Week 4 Post 1

This week in class we have been focusing on completion of the research paper. Feel like my topic (hydraulic fracturing) requires much more explanation than others’ topics in the class. Most people don’t even know what it is. Other people in the class are writing about more everyday issues like gun control and drug testing welfare recipients. We have also begun work on the Powerpoint presentations that will go along with the papers. It’s easy to get distracted by all the flashy animations and other features of Powerpoint. The presentation is what really worries me about the whole project. I’m almost finished with the paper, but a seven to ten minute Powerpoint show is intimidating. Public speaking is not my strong point, and I feel like that ten minutes is going to seem like an eternity. The class also received our grades for the second paper this week. I did noticeably better on the second paper than I did on the first. I’ll be really excited if the grade for this third paper goes up as much as my second grade did over the first. I feel like this class really has improved already how well my papers are written and my writing in general. Only problem now is finishing the presentation before I have to go to a wedding in Kansas City this weekend.