As
we were preparing to write our Research Paper, my teacher, Sister Steadman,
gave us a well-organized, structured schedule to help us stay on track and give
us plenty of time to right our paper. For about over a course of a month, we
were able to choose a topic, go to the library to do some research during class
time, learn how to do an annotative bibliography, prepare a rough draft, peer
edit, and finish our paper due today on Halloween. That all would have
worked out just fine for me. Except I decided to change my topic last minute.
For
our topic, Sister Steadman said we could write about a family story or do some
research about our family history. With this family story we could research
more about it from a scholarly point of view. Originally, I wanted to write a
paper about the Khmer Rouge. My fiancée is part Cambodian, and her parents are
refugees from Cambodia during the time the Khmer Rouge started to take over the
country. My topic would have been on the effect of the Khmer Rouge and their
social standing here in America. After I had collected sources and prepared a
Thesis, I was stuck as to where to begin to write my paper. I realized that yes
I did want to learn about my fiancée’s family history but I didn't want to
write a paper about it. Tossing that idea aside, I started over last minute and
wrote my paper about divorce and the affect it has on adult children while they
planning on getting married. This topic was something important that I wanted
to understand because I am a child of divorce.
Once
I created my Thesis and found some sources, writing was much easier and I was
able to get the paper done. I also was able to learn about a lot of ideas that
I could implement into my relationship with my fiancée as we prepare to get
married. I also learned that next time I need to write a paper I need to make
sure that I have a solid topic that I am interested to write about. It would
save a lot of time and a lot of hassle. Lesson learned.
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