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Reflection in Reading and Writing

This document discusses challenges students face with research papers. It notes that students can feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available from libraries and the Internet, making it difficult to determine what topics to focus on and how much information to include. The document also acknowledges that while students are taught to create outlines, it is still challenging to narrow down topics when researching vast amounts of information within deadline constraints, unlike paid scholars who can dedicate more time to research. Overall, the document explores how an abundance of information sources can add confusion and pressure for students writing research papers.

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Reflection in Reading and Writing

This document discusses challenges students face with research papers. It notes that students can feel overwhelmed by the amount of information available from libraries and the Internet, making it difficult to determine what topics to focus on and how much information to include. The document also acknowledges that while students are taught to create outlines, it is still challenging to narrow down topics when researching vast amounts of information within deadline constraints, unlike paid scholars who can dedicate more time to research. Overall, the document explores how an abundance of information sources can add confusion and pressure for students writing research papers.

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Reflection in Reading and Writing

Students need to push themselves to expand their knowledge and help themselves become more

inquisitive, critical, and reflective. Teachers, on the other hand, should push and challenge the

students to become better thinkers and help them use what skills they know to their advantage.

When students and teachers are thinking on the same page, they will start to understand each other's

viewpoint.

I agree that students do have a more difficult time to deal with the pressure of numbers Reaction

papers, research, position papers and everything which is connected in this subject. Choosing a

topic and its focus is perhaps the most difficult task in research. This statement is very true. I

sometimes complain when I have to write an essay focusing on a specific topic that a teacher has

assigned, but in reality, writing an essay on a topic you can pick yourself is even harder. Sometimes

I have so many ideas to write down on paper I become overwhelmed and stressed; even though I

am researching a topic that I myself have freely chosen. and confusion

Another problem that seems to affect students, from my experience, is the method of acquiring the

information for the research paper. The Internet use to be where I got most of my information, and

while I feel it is a valuable source, I know that libraries are even more beneficial. I can understand

why students seem to turn away from libraries because all that information can be overwhelming

and stressful.
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough. It seems to add to

the confusion of writing a research paper: How much information should I put in my paper? What

are the most important topics and which topics should be left out?

. Quotes such as "students search in a haphazard, unplanned way, happy to find whatever" and

"lack of patience" were easy for me to contradict. Although I have never been taught how to write

a properly finished research paper, I have been taught how to write an outline. And though I may

sometimes get overwhelmed with all the possible information I could write in my paper, I don't

search for that information haphazardly and unplanned. I write an outline to help narrow down the

field of topics I wish to write in my paper, but even with that, there are still vast amounts of

information that I could research on. And unlike most scholars, who get paid to research and have

all the time in the world, I can't afford to shift through all that information when I have a deadline.

I don't feel it is fair to compare students with scholars, because it makes hard working students

seem uneducated. Doing research is a way for scholars to make a living, and for most students,

researching a paper is simply a way to make a grade. I feel that I do try my best while researching

a paper, but the problem is, I don't have the time to look through all that information that students

do have the time to look through. It is very hard to pick a focus that can have such vast topics and

I feel this is the main problem for many students, like myself.

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