english

This week's classes focused on the subject of our research papers. Among other things we learned about MLA guidelines for research papers. There are so many rules that I did not know about previously. What is especially difficult is the format of the works cited page. It seems like there is a different method of citation for every one of my sources. This is going to be a busy weekend. I have a research project and Powerpoint presentation due in my other class on Monday as well as a rough draft for this class. It will be so nice when this summer school business is over. The class debate this week was about the legal drinking age her in the U.S. It was very interesting to hear people's beliefs on the subject. Just for kicks I decided to argue the position that there should be no drinking age. The debates can be challenging because of the requirement that we must respond to the previous speaker's statement. So last week I talked about writing about immigration for my research paper, but now the topic is hydraulic fracturing in the drilling industry. Some of the details about the health risks associated with hydraulic fracturing are quite disturbing.