To be perfectly honest the research paper scared me to death! I've never enjoyed writing research papers all that much, and the limit to them was 3 pages for me. Anything more was not going to happen! But I lived through the assignment and gained much more experience and confidence with writing.
The research that I choose for the subject was why people decided to change their surname. At first I thought it was going to only hit the subject of immigration and how the change of name helps one to integrate into society. But as I studied more on why my ancestors changed their name, in Sweden, it led to more than just immigration. And like teachers and librarians say I was soon engulfed with so much information that the thought of keeping it only to 10 pages was what was going to be a nightmare! But I survived.
The thing that saved me the most however was having a strong Thesis. My love for thesis paragraphs has dramatically increased! The thesis helped me to connect together points that I would not have been able to do without. It gave me an amazing construction for my paper. And honestly most my time was put into gathering information and figuring out an outline for them. Once I had my written thesis and information the actual writing took little time. I was able to sit down and knock out all the pages within a couple hours, and was easily able to do that because I already now my outline.
Their is nothing that can compare to a well written thesis in a research paper. And again I love the experience that I gained from the research assignment! It was able to remove a mental block that I've carried for many years that prevented me from writing all that much!
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