then you will get kicked out of college! This tutorial pretty much went over everything I wanted to know about performing basic research and refreshed me on some of the unreliable/reliable search engines that we should use as college students.